Yesterday was such a rough day. I won't even go into it all. Anyway, today I decided to just be home and only do things that make me feel good. And/or do nothing. I am baking a special Christmas cookie that if very good, I'll submit to a recipe contest. The deadline is November 1st, so I had to make them now. They are a sandwich type cookie. The cookie part is a buttery, chocolaty, nut wafer with also a touch of lemon zest and cinnamon. In between will be a thin layer of raspberry preserves and a layer of hazelnut rum filling. Then once sandwiched and firmed a bit, I will dip the sandwich cookies' tops in chocolate and put either a half of a walnut or a half blanched/skinned almond on top of that. They are called Ischel Torte Cookies and are based on the favorite cookie of the emperor Franz Joseph I from the Austro-Hungarian empire.