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.
I forgot and wanted to leave my peanut butter cookie recipe for everyone. It is so easy
1 cup of sugar
1 egg
1 cup of your favorite peanut butter ( creamy or crunchy)
1 tsp of vanilla
mix together the sugar, egg and vanilla. then add peanut butter. scoop out on to a baking sheet ( flatten with a fork ) and bake at 375 for 13-14 minutes.
I like to dip my fork in sugar to flatten them with. This is a recipe I found in an old cookbook of mine. Enjoy !
No flour?
Our get togethers are always pot luck. That way no one person gets totally stressed out other than the person who has to clean their house 🙂
Laugh and smile through everything-all the good things, the disappointments, the hard and time consuming steps, the interruptions, whatever.
my whole family comes over on Dec 20,and we do all the baking and things we can do ahead for Christmas dinner,few glasses of wine and the family together and it goes very smooth. we have been doing this for the past 5 years and everyone brings a new dessert recipe to try
I always make a list of the things I want to fix for the holidays and make sure I have all the ingredients before beginning. If possible I set out the ingredients the night before and set them on top of the recipe I’m going to fix.
I love the paper everything idea, my tip is buy clear or colored forks spoons and knives, put them in a small deep basket lined with a holiday napkin and wha la you have service ready in an instant. Great time saver all you need to do find a place in your cupboard to put it and it’s always ready. Happy Holidays!
I love doing make ahead desserts! And also paper everything…cups, plates so you don’t have to do dishes!