Making bite-size Christmas cookies -- how many?

[Anonymous]

I'm making bite size spritz cookies (with sprinkles) to have around the house and for Santa. One recipe makes about 70 cookies. But they are tiny. Would you do another batch for a family of four who all enjoy sweets? Another half batch? I don't want to run out of cookies by Christmas Day.

[Anonymous]

Make another batch and freeze half for later.

[Anonymous]

It is hard to know without knowing the actual size of the cookies, the appetites of the family, other dessert or food plans, and the ages of the kids.

My 14 year old going through a growth spurt will easily eat 70 cookies on his own.

I wouldn't want to eat more than 17 cookies in 4 days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is hard to know without knowing the actual size of the cookies, the appetites of the family, other dessert or food plans, and the ages of the kids.

My 14 year old going through a growth spurt will easily eat 70 cookies on his own.

I wouldn't want to eat more than 17 cookies in 4 days.

Yeah, I get you, that's why I'm waffling. Any of us could probably eat 70 of these in 4 days on our own (they are probably a teaspoon of dough each, though some are loaded with sprinkles). But we're also doing scones tomorrow morning and coffee cake Christmas morning, plus chocolates in everyones stocking, so we're not really hurting for sweets.

I'll probably make a full batch and freeze half. I feel like these keep pretty well but I think mentally not having 140 of these sitting around will prevent us from eating them by the handful, which is really not necessary with butter cookies.

[Anonymous]

Just make the second batch.

[Anonymous]

I would make another type of cookie

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would make another type of cookie

If it doesn’t have to be the spritz cookies, I would make an easy drop cookie so everyone doesn’t have to eat just one type. A chewy style cookie.

[Anonymous]

I'd freeze four for Santa, and let everyone go at the rest.