Holiday Baking (in 21 GIFs)

‘Tis the season to pull out all those amazing holiday baking recipes you’ve saved over the last few months and hit the kitchen. And, as you might’ve guessed, we have a few thoughts about how this typically goes.
Step 1: Look through the 297 recipes you saved on Pinterest and Facebook.

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Step 2: Get very hungry thinking about what you’re going to make.

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Step 3: Have a snack. You’re gonna need your strength!

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Step 4: Become secure in the knowledge that you’re going to make the greatest holiday treat of all time.

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Step 5: Make a grocery list, because of course you don’t have all the ingredients you need. Check it twice if you feel so moved.

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Step 6: Hit the grocery store and buy everything you need … plus, of course, a few more snacks. Healthy ones, though, right?

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Step 7: Get home, prepare your ingredients — and yourself.

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Step 8: It’s go time!

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Step 9: Become cocky because, obviously, you’ve totally got this. You are a holiday baking champion. Your last name should be baker and you should go everywhere dusted with flour indicating your prowess in the kitchen.

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Step 10: Wait. That … doesn’t look like the picture in the recipe.

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Step 11: Gently refuse any offers to fix it. There’s no room for critics in your kitchen.

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Step 12: Acknowledge that this isn’t going quite as planned … but you can salvage it. You really can.

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Step 13: Well, golly, maybe baking for everyone you’ll be seeing over the next few days wasn’t your best idea. This seems rather excessive.

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Step 14: You’ve done your best. It’s time to let the oven do the rest.

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Step 15: Now, we wait.

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Step 16: Yes! Hooray! It’s done!

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Step 17: But you’re not. Time for the finishing touches … which almost certainly will be every bit as easy as those videos make them look.

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Step 18: Gotta make it Instagrammable, right? Lighting, check. Tree, got it. Boomerang that shit!

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Perfect.
Step 19: Practice your modest face (because everyone is gonna compliment the hell out of you, you baking goddess, you), then deliver your baked treasures.

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Step 20: Get home and realize you gave all the goodies away — and nothing is left for you.

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Step 21: Start looking for another recipe to master, and this time, set aside some for yourself!

Are you a holiday baker? What’s your go-to recipe? —Kristen