Cooking Holiday Treats is a Treat

November 18, 2009

One of my Christmas season goals is to make special holiday treats with Gracie at least twice.

Every year, we make some holiday treats and package them up to distribute to our neighbors. It’s a little token of good will, and everyone loves some extra Christmas cookies.

I’m a little embarrassed to say this, but the most raved about ookie we’ve shared the last couple of years was actually a pre-made dough from the dairy case of the grocery store.

The horrors! The horrors!

I always get a little anxious when someone asks for the recipe, but really, there’s no shame in buying premade cookie dough. It tastes good or else they wouldn’t sell it.

Grace likes to use a mini scoop to portion out the cookies onto the cookie sheet.

Unfortunately, using pre-made cookie dough cuts out a lot of the fun of cooking with Grace – letting her try to crack eggs, measuring together, stirring, and using the mixer. I like doing that stuff together.

Here are a few recipes that I like. I will probably use some of them this year.

Double Chocolate Candy Corn Cookies – Obviously, they won’t have candy corn in them. We’ll replace it with something else. Maybe Christmas M&Ms? Or maybe something like little tree candies. Or something.
Peanut Butter Marshmallow Fudge – This would be cut into squares.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Balls

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shopannies said:

love those pre made cookie doughs I also shared a recipe using store bought cookies

# 19 November 2009 at 5:51 am

lizhoosierhomemade said:

I love giving cookies too! I'm hoping to get a lot of baking don this yr. You should link up to the Holiday Food Fest today, it's all about Edible Gifts.
Also, I'm planning a Christmas Cookie linky on Dec.13th, mark your calendar
Thanks for sharing!
~Liz

# 19 November 2009 at 5:56 am

sherryberry921 said:

Love your post! And the pnut butter marshamallow fudge YUM!

# 19 November 2009 at 11:16 am

amyfinerthings said:

Chocolate peanut butter balls… my favorite!

# 20 November 2009 at 12:32 pm

Kristen said:

There is no shame in “cheating ” in the kitchen as long as the end result is delicious! All of your treats sound great! I am hoping to limit my goodie plates to under 50 this year. It's always hard when there are teachers, neighbors, Sunday school teachers, scout leaders, etc., but tis the season.

# 20 November 2009 at 1:36 pm

Kristen said:

# 20 November 2009 at 1:36 pm

FeelsLikeHomeBlog (author) said:

50? WOW! You are a one busy family! We usually give to our neighbors and family members, so it's usually under 12. That's plenty, though. It's a lot of work.

# 20 November 2009 at 1:37 pm

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