December is here and the holiday festivities are near! I remember that years ago, I didn't know what a "Cookie Swap" was and now I'm the organizer for one at work and am a participant for one with friends.
At least I now know what "Cookie Swap" is! So for those who don't know, a cookie swap or cookie exchange is a party where the participants bake cookies for everyone else. Normally you would bake 1 dozen cookies per participant, of course, when I organized my work "cookie swap" I reduced it to 1/2 dozen per person.
Some people have really big "Cookie Swap" or "Cookie Exchange" parties, but that's not me. Mine is simple, let's trade cookies, and then go home. Or you get the idea. The one with friends is a let's have an excuse to eat out in a restaurant, swap cookies, and then go home. That makes it manageable instead of someone hosting a cookie swap. After all isn't baking 4-5 dozen cookies enough work?
For my work cookie swap my friend volunteered to bake the gingerbread men for me and I spent a morning decorating them with simple store bought icing. They have the scribblers icing packages that are perfect for the job. The gingerbread men stayed together for the photo shoot!
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| Gingerbread Men |
With the cookie swap, I was able to have my cookies to feed my hobby of foodie photography. We have star shaped shortbread, jam thumbprints, and peanut butter reindeer. Come back again to see my 2nd cookie swap cookies.
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| Star Shortbread |
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| Jam Thumbprints |
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| Peanut Butter Reindeer |
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