Cookie Exchange

BabyMimi

My Mom and I are hosting a cookie exchange for the first time this year. I have been so busy menu planning and bargain shopping for wine that I haven't gotten a cookie recipe yet. Anyone have a really good one? Something out of the ordinary. I have to make 12 dozen.

islelily

My mom makes the best white cookies ever! They look a lot like russian tea cakes, but are not as crunchy... I'll see if I can find the recipe later!

ReiszsPieces

Cake mix cookies are delicious and super easy.  Kinda cheating, but amazing, none the less.  I like to make them with funfetti cake mix and butterscotch chips.  (but you could make them with white cake mix and chocolate chips, chocolate cake mix and peanutbutter chips, nuts, whatever.)

PeetiePie

I don't think these are out of the ordinary, but I made Russian Tea Cakes last year for a cookie exchange.  They are one of my favorites!  There is a Mexican Wedding Cake cookie too, I think they are pretty much the same.

 

Russian Tea Cakes (from a very old Betty Crocker Cookbook)

  Ingredients 1    cup butter, softened ?   cup powdered sugar 1    teaspoon vanilla 2    cups all-purpose flour ?   cup finely chopped nuts ?   teaspoon salt       Powdered sugar (to roll the cookies in after baking)   Directions 1.   Heat oven to 400?F. 2.   Mix butter, 1/2 cup powdered sugar, and the vanilla in large bowl.  Stir in flour, nuts, and salt until dough holds together. 3.   Shape dough into 1-inch balls.  Place about 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet. 4.   Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until set but not brown.  Remove from cookie sheet.  Cool slightly on wire rack. 5.   Roll warm cookies in powdered sugar; cool on wire rack.  Roll in powdered sugar again.  Recipe makes about 4 dozen cookies.

BabyMimi

ReiszsPieces:

Cake mix cookies are delicious and super easy.  Kinda cheating, but amazing, none the less.  I like to make them with funfetti cake mix and butterscotch chips.  (but you could make them with white cake mix and chocolate chips, chocolate cake mix and peanutbutter chips, nuts, whatever.)

I would love to do that however it is against the rules. Cookies have to be made from scratch and the main ingredient must be flour.

ade2be

My mom always did a huge amount of cookies at Christmas time.  We have a sugar cookie recipie (cookie monster's sugar cookies....hehehehe), that is awesome...and then we do decrative icing.

I do a grasshopper cookie (chocolate sandwich cookie with mint icing) that I love.  Done peppermint pinwheels. 

If any of those sound interesting, let me know.  Recipies are at home, so it'd be the weekend before I could get them to you.

islelily

PeetiePie:

I don't think these are out of the ordinary, but I made Russian Tea Cakes last year for a cookie exchange.  They are one of my favorites!  There is a Mexican Wedding Cake cookie too, I think they are pretty much the same.

 

Russian Tea Cakes (from a very old Betty Crocker Cookbook)

 

Ingredients

1    cup butter, softened

?   cup powdered sugar

1    teaspoon vanilla

2    cups all-purpose flour

?   cup finely chopped nuts

?   teaspoon salt

      Powdered sugar (to roll the cookies in after baking)

 

Directions

1.   Heat oven to 400?F.

2.   Mix butter, 1/2 cup powdered sugar, and the vanilla in large bowl.  Stir in flour, nuts, and salt until dough holds together.

3.   Shape dough into 1-inch balls.  Place about 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet.

4.   Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until set but not brown.  Remove from cookie sheet.  Cool slightly on wire rack.

5.   Roll warm cookies in powdered sugar; cool on wire rack.  Roll in powdered sugar again.  Recipe makes about 4 dozen cookies.

 

these these!! my mom's cookies look like these... but they've always tasted different than the ones I buy from the store.

Scout05

Oh swoon, I love these. My mom makes them every year...she calls them Mexican Wedding Cookies, but it would not be odd for her to be wrong about that.

 

PeetiePie:

I don't think these are out of the ordinary, but I made Russian Tea Cakes last year for a cookie exchange.  They are one of my favorites!  There is a Mexican Wedding Cake cookie too, I think they are pretty much the same.

 

Russian Tea Cakes (from a very old Betty Crocker Cookbook)

  Ingredients 1    cup butter, softened ?   cup powdered sugar 1    teaspoon vanilla 2    cups all-purpose flour ?   cup finely chopped nuts ?   teaspoon salt       Powdered sugar (to roll the cookies in after baking)   Directions 1.   Heat oven to 400?F. 2.   Mix butter, 1/2 cup powdered sugar, and the vanilla in large bowl.  Stir in flour, nuts, and salt until dough holds together. 3.   Shape dough into 1-inch balls.  Place about 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet. 4.   Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until set but not brown.  Remove from cookie sheet.  Cool slightly on wire rack. 5.   Roll warm cookies in powdered sugar; cool on wire rack.  Roll in powdered sugar again.  Recipe makes about 4 dozen cookies.

ReiszsPieces

BabyMimi:

ReiszsPieces:

Cake mix cookies are delicious and super easy.  Kinda cheating, but amazing, none the less.  I like to make them with funfetti cake mix and butterscotch chips.  (but you could make them with white cake mix and chocolate chips, chocolate cake mix and peanutbutter chips, nuts, whatever.)

I would love to do that however it is against the rules. Cookies have to be made from scratch and the main ingredient must be flour.

sounds like a perfectly reasonable rule.  Lol.  What about espresso shortbread cookies?

