I'm so glad that we've been able to keep this tradition going. There are few things we love more than to have guests over for a party, especially when it revolves around yummy baked goods. In years past we have had close friends over for a cookie exchange in mid-December. Not much has changed except the location, the friends, and the fact that nobody had to drive because they live in our neighborhood :) :) Okay, so a lot has changed but it was as fun as ever!
The pre-guest spread:
clockwise from bottom row, left- Starbucks gingerbread loaf (that was Kraig's contribution :)), chocolate avocado cake (vegan and delicious!), peppermint patties (also vegan, also delicious), chocolate avocado cupcakes, and an appetizer spread of pita chips, hummus, olives, pistachios, and spiced hazelnuts.
Post-guest arrival (my wonderful photographer neglected to catch the 4 platters of cookies on the bar. I'll mention them anyway :)) We had russian tea cakes, coconut chocolate bars, pumpkin chocolate chip cookies, spritz cookies, and chocolate peanut haystacks.
Owen was a cookie bandit. We figured that he ate 5 cookies, but those are just the ones we saw him eat. He kept sneaking into the kitchen and grabbing a cookie off the table, shoving it into his mouth before we could grab it from him. Sneaky. He even resorted to trying to crawl past us- I can't make this stuff up.
It was so fun and we look forward to doing it again next year!
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