Holiday Cookie Swap + My Etsy Shop
I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! I'm feeling severely under the weather today and I'm continuing to give thanks that I have this guy in my life...
...since he has not only cleaned up the joint after our game day feast, but voluntarily picked up my tissues, made me tea and went out to get us lunch supplies for the week while I blog and watch The Muppets Christmas Carol. True story.
Anyhoo, I have already begun my holiday baking! Though I save most of my cookie making for later in December with my mom and sisters, I thought it would be fun to try out some new recipes and have some pretty cookie trays as hostess gifts from now until New Year's.
And since I've been making so many, I recently opened up an Etsy shop, where you can purchase holiday cookies for all of your party needs! We are shipping anywhere in the US, however, if you live in Manhattan or Jersey City/Hoboken, we can arrange a pick up if you wish and can include more custom orders like cupcakes since they won't be damaged during shipping. If you're in the market for some holiday cookies, head on over to The Tiny Red Kitchen to check them out. Oh and as always, feel free to email me with any questions!
Holiday cookie tray featuring Eggnog Snickerdoodles, Chocolate dipped Shortbread, Chocolate Snowcaps, White Chocolate Cherry Chunkies
Now that that's out of the way, here's what I really wanted to discuss with you. Since I'm such a cookie fiend around the holidays, I thought it would be fun to organize a virtual cookie swap here on TAA. From now until December 23rd, I'll be collecting your favorite cookie recipes and posting them here on the site for all to see, bake at home and enjoy! Oh and if you don't celebrate Christmas, that's no excuse since, hey who doesn't like cookies regardless of the celebration?
So if you have a recipe to share, please email it over (theavidappetite@gmail.com) along with a photo (the photo part is very important since we all eat with our eyes before our mouths!) and I'll try to publish as many as I can. So what do you say? Are you up to the challenge? By the time Christmas rolls around, we could have an arsenal at our disposal for all things cookie baking!
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will do.
How cute are you! Congrats on the Etsy store! We have big cookie plans for the week after next so I'll be sure to send some your way. Yay Christmas!
Sounds like a fun idea! I'm actually starting a series on Wednesday of the 12 days of Christmas Treats. It will be 12 days in a row of treats and cookies for Christmas! I'll have to figure out which is my favorite and send it on over to you :)
Thanks Katie & Megan! I can't wait to read about your Christmas cookies and treats!
love the idea for a cookie swap!
Here is a good one that I would like to share with you, excuse the typos. These cookies have many different names. Italian Wedding cookies, Rainbow cookies, 7 layer cookies. My recipe is pretty good, I compared mine to Ferrera's in NYC.
I use a kitchen aid, but this is an old recipe
1 tube or can of almond paste - i think they are both 8 oz
1 cup butter (I use sweet, not salted, but I am sure salted is fine)
1cup sugar
4 egg yolks
2 cps sifted flour
4 egg whites
red and green food coloring
1/4 apricot jam or seedless rasp jam
1 6 oz semi sweet choc bits
preheat to 350, grease bottom of 13 x9 pans. line pans with greased wax paper, using a fork, break up almond filling in bowl, add butter, sugar and egg yolks. beat until fluffy at medium speed, beat in flour with wooden spoon, in another bowl beat egg whites until peaks form, add to almond mixture and blend. separate batter into 3 bowls, add food coloring to two of the bowls, bake 10-12 mins until edges are golden brown. invert onto wire racks and cool, turn right side up. spread jam, set on cutting board cover with clear wrap and weigh down with a book or something heavy and refrig overnite. next day, melt choc, cover top and sides of cookies , let cool and then cut into squares.
Cheers!
Barbara
Barbara, thanks for sharing this! I have been wanting to try this kind of cookie for a long time! Can't wait to give it a whirl