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 was just looking for some cookies to make for Chritsmas and I will be trying all these. Merry Christmas everyone!!!!!!!!!
I can’t wait to try your PB cookie recipe, still haven’t found one that was even a smidge close to Grandma’s. Have a great day!!
I can’t wait to try the Mexican Wedding Cookies!!! My holiday entertaining tip: I love to have friends and family over and I also love to teach my children the importance of charity and being thankful for the things that we have been blessed with in our lives. So to incorporate both, host a fun brunch and “charge” each guest a minimum of two nonperishable food items, which my two kids and I drive to the local food bank the next day. We are then blessed with the true spirit of the holidays……the joy of the time in the kitchen together as a family, the wonderful company of loved ones AND the gift of giving to others. Happy Holidays!! 🙂
We always have our kids sing for our guests
My tip would be to also keep it simple, if your cooking make recipes you make all the time not ones you have never tried. Use your crockpot to do a lot of the work and ask family to pitch in. I havent seen anybody that wasnt willing to bring something. Its about spending time with your loved ones not stressing out in the kitchen. Hope I get to make some of these cookies, Yummy! Merry Christmas!
When entertaining for the holidays I try to serve only dishes that can be prepared ahead of time. That leaves much more time for visiting :).
Keep it simple! Prepare things ahead of time if you can.