Growing up, my mom had a holiday tradition - a cookie exchange. Bake a bunch of cookies, come together with friends, and exchange them. I continued this tradition as a grown-up and this morning was my 10th Annual Cookie Exchange. It's a great way to spend a Saturday morning - meet together, catch up, drink hot cocoa, swap stories (and cookies), then head back home to finish up all the holiday details that need to be done. My cookie exchange is done a little differently then others that I know of. We have 10 people attend. Each person bakes 10 dozen cookies of the same kind. We package them up in cute containers with 1 dozen each. We bring our 10 containers of cookies and set them on the table and we each go home with 10 different dozen cookies and 10 different containers. It seems like a lot of work to bake 10 dozen cookies - but honestly, it really isn't - it's like tripling one recipe. But in the end - you end up with all sorts of different cookies and it looks like you baked for days.
Above is a group picture with all the cookies displayed on the table. The 2nd pic is what 1 person brought home. You might ask "who's the man in the picture?" Well, my friend Dee baked all her cookies, then this morning woke up not feeling well at all. Her husband, Tim, delivered the cookies and staying to exchange and take a photo. Also...I usually take 2 spots in the exchange (yes...that's 20 dozen cookies). But, Matt really wanted to make cookies, so he had a spot in the exchange. He picked the recipe and we all helped him prepare his "Melt in your mouth Christmas Marble" cookies. They are excellent.
We had a great variety of cookies this year (our only rule is no chocolate chip). What do I do with all these cookies? good question...we will package a variety together and give away to teachers, to neighbors, co-workers, even the mailman. What's left, we eat! The cookies were really yummy and the fellowship with friends was even better. Happy Holidays!
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