I am in full holiday swing these days and have even started off with hosting a Holiday Cookie Exchange last weekend! I have never hosted nor been one before so it was all new teritory for me, but I am soo wanting to establish new holidayu traditions for my kids to grow up always remembering, although they were not interested in anything to do with the cookies, other than eating them... :/ maybe next year!
Anywho I tried to research how other people have hosted them and decided to have people do 6 dozen (which happened to be WAY too many for the amount of people who could make it) and then I made 6 dozen sugar cookies just for us to decorate during the party! It seemed to be a hit and everyone had more than enough cookies to take home! I even brought a box to work and so did the boyfriend, there were about 3 dozen cookies gone in about an hour! Cookie Monsters I tell ya!
So i ventured into making Peppermint bark, which again I have never attempted to make beofre and to my surpise it was VERY simple and i will be making much much nore as Christmas comes closer!! I went off of the recipe and instruction that I found on Pinterest, Here is the link! http://pinterest.com/pin/589210891/
They turned out soo cute doing them in cookie templates! I couldnt find a silicone one and just used a metal one and it still worked great! Just be careful when getting them out of the pan so they dont break!
I also decided to take another Pinterest idea and make a holiday cake stand to put my bark on and I have to say for under $2 it looks pretty dang good!! Thank you Goodwill for the candle holder and tray! Just used spray paint I already had and some tacky glue, and BAM! :) Love it!
Soo All in All we had a GREAT first Annual Cookie Exchange!! :)
More Chirstmas Updates soon as I slave away at Black Friday lists, who else is braving the crowds?!
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