Cookie Roundup (My Favorites!)
(click cookie name for recipe)
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 cookie is mexican wedding cookies…Keep it simple with something you can prepere in the crodk-pot!
I try to stock up on items in the months leading up to Christmas & buy on sale so that it’s not a huge amount of money to be spent all at once. Also, make as many dishes ahead of time as possible to keep the stress low on Christmas. I’d much rather be enjoying the day with family rather than chopping, mixing & cleaning the day away.
Holiday baking was an activity I shared with my mom starting at an early age until I left home at 19. That tradition continued with my children. Cookies are our favorite thing to make for the holidays.
My kids can’t wait to try the dishpan cookies. My favorite holiday entertaining tip is to make sure the drinks are ready when the guests arrive. With a drink in hand and a smile the party guests are put at ease right away.
A tip I’m going to try this year is to make a big batch of sugar cookies and freeze them. Then if we have company I can either pull some out and frost them quick or if there are kids, I can let them frost their own! I know little kids LOVE to do that sort of thing (big ones too ;)).
Growing up we always got together as a family and spent the whole day making various types of cookies. Then everyone was ready with an assortment of cookies for any holiday gathering.
I’ve learned that simple is best. When I ‘go all out’, I’m exhausted and then my guests pick up on that fact. Simple cookie recipes always get eaten first!