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.
Thanks so much for these. Although I don’t bake a lot of cookies for the holidays (Mom ALWAYS makes a huge variety of cookies and brings a box of cookies for all of us (each home gets their own box) but I like to have a few. I think I’m going to try some of these this year — the fruitcake bar cookie looks interesting. I wonder if I can get them done before the “food fest” starts here. Off to check out the recipe and my pantry ….
Thanks
Going to make most of these next week when all my granddaughters and
we make candy and cookies all day long..
Merry Christmas to you and yours
Hugs from Jo in Oklahoma
My holiday entertaining tip is this…. Always keep on hand hot cocoa with the fixing and a batch of cookies ready to thaw….
My best tip would be to overprepare – that way you’re prepared for almost anything and you can relax and enjoy your friends and family.
I mis en plas out for breads and desserts, so that when I want to prepare desserts and breads, some of the work is done.
I also make cookie dough and roll into a log and freeze to be baked off last minute.
JUst open your web-site and loved the cookie recipes. The dishpan cookie sounds really grest. I will make these tomorrow. Would love to win your Nestle’s products.
HAve a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
My holiday entertaining tip – have more cookies than you think you will need! People will always eat more cookies during the holidays. Develop some recipes that can become your own tradition and bake them – and share them!