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Allie Staisiunas, left and her sister, Katie Staisiunas, right, make cookies with their cousin, Cadence Callaghan, 3, center, at Creative Cakes Bakery in Tinley Park, IL on Sunday December 9, 2012. The public will have access to the bakery's professional equipment for a daylong cookie bake. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media
Tina Rangel, right, laughs while baking with her mother, Barb Medina, at Creative Cakes Bakery in Tinley Park, IL on Sunday December 9, 2012. The public will have access to the bakery's professional equipment for a daylong cookie bake. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media
Kimberly Vick makes cookies at Creative Cakes Bakery in Tinley Park, IL on Sunday December 9, 2012. The public will have access to the bakery's professional equipment for a daylong cookie bake. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media
Sandi Kowalski, left, bakes with her daughters, Amy Kowalski, center, and Leanne Deutsch at Creative Cakes Bakery in Tinley Park, IL on Sunday December 9, 2012. The public will have access to the bakery's professional equipment for a daylong cookie bake. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media
Kimberly Vick, left, makes cookies with her niece, Julia Dybala, at Creative Cakes Bakery in Tinley Park, IL on Sunday December 9, 2012. The public will have access to the bakery's professional equipment for a daylong cookie bake. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media
Barb Medina makes Cream Cheese Crescents at Creative Cakes Bakery in Tinley Park, IL on Sunday December 9, 2012. The public will have access to the bakery's professional equipment for a daylong cookie bake. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media
Julia Dybala makes cookies at Creative Cakes Bakery in Tinley Park, IL on Sunday December 9, 2012. The public will have access to the bakery's professional equipment for a daylong cookie bake. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media
Head baker Carole Delejewski, left, checks out the cookies with Joann Gawczyanski at Creative Cakes Bakery in Tinley Park, IL on Sunday December 9, 2012. The public will have access to the bakery's professional equipment for a daylong cookie bake. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media
Kimberly Vick is the first to admit her pfeffernuse cookies are an acquired taste. “The first year I made them my husband didn’t like them,” she said. “Now I think he’d leave me if I didn’t make them each Christmas.” So even though the old …