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.
My favorite holiday tip is to keep my husband happy and I do that by baking his favorite and one and only request. He isn’t a sweet eater so his treat at Christmas is greek cheese puffs made with phyllo dough, butter, cottage cheese, feta cheese, eggs and a touch of garlic powder. You can also add chopped spinach but he doesn’t like that so I leave it out. I heat up a couple every night as an appetizer for him. Merry Christmas!
My tip is to prepare as much of the food ahead of time that you can so that you can enjoy being with your family and guests!
Bake ahead! Anything that will store for a couple of weeks or can be frozen (cookie dough!) I take care of before hand so that I can enjoy the holiday without being stressed in the kitchen.
Christy, your cookies look soooooo tempting! Thanks for inspiring us to bake!
Crockpot meals! Anything that can be put in a crockpot cuts down on your time in the kitchen. I alway mix up (triple) batches of cookie dough and keep them in the fridge or freezer, that way I can bake a sheet or two on short notice.
I love to make mini gingerbread cookies and save half the dough to make some for wants.mmmmmm
Make some for Santa that is 🙂
My tip is to enjoy family and friends all the time. They will not know that your house is not as clean as you want, that all the food you wanted to make did not get done. All they will know is that you cared enough to invite them and spend time with them. I am going to make some of these goodies and I cannot wait to try them. Thanks so much for all you do!!! Merry Christmas!