My Christmas Cookie Exchange was bigger and better than ever this year and I wanted to get so many people involved that I actually hosted one on Tuesday morning and one Thursday night. Everyone made such beautiful and wonderfully tasting goodies and I also got so wrapped up in visiting with everyone that I didn't get any pictures of everyone who came!!! I did happen to get a few pictures of my platters filled up with all the goodies that were made. This year not only did I get some new English traditions but learned so much from my friend Joanna who is originally from Poland. Joanna brought 3 different types of traditional Polish cakes which she usually doesn't follow or even have a recipe for so it was a stretch for her to get copies of them for us to recreate her goodies. Kelly Epley brought raspberry and white chocolate cookies which was one of the top of her 15 cookie recipes she tried when she was pregnant with one of her boys around Christmas time. My friend Nicki Billage brought Viennese fingers which is something her mum would traditionally make every year. Alison brought Nigella's original Rocky Road recipe as it is tradition for her to make every year for Grace's birthday which is just a couple weeks before Christmas. And Cheryl Scott was classic as she brought a delightful package of Maryland chocolate chip cookies since her kitchen is under construction (but she admitted that she doesn't bake anyways so she probably would have brought the same thing if her kitchen was functioning.)
These were platters of goodies for everyone to try filled with puppy chow, Chex mix, spritz cookies, peanut butter blossoms, peanut butter cookies, almond bark pretzels, holiday sandies and sugar cookies!!!!
At my evening do we had some lovely treats as well!
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