Cookie Exchange
 

We used to do a Holiday Cookie exchange at my church up north....

Is anyone interested in doing this here??

Everyone that is interested makes about 4 dozen of their favorite cookie.....and then we gather to exchange....everyone getting 4-6 of each or more depending on number of participants!!

Well...I have no doubt you all know what this is...and how it works....anyone interested??

Did you ever do any of those "special" brownies?

There are plenty of Cookie Exchanges in The Villages at the Rec Centers. Check out the newspaper for time and place.

Thanks...but I was hoping some of the TOTVer's might have fun doing this....oh well.....I guess I will head to the rec centers one of those times!!

Thanks again!

As for the Brownie's.....not at Christmas! ;)

Fantastic.

They'd definitely be worth lining up for. ;)

:sigh:

Sign me up for the brownies:::ohdear::ohdear:

About the cookie exchange, I'm afraid my attitude is "been there done that." If it's still something you'd like to do....well as another poster said...lots of chances at the Rec centers.

Why can't.........
 

Why can't someone invent a "healthy" cookie ? One without all the yummy butter and milk that I can't consume?

I'm totally addicted to brownies; my local health-food cafe bakes their own bread and granola and they made a scrumptious brownie without dairy so I stocked up on them - ate so much ot them that I made myself sick barf

Hey, I'm just being silly; hope your cookie exchange becomes a successful reality :pepper2:

Healthy brownies, wow, how very very nice!

Yup, been there, done that. Great for when the kids were so excited for the different cookies and the Mommy/kid baking experience.

Just give me a roll of slice and bakes these days.
or buy TooJays black and whites!
Healthy brownies????
My version:
Doves dark chocolate
every day
Easy, unwrap, pop in mouth, savor the flavor and healthy, too!!
I'm done with baking!!!
choco chip, congo bars, butter balls, wandis, pizzelles, baklava.......I've baked all these and more.........
banana split pie was a family favorite every holiday
BTW, Feel free to send any extra cookies over my way!!
I would hate to see them wasted!! LOL

I agree. When there were Brownies to help eat the Brownies and Sunday School children to share the cookies with and Homemakers club and kids sleepovers, then baking cookies was fun and made sense. Now it is five minutes in your mouth and five years on your belly and three times a week exercising is not going to do the trick. By the way, all the moving around and activities and exercise class at Odell Center, I lost eight pounds in my six weeks in TV! I was delighted.

Thanks Coney!!! :icon_hungry: The plans are under way....should have at least 10 different cookies along with some fudge....but no such luck on the healthy brownies....heard of cookies made with granola though.....:undecided:

Good for you Gracie Girl, eight pounds, that is a lot of cookies!

I agree that cookie making is best left for the young and fit families. At our stage in life, retired, it is so hard to lose weight! Well done GG!!

When my children were young I baked and baked as a mother will do.

Now even though, I do make really good cookies, I only indulge the cookie monster in me rarely. A piece of fruit or chocolate saves me hours of cookie making and untold agonies of diet, guilt and excercise . Christmas is no exception, cause I found those cookies have calories too. How sad.:ohdear:

I love cookies and love baking but would be reluctant to eat cookies coming out of a kitchen and from a baker that I do not know. It's a different world.:sad:

I occasionally eat cookies/treats brought in by my 3rd graders and past 3rd graders (only occasionally because I'm watching my weight). I don't worry about the kitchen the treat comes from and I haven't died yet! In fact, I haven't had any of my students die from eating home cooking. Soooo....not a worry to me!

However, in my opinion, cookie exchanges are for the young...especially the young with children. Perhaps this is why Cassie is so gun-ho trying to organize this event.

Just my opinion, but I've been there and done that and am past that at my age.

P.S...if you are overweight then a cookie exchange is not a good idea. Think about the health implications plus the caloric value. We need to be more conscious of healthy eating at our age.

Bah humbug, I'm eating a cookie and savoring every nibble. Moderation is key! You can bake cookies and eat them, too. Just don't eat the whole batch!!

:agree:

I have a strategy.
Next door neighbor has 3 kids. I bake, keep a few for me & Davey, they eat.

Never done a cookie exchange. Doesn't seem to something done in my neck of the woods, would love to try it.:icon_hungry:

Memories of Cookie Exchanges.
 

Cookie exchanges were fun for the "party" part. The exchange of news and ideas with other young parents, i.e...I found a such and such toy at a great price, and we are giving the princess a (fill in the blank) doll, and chatting about the teachers, the schools, the neighborhood. They would still be fun for that reason, and I am glad Cassie that you have found a group to do it.

I was discussing this with our daughters . Gretchen is a terrific baker. She was saying that she always pulled out all stops and made hard-to-make cookies and then would find that everyone else did the easy kind. Helene was saying that the difference in quality was sometimes true of gift exchanges too. But a gathering at Christmastime with friends, new and old, is bound to be a fun event.

Enjoy the exchanges
 

I also am fighting weight because I didn't get out of bed for over a month and didn't exercise for over two months.
But I am going to the cookie exchanges and then giving my cookies away to people in the neighborhood who are lonely or single men or grandparents with lots of grandchildren...The cookies have all been very appreciated!

Good idea.

We have gatherings up here where everyone brings a horse ovary.:0000000000luvmyhors

Huh?
 

barf barf barf

Speaking of cookies....... the only kind I buy are Paul Newmans' double chocolate fudge (or something like that) ; it's non-dairy and tastes very yummy - BUT my problem is I tend to eat the whole bag !

OH, now I get it !
 

:a20: :1rotfl:

where I used to work ... we called 'em hores at the door

I got it GG.
When I was little I called them whores devours, my father would laugh until he cried.
I was about 18 when I realized what the joke was. :1rotfl: