YUMMO!! Cookie making time!

On Saturday afternoon, the girls and I met up with our friend Polly at our friend Ada's house. Ada loves to have cookies or muffins in the freezer during the Thanksgiving and Christmas season, so I believe we've just started a new tradition. Do this 2 more years in a row and it will be, right?Ada has M.S. and Schleroderma, so since she can't make the goodies herself. Polly and I brought our supplies and dug in. Each of us took ownership of a recipe and went to work. I brought my $5 mixer that I found at a garage sale and cannot be parted from for anything! It's awesome!
Ada turned on the radio to some Christmas tunes and we danced while we worked. We made 6 different kinds of cookies and yummies.
Spimoni slices that a college friend gave me the recipe to on Facebook. Notice the empty spot? We had to taste test. They're basically a sugar cookie recipe, split into 3rds. In one of the thirds, you mix in a couple ounces of semi sweet chocolate squares. In another, green food coloring and chopped pecans. In the last (I didn't have red food coloring or candied cherries) I used 1/4 cup chopped maraschino cherries and they made that second pink! Then you layer it, chill it and then slice and bake. Easy peasy! Graham crackers with peanut butter, then dipped in chocolate candy coating.
Chocolate cookies with marshmallow, frosting and pecans on top. I wasn't sure how they would turn out... Polly and I decided we'd change a couple things next time we make them as they aren't the prettiest cookies we made, but they did turn out very yummy!
Meri had made a recipe that she found in the back of her Sunday school booklet called.. Don't quote me... Humeteuch ?? That's not right... They are Jewish cookies that have wheat flour in them. You cut them in circles and fold up 3 of the edges. Put apricot preserves in the middle and bake. I was a bit apprehensive with those too, but they were pretty tasty too! Who knew that wheat flour could make good cookies?! We made up a new batch last night to try them out a slightly different way. They're freezing now.
I made Peanut butter puddles. Basically a peanut butter cookie dough, baked in mini muffin tins, lined. Then when they're done baking, you poke out the middle a little and drop in this fudgy mixture and put chopped nuts on top. I did some with nuts and some without. People are funny that way with their tastes... Oh and they were awesome.
Maddy took over the recipe where you take mini snicker bars (the fun size - although I've wondered why they're called fun when they're so stinking small...) and wrap them up with sugar cookie dough (which I made the night before and chilled). Then you roll them in Christmassy sugars (green & red) and bake. They turned out huge, so next time we make them, I think we should chop the fun sized bars even smaller. So festive looking!Then when everything was done cooling, we wrapped up assortments on individual little Christmassy plates, stuck them in freezer bags and froze them. She'll have enough to give out to the mailman, UPS guy, relatives & friends who stop in, etc. We also made up a big tupperware container of an assortment of the rest and froze that too. She'll have a big variety to share at our church ladies guild Christmas party in a couple weeks. We always have it at her house. Looking forward to that!

Now I'm definitely in the Christmas mood... I think we're going to try and make a couple batches a week to fill up the freezer so we can be well stocked at home too.

Happy baking!