Paper Snowflakes and Brown Sugar Buttons

I'm pretty sure that I might be the only person who chooses which mandarin oranges to buy based on the  colour paper in which the oranges are wrapped.

I love making  paper snowflakes - always have - and these orange wrappers are just the right size and thickness to make lovely flakes with.

We also did some baking yesterday and tried out these Brown Sugar Button cookies (Thanks D.).  They are divine.  I could tell right away that these will be added to our holiday recipe collection and become part of our traditions.  They are that good...and so easy.

And even though, in theory, they are supposed to be a holiday treat, they also made a delightful late afternoon snack yesterday.

The only thing about them that isn't great is that the icing sugar sprinkled over top leaves tell-tale signs on the pan of how many have been eaten.  You can see quite cleary exactly how many are missing so there is no chance of a mama sneaking an extra one without be caught.