I’ve Been a Cookie Baking Fool!
Last week I managed to bake 260 cookies for the Drop In & Decorate event!. You can read all of the details about Drop In & Decorate in this post.
I have found not one, but two deserving charities in our community to donate too! Alive (Alternatives to Living in Violent Environments) and The Agape Food Pantry. Both wonderful organizations, and we can’t wait to deliver our cookies to them in early December!
I followed Bridget’s tips in this post, on how to freeze my cookies, and I have all 260 cookies in the freezer waiting to be decorated!! I think we are going to have 2 decorating parties. 260 is a lot to decorate at once, and find room to let them all dry. We also had a hard time coming up with one date that everyone could make, so two weekends solves BOTH issues!!
We will decorate half the cookies on the weekend of Dec 5th and deliver to one of the charities the following week. The other half we will decorate on Dec 12, and deliver the week of Dec 14th!
WHEW!!! I also need to squeeze in baking for my own family and gift giving!
Have you started any holiday baking yet?
I’d love to hear about what your baking!
I will post a recap of the pie party and prize winners in the next day or so!! There were SO many amazing recipes shared!!
Don’t forget to join Bridget’s Flavor of the Month Party on Nov 30th! This month’s theme is “Traditions” – post your favorite family tradition recipe!
Liz of Hoosier Homemade will be posting cookie recipes every day for 12 Days, starting Dec 1 with a linky party for you to link up YOUR cookie recipes on Dec 13th! What fun!
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Wow! you are ambitious! I can't wait to see them all decorated.
Wow! you are ambitious! I can't wait to see them all decorated.
Oh My Goodness!
I am soooooo impressed Cheryl!
Wow!
Look at all of those glorious COOKIES!!!
You are an inspiration!
I am having to delay my drop in & decorate party til a bit after the 10th due to my friends from CA who will be visiting sometime after the 15th! Gotta have friends for that fun party!
Oh…my sister used to work for Agape!
Could you PLEASE…I beg you…(Ha!) let me know HOW you created that lovely…and I do mean LOVELY collection of pictures in your post! Oh…that looks sooo impressive!
Happy Day Cheryl!
XXOOXX
Oh My Goodness!
I am soooooo impressed Cheryl!
Wow!
Look at all of those glorious COOKIES!!!
You are an inspiration!
I am having to delay my drop in & decorate party til a bit after the 10th due to my friends from CA who will be visiting sometime after the 15th! Gotta have friends for that fun party!
Oh…my sister used to work for Agape!
Could you PLEASE…I beg you…(Ha!) let me know HOW you created that lovely…and I do mean LOVELY collection of pictures in your post! Oh…that looks sooo impressive!
Happy Day Cheryl!
XXOOXX
What an incredibly FABULOUS thing to do!!!!!
You've inspired me – thankyou.
What an incredibly FABULOUS thing to do!!!!!
You've inspired me – thankyou.
Oh, thanks so much for the shout out! I guess I better get baking, huh? 😉
~Liz
Oh, thanks so much for the shout out! I guess I better get baking, huh? 😉
~Liz
That's a lot of cookies! We usually do our baking the week before Christmas.
That's a lot of cookies! We usually do our baking the week before Christmas.
What a great blog….Love reading about the baking…though I do none….I will live vicariously through yours.
What a great blog….Love reading about the baking…though I do none….I will live vicariously through yours.
Wow that is awesome. I only baked one year and that was for a cookie exchange.
Wow that is awesome. I only baked one year and that was for a cookie exchange.
I betcha your house must smell so good!
Have you ever heard of shelf milk? If you have…have you ever used it in recipes?
I betcha your house must smell so good!
Have you ever heard of shelf milk? If you have…have you ever used it in recipes?
Wow! I'm so jealous of your family!
Wow! I'm so jealous of your family!
These are GREAT pictures!!! Oh my gosh…you have been SO busy! I NEED to get started on mine.
These are GREAT pictures!!! Oh my gosh…you have been SO busy! I NEED to get started on mine.
Great job!! You are really blessing people with this!!
Amanda
Great job!! You are really blessing people with this!!
Amanda
That is a lot of baking! I too have done a lot of baking so far this season. My son's preschool co-op had its annual bake sale today and we moms had to bake 100.00 worth of goods. My tally came to, two pumpkin cheese cakes, two chocolate harvest cakes, three carrot cakes, and 2 chocolate pumpkin bunt cakes. Whew! and this is just the beginning of the holiday! Good luck with the decorating of your cookies.
That is a lot of baking! I too have done a lot of baking so far this season. My son's preschool co-op had its annual bake sale today and we moms had to bake 100.00 worth of goods. My tally came to, two pumpkin cheese cakes, two chocolate harvest cakes, three carrot cakes, and 2 chocolate pumpkin bunt cakes. Whew! and this is just the beginning of the holiday! Good luck with the decorating of your cookies.