Christmas Cookie Plates - Ebook
Christmas Cookie Plates - Ebook
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This project will last four (4) weeks, beginning the last week of
November. On the pages that follow, you will find instructions for
each week, forms to use in your planning, the cookie recipes, a
complete shopping list, instructions on assembling the cookie plates,
and even gift tags and cards to print and attach to your cookie plates!
Are you ready for some family fun? Spread Christ’s love this holiday
season with this fun and easy holiday project – The Christmas Cookie
Plates Project!
Happy baking,
Sheri
Week #1
Planning and Preparation Week
(The last week of November)
3 – Make out a baking schedule for the next two weeks. Decide
which recipe you will make each day and record it on the Cookie
Plates Baking Schedule I have included in this section. Keep in mind
that certain recipes require the cookie dough to be refrigerated for 3
hours or overnight. You will either need to mix these recipes up the
night before you plan on baking them, or mix them up in the morning
and bake them in the afternoon.
4 – Prepare space in your freezer. Over the next couple weeks you
will be baking a bunch of cookies! You not only need to make sure
you have containers for them all, but a place cleared in your freezer.
Take some time this week to clear a whole shelf if possible!
Cookie Plates Gift List
Cocoa – ½ cup
Eggs – 8
Milk – ¾ cup
Raisins – 2 cups
Unbleached flour – 20 cups (two 5-lb. Bags will be more than enough)
Pecans – 3 cups
Nutmeg – ¼ teaspoon
Salt – 2 ¼ teaspoons
Molasses – ½ cup
Tuesday: _____________________________________
Wednesday: _____________________________________
Thursday: _____________________________________
Friday: _____________________________________
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Thursday: _____________________________________
Friday: _____________________________________
Week #2
Baking Week – 5 recipes
(The first week of December)
and
Week #3
Baking Week – 5 recipes
(The second week of December)
1 – Bake the cookies. Bake one cookie recipe each week day (10
total). Each week day for the next two weeks you will be baking one
of the ten cookie recipes. On the next page you will see a list of all
the cookie recipes, followed by the recipes themselves.
2 – Freeze the cookies. Each day, after the baking has been done
and the cookies are cool, you will want to carefully store them away in
the freezer until you are ready to assemble the cookie plates.
You will need quite a few containers to freeze your cookies in, so
make sure you have these on hand before you start baking!
Cookie Recipes
Recipe List:
1. Brunekake – 4 dozen
2. Butter Pecan cookies – 4 dozen
3. Ginger snaps – 8 dozen
4. No-bake cookies – 3 dozen
5. Oatmeal Raisin cookies – 5 dozen
6. Peanut Butter Bon bon’s – 8 dozen
7. Peanut butter cookies – 4 dozen
8. Snickerdoodles – 4 dozen
9. Sugar cookies – 5 dozen
10. Yummy no-bake granola bars – 4 dozen
Cream together the butter and sugar. Add in the remaining ingredients and mix well.
Form 6 long rolls or logs. Bake 2 at a time on ungreased cookie sheet at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.
Cut in diagonal pieces while warm.
Yield: 4 dozen
Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 70 Calories; 4g Fat (48.4% calories from fat); 1g Protein; 9g Carbohydrate; trace Dietary Fiber; 10mg
Cholesterol; 27mg Sodium. Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 1 Fat; 1/2 Other Carbohydrates.
Butter Pecan Cookies
Servings: 48
3 cups chopped pecans
2 cups unsalted butter, softened
1 1/3 cups sugar
4 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 cups unbleached flour
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. On a baking sheet, toast pecans until fragrant, about 6 minutes. Let cool
completely; finely chop.
With a mixer, cream butter for about a minute. Add sugar and cream until light, about one minute more.
Beat in vanilla, salt, and flour, scraping down sides of bowl, just until dough comes together. Fold in pecans.
Separate dough into 48 pieces. Form into balls and roll in sugar. Place 3 inches apart on an ungreased baking
sheet.
Gently flatten with the bottom of a glass.
Bake for about 15 minutes or until golden brown.
Yield: 4 dozen
Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 173 Calories; 13g Fat (64.1% calories from fat); 2g Protein; 14g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber;
21mg Cholesterol; 23mg Sodium. Exchanges: 1/2 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 2 1/2 Fat; 1/2 Other Carbohydrates.
Ginger Snaps
Servings: 96
1 1/2 cups unsalted butter
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup molasses
2 eggs
4 cups unbleached flour
4 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon salt
In a large skillet, cook butter, cocoa, sugar, and milk until bubbles form around the side of the pan.
Remove from heat and add peanut butter, vanilla, and quick oats. Mix well.
