A new Holiday Cookies magazine

This is the time of year when I like to start looking for the new Christmas magazines hitting all the local newsstands, but this year, there's a troubling trend—much of what I picked up the other day had a small circle on the front saying "Back by Popular Demand," which is code for "You may have bought this last year." And frankly, some of the magazines start to look alike after awhile, so I decided I would purchase only magazines I'm sure I've never purchased before—like the Holiday Cookies issue from Bake From Scratch magazine.

I've purchased this magazine only occasionally over the years, but this cookie issue? Wow! It had to meet my everyday rule of including at least three photos I find just lovely, and one of the first things I saw was these Bûche de Noël cookies. What a clever idea!

But you know what sealed the deal? London Fog Cookies. London Fog, people. With tea. Right. There. On. The. Cookie. I definitely plan to make these once I start my November cookie baking, but boy, there are so many other yummy offerings, from those glorious Red Velvet Pinwheels on the cover to the slice-and-bake Fruitcake Cookies and Italian Cream Thumbprints and Spumoni Checkerboards and … you get the idea. I can't wait to start the baking!