The choices are endless.  Each year the cooking magazines and plethora of on-line sites proudly present 100's of new cookie recipes to try.  But I'm a bit of a traditionalist.  My favorites from childhood are simple cut-out cookies, dressed up with creative shapes and frosting, and white mice (also known as Mexican wedding cakes). 

Last time Husband and I made cookies we did the cut-out cookies.  It was the first time he had ever made this kind of cookie.  Alone I would have probably pumped them out rather quickly and had a few dozen generically designed cookies.  But with Husband helping, we had an amazing amount of fun spending hours and hours individually designing each and every cookie!  But that's a lot of work (and mess!) - I'm not sure I'm up to it this year. 

The white mice are my personal favorite.  Small rounds of dough with chopped walnuts inside coated with confectionary sugar on the outside.  Bite-sized treasures - yum!

So the question is which should I make?  Or should I try a new type?  I guess its time to actually look at all of the cookies in the December issues of the cooking magazines and see if any are more tempting than my traditional favorites.  Or if any of you have suggestions or votes as to what I should make please let me know!  I'll be baking this weekend and report back early next week on the choice and outcome...