Drop by spoonfuls onto waxed paper and cool.
Yield: 3 dozen
Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 118 Calories; 5g Fat (37.0% calories from fat); 2g Protein; 17g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; 7mg
Cholesterol; 19mg Sodium. Exchanges: 1/2 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 0 Non-Fat Milk; 1 Fat; 1/2 Other Carbohydrates.
Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Servings: 60
1 1/4 cups unsalted butter, softened
3/4 cup brown sugar, packed
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups unbleached flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
3 cups quick cooking oats
1 cup raisins
Crush cereal by placing in ziplock bag and crushing with rolling pin.
Mix powdered sugar and cereal in a large bowl.
Melt peanut butter and butter in a medium saucepan over low heat. Pour over cereal mixture. Blend together with
hands. Keep kneading until the dough is mixed well.
Form into 1-inch balls. Chill until firm.
Melt chocolate chips in saucepan over low heat. Be very careful not to burn the chocolate!
Dip balls in chocolate coating, totally covering ball of dough with chocolate.
Remove with tongs and place on waxed paper lined baking sheet. Chill until firm.
Yield: 8 dozen
Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 83 Calories; 5g Fat (48.9% calories from fat); 2g Protein; 10g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; 3mg
Cholesterol; 32mg Sodium. Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 1 Fat; 1/2 Other Carbohydrates.
Peanut Butter Cookies
Servings: 48
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar, packed
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 cup peanut butter
2 eggs
2 1/2 cups unbleached flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
Cream the butter for 2 minutes. Add the sugars and cream for 2 more minutes.
Mix in the peanut butter and eggs. Mix together the dry ingredients and stir into the butter mixture.
Refrigerate dough for at least 3 hours or overnight.
Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Shape dough into 1 1/4-inch balls. Place about 3 inches apart on ungreased
cookie sheet.
Flatten in crisscross pattern with a fork.
Bake until light brown, about 15 minutes. Cool on baking sheets for a minute, then transfer to rack to cool.
Yield: 4 dozen
Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 115 Calories; 7g Fat (51.3% calories from fat); 2g Protein; 12g Carbohydrate; trace Dietary Fiber;
18mg Cholesterol; 101mg Sodium. Exchanges: 1/2 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 1 Fat; 1/2 Other Carbohydrates.
Snickerdoodles
Servings: 48
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 3/4 cups unbleached flour
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
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CINNAMON/SUGAR COATING:
2 tablespoons sugar
2 teaspoons cinnamon
Yield: 5 dozen
Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 103 Calories; 5g Fat (40.8% calories from fat); 1g Protein; 15g Carbohydrate; 0g Dietary Fiber; 16mg
Cholesterol; 23mg Sodium. Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 0 Fruit; 0 Non-Fat Milk; 1 Fat; 1/2 Other Carbohydrates.
Yummy No-Bake Granola Bars
Servings: 48
5 cups crispy rice cereal
4 cups quick cooking oats
1 cup raisins
1 cup honey
1 cup brown sugar, packed
1 cup peanut butter
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup chocolate chips
2 – Assemble the cookie plates! For all the details on this, see the
How to Assemble the Cookie Plates page in this section. Note: You
will be assembling the plates in groups according to your delivery
schedule. This will include instructions on arranging the cookies,
covering with plastic wrap, attaching a bow, and printing out gift tags
or cards, etc.
3 – Deliver the cookie plates! Make this a fun time with your family.
Load everyone into the car, along with the cookie plates to be
delivered and head out. A neat idea would be to sing a Christmas
carol as a family before delivering the cookie plate to each friend,
family member, or neighbor. Afterwards, come home to some hot
cocoa and holiday cookies!
Cookie Plates Delivery Schedule
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How to Assemble the Cookie Plates
To assemble the cookie plates, set out on your dining room table the
number of holiday plates you will be assembling. Get the containers
of cookies out of the freezer and begin putting an assortment of
cookies on each plate.
Once you have about 18 cookies on each plate (you can do more or
less, I just chose 18 as an estimate), you are ready to cover with
plastic wrap. Put the rest of the cookies back in the freezer until the
next “batch” of cookie plates needs to be assembled.
Now print out the gift tags or cards you want to attach to each plate.
Cut them out and personalize them. Attach the gift tags or cards to
the top of the cookie plate with some tape, and then attach a holiday
bow.
Note: You will want to allow a couple hours for the cookies to totally
thaw before delivering!
Gift Tags and Cards for
Your Cookie Plates
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We hope you have enjoyed the Christmas Cookie Plates
Project! Why not make it a yearly tradition? Have a
wonderful holiday season!
Thank You!