On the morning of my first cookie swap of the season, I was gearing up to make a mere 6 dozen cookies. I quickly realized that I already had an abundance of dessert from my birthday week and needed to get them out of the house, so I got an idea. My friend Lisa gave me her homemade Nainamo bars that were her submission to the holiday cookie swap and [...]
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Adrienne and I were on the same wavelength this year- enough with the cookies, let’s have some brownies! Check out Adrienne’s “I heart NY” patterned white chocolate chip brownies and guest post for this year’s holiday cookie swap! For the past several years, I have been making, freezing, storing, and sending baked goods to my family members for Christmas. I have two dads, seven siblings, and nine nieces and nephews [...]
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Melissa currently resides in Nuremburg, Germany with her boyfriend, Justin, and she still managed to make some good ‘ole decorated sugar cookies for this years holiday cookie swap! With bakers all the way from New York and Germany– it’s no wonder why virtual cookie swaps are the way to go! And now for Melissa’s sugar cookies… Justin and I were going to a housewarming party for one of his coworkers, [...]
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Cookies, cookies, and more cookies. This week has been ridiculously sweet. Two cookie exchanges in a 48 hour period have filled my fridge with way too many tempting treats for one woman to handle. This year I opted out of making cookies and decided to bake my mom’s favorite brownies. Even though the brownies aren’t particularly holiday-esque, she would only make them at Christmas time. I always wondered why this was the [...]
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Mr. Luca had so much fun baking cookies last year that he was practically begging me to guest post again this year. He’s been practicing all year in his test kitchen and he has come up with quite a treat to start off this year’s virtual cookie swap! Rice Krispies Treat Christmas Tree 3 tbsp butter 4 cups of mini marshmallows 6 cups of rice krispy cereal Hello! My name is [...]
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All of these “virtual” cookies have been making me hungry. I just so happen to get invited to a real life cookie exchange at my friend’s apartment and it was time to dig in to an absurd amount of holiday cookies. I wore my leggings for the overindulgent occasion and was thankful that I did. There were so many cookies to try, and more for seconds, and even some leftover [...]
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Like I said before, Snicklebiscut is a Christmas cookie baking machine, and decided to do another guest post for the Holiday Cookie Swap! As teaspoonsf and I have gotten to know each other throughout the years, we have found that we have many things in common, much of what is discussed in her blog: baking, scrapbooking/crafts and tea. Once I found this recipe, it reminded me so much of her [...]
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My boyfriend’s nephew, Luca, was kind enough to show us how even a 1 year old can make holiday sugar cookies. He is pretty talented and you can follow more of his adventures on his very own blog. To make delicious cookies you need a good baking tray. Make sure it can stand up to an overactive child. I don’t know where this stuff came from but it goes on [...]
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My dad’s girlfriend, Diana, made brownie trees with her grandchildren and she has shared her pictures and recipe with us for the Holiday Cookie Swap. The pictures tell the whole story of how much fun they had! Holiday Tree Brownies *Betty Crocker Recipe INGREDIENTS: 1 box (1 lb 2.4 oz) Betty Crocker® Original Supreme Premium brownie mix (Water, vegetable oil and egg called for on brownie mix box) Betty Crocker® [...]
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This is a guest post from my cousin, Ali, with her famous buttermilk sugar cookies. I luckily got to enjoy them every Christmas when we lived together, but I missed them this year! Here they are; my favorite buttery thick rolled Christmas cut out cookies with a signature nutmeg spice. Mom Sapp, one of my Texan great grandmas used to roll these these cookies out thickly, and bake them on [...]
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