You are Invited to a Cookie Exchange

Description: Tips for hosting a Christmas cookie exchange.

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(NC)-It wouldn't be the Holiday Season without delicious homemade festive cookies. And hosting a Cookie Exchange is a great way to enjoy everyone's favourite holiday cookies as well as go home with a bountiful supply of them. It is also a lovely way to spend time with friends and family - either at home or at work.

The Robin Hood Test Kitchen shares some tips that take the guesswork out of hosting a Cookie Exchange:

• Invite about 6 - 10 people to your home or place of work for a Cookie Exchange and make sure they RSVP. At work, consider a lunch-hour Exchange.
• Ask guests to bake a dozen cookies for each guest attending, plus an extra dozen to taste.
• Have guests bring their cookies in containers that they can take their cookie assortment home in - plastic freezer containers work well.
• Have guests think about choosing a favourite family recipe or one traditional to their background. Ensure there is no duplication to guarantee the best variety.
• Bring baked cookies that hold their shape well and have no soft icings that would get messy in transit.
• Make sure each guest brings copies of their recipe to pass around.
• Have platters ready for the cookies brought for sampling.
• Bake your cookies a day or two in advance.
• Make sure that cookies can be frozen so that they can be enjoyed throughout the holiday season.
• When you get home repack so you don't store soft cookies with crisp ones.
• Provide sparkling water, coffee or tea and a supply of small plates and napkins for the tasting.

Visit http://www.robinhood.ca for festive cookie recipe ideas and baking tips.

- News Canada

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