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 the great cookie post! All the cookies look great. My favorite holiday tip is don’t make things complicated. Don’t pick Christmas Eve to try out that new 3 layer cake with 2 different fillings and a ganache icing. Stick with what you know you make good and can do easily. Save the 3 layer cake recipe for January when you have time and maybe next year it can be your new fabulous dessert to bring to Christmas Eve!
I like to make lists of the items I plan to bake, presents for each person and write out the menu. Then I further break it down and make lists for groceries, wrpping paper needs, Christmas cards, stamps, and bake/cook items that I can freeze and thaw/bake etc. I then assign dates to be accomplished. By doing something each day from Thanksgiving to Christmas Eve, I can get more done with less stressing and know that I have it all covered.(Most of the time!!) I can then relax and enjoy the holiday with family and friends without spending all my time fretting or cooking.
I like to make sure there are plenty of things for each age group of young children to do and as active as possible without a TV. We only have the one television and the guys usually have it permanently set to football for those holi-days.
The best tip I know is prepare as much in advance as you can! You’ll spend less time running around like a crazy person and more time just enjoying your guests!
I make cookies & quick breads and freeze them ahead of time when possible. The candies are made the week before Christmas. Somehow it all gets done.
Wash the dishes or load the dishwasher as you go, it will clear up the sink and give you more counter space……….and less to do in the end!
Make a list and check it, that way you don’t notice that you left a dish you spent valuable time preparing where people couldn’t see it and then everyone is done eating and you have a dish no one has eaten.