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Host A Christmas Cookie Swap

Need a fun idea for the Holidays? Why not host a cookie swap this year and exchange Christmas cookies (and recipes).

The holidays are full of time for family and friends. Just thinking about making new memories fills people with the Christmas spirit. This Christmas, gather a few of your best girlfriends and host a cookie swap party. What is a cookie swap? It can be done at any time of the year, but there are […]

Old Fashioned Cutout Cookies

Bake a batch of cutout cookies with the kids and decorate to your heart's content.

Some of my favorite Christmas and Advent memories as a kid involved making cutout cookies with my mom and my little sister. We used the same recipe each year. I think we got it from our preschool. They honestly didn’t taste good at all, but they held their shape well and if you added enough […]

How To Make Buckeye Cookies

Make some yummy buckeye candy this holiday season.

My daughter went to a Christmas party for her 4-H group this week and made buckeye candy. Some call it cookies, some call it candy. Either way, it is delicious. I’ve eaten plenty of buckeyes (including some she brought home the other day), but I’d never made them myself. My daughter was excited to be able […]

Spiced Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

I’m a big fan of oatmeal raisin cookies and make them throughout the year. Sometimes I leave the raisins out, sometimes I use chopped apple instead. In December though, I take things to another level with these holiday spiced oatmeal cookies. The spices and nuts take this from a rather plain cookie to something really […]

Advent Calendar Day 4 – Cookies Anyone?

Way back in 2009 (has it really been this long?) we held a Virtual Cookie Exchange here on the Hillbilly Housewife blog. We had all sorts of delicious cookie recipes that were contributed by fellow bloggers and compiled them into a pdf document. I thought it would be fun to share those recipes with you […]

Peanut Butter, Chocolate Chips and More Cookies

When you’re making cookies it’s so hard to decide between all the different options. Should it be peanut butter cookies, oatmeal ones, some with chocolate chip etc. Instead of baking all sorts of different cookies, why not have some fun and make these “Monster” cookies instead. They have a little bit of everything and by […]