11/11/2023 0 Comments Cookis for holiday gift exchange![]() ![]() The classic idea is of a holiday party in which guests bring a selection of homemade cookies to trade with one another. The 1930s saw the accidental advent of the ever-famous chocolate chip cookies, when the Toll House Restaurant owner, Ruth Graves Wakefield, thought the chocolate chips would melt into the batter when baked.Ĭookie exchanges are a centuries-old tradition dating back to medieval times. In the 1930s, iceboxes gave way to icebox cookies. Oranges from the West coast and coconuts from the South gradually became included in cookie recipes as railroads were laid to connect the nation. Particularly in the South, these “tea cakes” took off and were the pride of the Southern housewife.Ĭookies were uniquely influenced by American geography once they arrived in the country. ![]() In the late 1600s, Dutch, English, and Scotch immigrants brought European cookies, like shortbreads and simple butter cookies, to America. Cookies became works of art and featured careful measurements of particularly-chosen ingredients. In the 14th century, sweet cookies could be purchased along the streets in Paris.Ĭookie recipes started to appear in cookbooks in the 1500s and baking became a serious profession in the 17th and 18th centuries. ![]() When Spain was invaded and after the Crusaders established the spice trade, sugar, and the delectable cookies that it produced began to spread throughout Europe. We know very early cookies came out of Persia in the 7th century, as this was very near where sugar originated, and Persia was one of the earliest empires to get a hold of it. Technically, a cookie is any kind of hand-held sweet cake, crisp or soft, so this counts in our book! The earliest modern cookies could have been dollops of cake batter used to test if the oven was hot enough. Check out our melted snowmen cookies, our Milano reindeer cookies, our rolo ornament cookies, our Christmas light cookies, or our Oreo Christmas tree for ideas, but feel free to get creative.According to some culinary historians, our modern-day idea of cookies may have been a happy byproduct of cake-baking. You really just need some icing or frosting, some miniature candies, and a little bit of creativity to create holiday masterpieces. These are great for any variety of decorating party, especially ones with little kids. While we’re all for completely homemade recipes, Christmas is also one of the best holidays to get creative with store-bought options. Another way to add intrigue to your cookie selection is to bake up traditional holiday cookies from around the world, like our Middle Eastern ma’amoul, our Polish kolaczki cream cheese cookies, our Italian cuccidati, or our Mexican polvorones. Looking to bowl people over with unexpected flavor? Try our Santa’s trash cookies, our white chocolate cranberry orange biscotti, our panettone cookies, or our molasses cookies. Want to add a little whimsy? There’s SO much you can do with a basic sugar cookie, whether you want to add color to the dough itself, like in our Christmas pinwheels, our candy cane cookies, or our checkerboard cookies or on top in the form of royal icing or frosting, like in our snowflake cookies, our tie-dye Christmas tree cookies, our leg lamp cookies, or our Santa cookies (in the shape of the big man’s face). You’re going to want to start with whatever recipes you think are the most classic-like gingerbread cookies, spritz cookies, chocolate crinkle cookies, peanut butter blossoms.-then go wild. ![]() When creating this list, we thought of the perfect Christmas cookie box that’s got a little something for everyone in it. Check out our favorite Christmas cookies for ideas-don’t forget to make enough to leave out for Santa and his reindeer too. Whether you’re a master baker looking for a new challenge or a kitchen novice looking for easy recipes, you can get in on the holiday baking fun. Luckily, there are myriad opportunities to try them all out, whether you're making them for a party, to give as gifts, or just to enjoy during a cozy night in at home. We get excited every year to combine our old standbys with creative and innovative recipes to share with friends and family. We can all agree: One of the BEST parts of the holiday season are all the sweet treats, the most classic of which are Christmas cookies. ![]()
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