Christmas Cookie Swap Inspiration
Last year we hosted our very first Christmas Cookie Swap and it was one of my most favourite events that we have ever hosted. It was so refreshing to have an event that is centered around Christmas that just celebrates the good bits of Christmas. Everyone got offline and into the kitchen to bake their favourite cookies with everyone. It was magic!!! This year we are back, bigger and better with 30 spots, which means we need 30+ cookies and each guests gets to take home 30 individual cookies. I know that a lot of people will already have some of their favourite recipes ready to go although if you are a little unsure as to what to bake for our Cookie Swap I have put together some inspo for you. Keep in mind that a lot of these ideas aren’t that festive because lets be honest there are only so many of those you can do, we just want to see your favourite cookie recipe!
Claire Ptak's - Egg yolk choc chip cookies
You can find the recipe to Claire best ever egg yolk cookies here. These are exactly what I love from a cookie, they are buttery a little bit crispy and have the perfect spread. They are not cakey and not overly sweet. She has also developed this recipe into the perfect vegan recipe in her book Love Is a Pink Cake and Anna Jones has a peanut butter take on them in Easy Wins. Just perfect!
2. Sally’s Baking Addiction - White Chocolate & Macadamia Cookies
You can find the recipe for these here. We had an Easter cookie swap and some one made these to share and they were the most moreish of all. They’re chunky, a little bit gooey and potential better that any dark/milk chocolate version you have ever had. The reviews from the Easter Cookie Swap was that they gave ultimate Subway cookie energy.
3. Donna Hay - Sugar Cookie Recipe
I use this recipe EVERY YEAR to make Christmas cookies. It is super reliable and super easy to keep rolling out into sheets to cut out over and over again. It is perfect and each batch honestly takes 12 minutes to bake and the shapes hold perfectly.
4. Pierre Hermé & Dorie Greenspan's World Peace Cookies
Word on the street is that these cookies are so good that they could provide us with world peace. Although in this current world that is a huge ask. I do think they would bring peace to your house aka your world. Dorie developed these when she worked for Pierre Herme in Paris. They are a proper representation of a tradtional french sable and whilst they are not that festive they would be amazing half dunked in white chocolate sprinkled with crushed candy canes.
