Cookie Roundup (My Favorites!)
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I’ve had a lot of folks ask what my favorite cookie recipes are for Christmas cookie exchanges so I’m putting them together in one handy, dandy list to help you with your holiday get togethers. My favorite thing to do is have other families each make one type of cookie and then get together for a big cookie exchange. By making a few dozen of one type and exchanging them like this, we can all end up with a big holiday cookie variety without the mess and also get to enjoy the delicious baking skills of our friends!
For more Christmas treats that are a must have in my family, check out Grandma Lucy’s Coffee Can Bon Bons (p.160), Creole Candy (our version of a praline p.159), Microwave Peanut Brittle (p.162), and Sugared Pecans (p.143) in the Southern Plate cookbook!
Fruitcake Bar Cookies
Candied and Dried fruit layered with cinnamon, brown sugar, and just enough flour and butter to hold it all together until it reaches your mouth!
Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies
These are the cookies that, according to both of my children, make me the absolute best mother in the entire universe.
Chocolate…chocolate…enough said. 🙂
My nephew took one bite of these cookies years ago and declared them to taste just like clouds! Crisp and delicate meringue wrapped around chocolate chips – it’s all good here!
Nothing like a good old fashioned peanut butter cookie and a big glass of milk!
If you make these, my mailing address is P.O. Box 2308….
and I love you.
~wink~
Mama’s Milk Dunkin M&M Cookies
Mama always made these growing up and let us decorate the tops with M&M’s before putting them in the oven. We got to use exactly three M&M’s per cookie…
Santa loves ’em
I love baking from scratch, but I also love being able to turn out cookies as wonderful as this using boxed white cake mix!
This is one of my personal all time favorites. I like to make ’em really big and put each one in it’s own little bag with curling ribbon at top to give out as treats.
This is my go to bar cookie recipe, with the addition of butterscotch chips and raisins to make a cookie that is a favorite of my husband.
Oh. My. Goodness. So. Good. Please don’t leave me alone in the house with them! ~whimper~
Always a classic!
Each day comes bearing its own gifts. Untie the ribbons.
My kitchen is open to all and I love it! It makes my guests and myself feel more relaxed and I get plenty of offers to help:) I also have my tv set to the Christmas music channel whenever we have friends over between Thanksgiving and New Years. Makes for the perfect atmosphere! Along with a fire burning in the fireplace:)
Let other people help you!!!! If they offer let them do what they want to do! It makes it much more enjoyable!
I love to bake – cookies, pies, cakes, breads – and I love to make different kinds of candies – make a plan, get your ingredients and settle in to have lots of fun. Do what you enjoy doing – making something that is someone’s favorite and sharing it with them.
I love to have a basket of inexpensive items, such as Christmas notepads, by my front door to give to anyone who visits as a Christmas goodie as they leave.
don’t sweat the dust bunnies, impress em w/the tasty cookies 😉
Enjoy the traditions and making new memories. As an OCD person, I have to remind myself to let the kids help and be patient with them – they’re learning from me!
The M & M Cookies are still a favorite of mine, and have become one for my family. THey are easy, but delicious!
My tip is that my husband cooks the turkey on the Weber Grill every Chrsitmas – whether we host the whole family or someone else does. It always turns out perfect, I don’t have to worry about it at all, and the mess is outside. Everyone loves the smoky flavor!