We all know that the holidays are fast approaching & one of the big things that we normally do this time of the year is get together with our family & friends.  Since we all enjoy eating, it seems that everyone likes to eat homemade baked goodies.  We usually have cookies, cakes, pies, bars, fresh bread and anything else that comes to mind.  Since I enjoy baking myself, I have already started my baking for the holidays – variety of cookies, bars and pies.

I have a huge collection of cook books to select from even though I have my favorites.  Every so often I will try a new recipe for a change.