Yesterday I prepared four different kinds of cookies, all in anticipation of National Cookie Day. Okay, okay, it was just part of my holiday baking, but it's an occasion I'm happy to celebrate (and what a coincidence that this falls around the time that everyone is baking their holiday treats). I wish I could say I hit all of the recipes out of the park, but alas some of the "Corked" Breton galettes got a little too brown on the bottom. I suppose I must sacrifice and leave those at home instead of putting them out on the cookie tray I am taking into the office later this week. The four cookies I made so far are:

The "Maple" pecan sandies have the quotation marks because I added a touch of fenugreek powder to them for a faintly maple flavor that accentuates the pecan flavor of the cookies. I think rolling them in maple sugar will be the next step but alas I don't have any on hand. Up next in my baking extravaganza I am contemplating the following:

My biggest issue for a visually pleasing cookie tray is that these are, as cookies tend to be, somewhat monochromatic. The "corked" Breton galettes have a splash of red with their jam centers and I opted for a pink (strawberry) filling in the homemade Oreos to somewhat counteract this. I'm also thinking of using green sanding sugar to decorate the shortbread and perhaps putting sprinkles in the icing on the oatmeal cookies, but I'm open to suggestions. Do you have a go-to recipe for colorful cookies, other than Italian rainbow cookies? How is your holiday baking coming along?