ReiszsPieces

https://smittenkitchen.com/2007/12/espresso-chocolate-shortbread-cookies/

BabyMimi

PeetiePie:

I don't think these are out of the ordinary, but I made Russian Tea Cakes last year for a cookie exchange.  They are one of my favorites!  There is a Mexican Wedding Cake cookie too, I think they are pretty much the same.

 

Russian Tea Cakes (from a very old Betty Crocker Cookbook)

 Ingredients 1    cup butter, softened?   cup powdered sugar1    teaspoon vanilla2    cups all-purpose flour?   cup finely chopped nuts?   teaspoon salt      Powdered sugar (to roll the cookies in after baking) Directions1.   Heat oven to 400?F. 2.   Mix butter, 1/2 cup powdered sugar, and the vanilla in large bowl.  Stir in flour, nuts, and salt until dough holds together. 3.   Shape dough into 1-inch balls.  Place about 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet.4.   Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until set but not brown.  Remove from cookie sheet.  Cool slightly on wire rack.5.   Roll warm cookies in powdered sugar; cool on wire rack.  Roll in powdered sugar again.  Recipe makes about 4 dozen cookies.

 

These look awesome!! I am going to try them out this weekend! 

CoastieWife08

I'm making Russian Tea Cakes for my cookie swap this year.

You can make them more "festive" by rolling them in sprinkles or colored sugar as well.  I'm sticking to the white ones, though.

PeetiePie

ade2be:

My mom always did a huge amount of cookies at Christmas time.  We have a sugar cookie recipie (cookie monster's sugar cookies....hehehehe), that is awesome...and then we do decrative icing.

I do a grasshopper cookie (chocolate sandwich cookie with mint icing) that I love.  Done peppermint pinwheels. 

If any of those sound interesting, let me know.  Recipies are at home, so it'd be the weekend before I could get them to you.

Oh, these sound great.  I have yet to find the perfect sugar cookie recipe.  I like them thick and chewy.

Ginaincali

My mom sent me this link yesterday..its got a lot of good stuff on it!

https://www.sunny99.com/event_portal/view/holiday_2009/article/2746.html

K2thaT

Wanna know something funny? I have no idea why they call those things Mexican Wedding Cookies cause they def. don?t eat them at weddings round these parts.

islelily

BabyMimi:

PeetiePie:

I don't think these are out of the ordinary, but I made Russian Tea Cakes last year for a cookie exchange.  They are one of my favorites!  There is a Mexican Wedding Cake cookie too, I think they are pretty much the same.

 

Russian Tea Cakes (from a very old Betty Crocker Cookbook)

 Ingredients 1    cup butter, softened?   cup powdered sugar1    teaspoon vanilla2    cups all-purpose flour?   cup finely chopped nuts?   teaspoon salt      Powdered sugar (to roll the cookies in after baking) Directions1.   Heat oven to 400?F. 2.   Mix butter, 1/2 cup powdered sugar, and the vanilla in large bowl.  Stir in flour, nuts, and salt until dough holds together. 3.   Shape dough into 1-inch balls.  Place about 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet.4.   Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until set but not brown.  Remove from cookie sheet.  Cool slightly on wire rack.5.   Roll warm cookies in powdered sugar; cool on wire rack.  Roll in powdered sugar again.  Recipe makes about 4 dozen cookies.

 

 

These look awesome!! I am going to try them out this weekend! 

 

Prepare yourself to fall in love! I love them with a big glass of cold milk

BabyMimi

ReiszsPieces:

https://smittenkitchen.com/2007/12/espresso-chocolate-shortbread-cookies/

OMG those look so good too. Might have to try them this weekend also. Dh is going to be my taste tester...

BabyMimi

Ginaincali:

My mom sent me this link yesterday..its got a lot of good stuff on it!

https://www.sunny99.com/event_portal/view/holiday_2009/article/2746.html

That's a great link! 

KAG30

Oreo Bark -

Melt white chocolote chips over a double broiler (or any type of chocolate chip)

Crush Oreos

Mix the oreos with the melted chocholate and place in a pan with parchment paper.  Let it solidify and you are good to go. It is easy and sooooooooo good. 

ReiszsPieces

KAG30:

Oreo Bark -

Melt white chocolote chips over a double broiler (or any type of chocolate chip)

Crush Oreos

Mix the oreos with the melted chocholate and place in a pan with parchment paper.  Let it solidify and you are good to go. It is easy and sooooooooo good. 

Sounds amazing... unfortunately I don't know if it qualifies since the oreos aren't "homemade" and the main ingredient isn't flour.

Although, you could make your own oreos... then it would count!

Oreo Recipe: https://smittenkitchen.com/2007/05/my-kingdom-for-a-glass-of-milk/

I think I have to try this now.  Yum!

ade2be

PeetiePie:

ade2be:

My mom always did a huge amount of cookies at Christmas time.  We have a sugar cookie recipie (cookie monster's sugar cookies....hehehehe), that is awesome...and then we do decrative icing.

I do a grasshopper cookie (chocolate sandwich cookie with mint icing) that I love.  Done peppermint pinwheels. 

If any of those sound interesting, let me know.  Recipies are at home, so it'd be the weekend before I could get them to you.

Oh, these sound great.  I have yet to find the perfect sugar cookie recipe.  I like them thick and chewy.

I'll look it up and post it as well as the picture of our creations (its insane!)