Dorie’s update to her original double chocolate shortbread includes rye flour, cocoa nibs, cayenne pepper, and freeze-dried raspberries-that is, basically all my favorite things. The World Peace Cookies were a big hit with family and friends, and I’d love to bring them myself this year to introduce them to even more holiday cookie fans.Īn online mention from World Peace Cookie creator Dorie Greenspan herself led me to her newer recipe for World Peace Cookies 2.0, just debuted in 2021. Jennifer was the first of many commenters last year to point me towards Dorie Greenspan’s iconic World Peace Cookies, which I’d seen around but never baked myself until last year, when your numerous gushing comments compelled me to do so. But, delicious as they may be, chocolate chunk cookies don’t exactly scream “holiday.” I’m bringing them to our cookie exchange anyway, along with the following more festive variations. The simple recipe was a make-ahead, bake-and-slice shortbread, and did I already tell you it was delectable? Seriously, they were SO GOOD. Why so much shortbread? It started this when fall I baked up some delectable chocolate chunk shortbread cookies on a whim, simply because I wanted something rich and chocolatey to complement citrus sorbet I already planned to serve for dessert (#9 on this list, with a photo). Honestly, the only reason I’d dare take on so many is that they’re all variations on a theme: shortbread. I’m going big this year, and baking THREE (maybe even four?) batches of cookies for our exchange. What I’m bringing to this year’s Cookie Exchange In fact, the cookies I’m bringing to our 2023 virtual exchange are ones that YOUR comments introduced or led me too! More on that shortly. I also enjoyed “taking home” so many amazing recipes from our comments section, and dreamed of baking even more different cookie recipes. You better believe I enjoyed hearing back from those of you who tried MY childhood favorite holiday cookies at home-for the first time, thanks to our cookie exchange-and then shared them with your friends, families, neighbors, and colleagues. That’s one of the hallmarks of a cookie exchange: the cookies are definitely conversational fodder. ( View the first comments on last year’s Cookie Exchange post for the recipes and the stories behind them.)Īfter I “brought” my cookies to the party, I loved hearing about your experience with those same (or similar) recipes in comments. Last year I “brought” two family favorite recipes to our virtual cookie exchange: Andes Mint Cookies and Old-Fashioned Molasses Cookies. Just like last year, we may not be able to exchange actual cookies together but we CAN trade recipes! We learned last year that this actually works (hurray!), and I’m excited to do it again. One of the best reasons to host or attend a cookie exchange is that guests get to eat and enjoy many different kinds of cookies, while only putting in the effort of baking ONE kind of cookie. A cookie exchange is a party where every guest brings a designated number of cookies to share and to swap, and everyone leaves with a nice variety of cookies baked by others. I learned in last year’s comments that cookie exchanges seem to be regional celebrations, so don’t be surprised if you’re unfamiliar with the tradition. Of course we had to do it again! What is a cookie exchange?Ĭlick here to read up on the origins of that first cookie exchange, but I’ll share the short version with you here. A good time was had by all, plus we got to share and sample so many wonderful baking recipes. Last year we tried something new and hosted a virtual holiday cookie exchange here on Modern Mrs Darcy.
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