“Happiness is a plate of chocolate snowflakes... and someone you love to help you eat them.” Kasha

I had some left-over ganache (both dark chocolate and white chocolate) so I decided to experiment with it and find out if dipping cookies in chocolate ganache would be successful. The dark chocolate ganache,which was 3:1 chocolate to cream ratio, worked perfectly and the dipped cookies set up nicely. The white chocolate ganache was more of a challenge, as it remained a bit sticky.

I’m fascinated (aka obsessed) with snowflake cutout cookies and this is a quick-and-easy way to decorate them when I have no time or have run out of “cookie decorating steam.” Yes, there are occasions when even I don’t want to spend all day decorating cookies. Sometimes I want (or need) to bake, decorate and package my cookies all on the same day.

I love to make these shortbread angel cookies at Christmas time and give them to “my special people.” This year I made all kinds of shapes and sizes of angels, and it seemed so fitting because my “angels” come in all different shapes and sizes, too! You know who you are...you have an angel cookie to remind you that I treasure your friendship.