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 only use white dishes — that way no matter what the season or occasion I can throw together a very pretty tablescape with just a few colorful extras like pretty napkins or candles.
My tip is to keep it easy and quick. You don’t want to spend all your time away from the fun.
We usually bake a big batch of gingerbread and dark chocolate cookies for holiday entertaining.
I love making things ahead of time so that the day of a party or dinner, I just need to worry about one or two things and warming dishes up!
I love Holiday baking !! I bake a lot so my extended family gets all my extras…they don’t mind 🙂
I’m going to have to try some of these Cookies 🙂 Thanks !!!
I would say my one tip for Holiday entertaining is make it simple. It isn’t about the food, the gifts or if your house is spotless. It is about the family you surround yourself with whether it be blood family or a family you have chosen for yourself.
My favorite is peanut butter cookies. love to bake them and share…
My Tip: When I’m a baking for the holiday, I love to decorate cookies with chocolate coatings. I will melt white chocolate, semi-sweet chocolate coating or the pre-colored chips in the microwave or over a double boiler. Working quickly I will drizzle back and forth the chocolate with a spoon and then sprinkle with sugar, nuts or decorations. The chocolate holds the decorations very well. I will also paint the chocolate on with a pastry brush and decorate. This is a fast way to decorate if working in volume. It can make a cookie special fast. They also will freeze well! Enjoy! Beverly 😉