You know the holidays have begun when you randomly start baking things after a long hiatus from baking all year. Inspite of going to culinary school,  I am not much of a baker. Bakers come from a different planet.  They are meticulous and super OCD.  I , on the other hand do not like to follow recipes…I cook as I go along. That would be a complete disaster in the baking arena unless you are a freaky genius.  So, despite my lack of patience to measure things tediously,  this time of the year brings out the Martha Stewart in me.  I also realized that all these years,  I used the excuse of not having the right equipment to mix/whip/cream ingredients as a hindrance to produce baked goods. And that its not healthy to eat sugar and butter.  No more excuses as Trouper got me the Christmas present early this year – Kitchen Aid mixer.  There are really no more places to hide anymore.   I am going to take deep breaths and channel my inner …