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.
Plan some easy on the cook dinners for Dec. week nights so that you can have some time to bake with the kids(grandkids) in the evenings. They love to give gifts to the teachers that they have helped make.
I buy thru the year for lil things for my stocking stuffers I have sacks for each person and when I get home I go put it in that sack hid away so I know what I have for each one . The boys I do same things just diff colors so the theme for that one is blue , the other red, yellow, green or black. No getting them mixed up once I do this.
I’ve started making my cookies smaller. Since there are so many goodies around this time of year, you can have a cookie without feeling too guilty.
YUM! These look good!
I always try to get as much done ahead of time as possible so I’m not completely stressed right before “go” time. 🙂
Happy Holidays! I have made SOOOOO many of your recipes-yum!
For entertaining on a budget, I hit the dollar store. They have the most festive decorations and even plastic cutlery that looks like real flatware! I also like simple and delicious appetizers, like jalepeno jelly poured over a brick of cream cheese and served with crackers and bacon wrapped water chestnuts baked in the oven. Easy, cheap and delicious!
I’m a list maker!! Writing down everything that needs to be done and doing as much as I can before the day of entertaining helps me to enjoy each moment with family and friends!
Bountiful Blessings!
My holiday entertaining tip: Remember to enjoy every minute of the season. Keep it simple and let people help when they offer.