Saturday, December 6, 2025

Exceptionally Delicious Flour, Almond Butter, Bourbon Cream, Chili Oil, Anchovies & More Gift Ideas + 12 Favorite Holiday Cookies

Friends, hello!

Next year, woven into my countdown-to-Thanksgiving timeline, I am going to include holiday shopping deadlines. Every year, I obsess about Thanksgiving and being organized, and then as soon as it passes, I feel panicky because I have not purchased a single gift. Alas.

I do always keep a little tally of things I've loved over the year, and I've compiled them all here: Holiday Gift Guide 2025. This year's guide includes delicious flour that works beautifully with the peasant bread (see below), a cast iron skillet cleaning combo, a cooking class (with me!), cookbooks, slippers, delicious Dubai chocolate, olive oil, and more.

If you have any items you are excited about gifting this year, please share them in the comments — I love hearing them! Happy Shopping, Friends 🎁

Peasant bread made with Petra 0103 flour:


Review of the Week

Easy, Festive (and Boozy) Rum Balls

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"My go-to recipe every Christmas! I use gluten-free vanilla wafers since I'm gluten intolerant, and you need almost 2 boxes. I measure in grams. These are the BEST!!!! My favorite holiday treat."

— Denise


12 More Favorite Holiday Cookies

Friends, it's time! Time to start baking for all of your loved ones. I've included 12 of my favorite holiday cookie recipes below, but if you're looking for even more ideas, find 25 more here.

Lemon-Almond Snowball Cookies

Ugly Delicious (Perfect) Gingerbread Cookie Bars

Soft and Chewy Molasses Crinkles

​Classic Cream Cheese Cutouts

Simple Classic Shortbread​

Chewy Chocolate Cookies

Soft and Chewy Gingersnaps

Peppermint-Dusted Peppermint Bark

Brown Sugar Cookies

Milk or Dark Chocolate Toffee​

Vanilla Bean Sables

Boozy Chocolate Truffles


PS: Three Favorite Cakes for the Holidays


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Thank You

Thank you to all who have ordered Pizza Night. If you haven't left a review yet, I would be so grateful if you did! 🙏🙏🍕🍕🥗🥗


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PS: All previous editions of this newsletter can be found here.

Happy Cooking,


Alexandra Stafford



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