Holiday Baking

Ok, so there are somethings I am pretty good at, and there are some that I just cannot do. One of those things is baking. For some reason, I cannot bake. I always burn whatever I have in the oven. (Usually sweets). However, I can manage some minor baking here and there. For example these ready to bake cookies: they came out pretty, although I burned one batch. And here are my pies from Thanksgiving. They came out good, but somehow they took about 2 hours to make. (It just was not cooking all the way.. so I had to keep putting it in without burning the crust!)
Well, this holiday season, I am going to attempt to bake some homemade cookies to give out to friends as gifts. Hopefully they turn out ok, if not... I will be putting some store bought cookies in the gift bags. ;-) It's the thought that counts, right? :-)