The time for Christmas basket baking was here before we knew it this year.  I had hoped to get a lot of new recipes in the baskets this year, but our year had other plans.  While there always seem to be treats that get requested each year from previous years, I had hoped to try out a lot of new additions.  Time got away from us though, and we didn’t add much new this time.  In addition, jellies, jams and other canned goods did not get added.  In spite of of all of this, the baskets remained a hit amongst their recipients, and we were quite happy with the way…