Anonymous wrote:
Aren't you bothered by your circle's possibly less-than-hygienic practices?

Cookie exchanges don't sit quite right with me.

You could pretty much say that about any home-cooked food, or even prepared food served at someone's house. Not to mention restaurants where a number of people prep, cook, handle serveware, silverware, and plates.

My go-tos are jam-and-coconut thumbprints, Earl Grey shortbread, and decorated sugar cookies.

Please, don’t bring chocolate chip cookies!

Pecan sandies rolled in powdered sugar

Anonymous wrote:
Aren't you bothered by your circle's possibly less-than-hygienic practices?

Cookie exchanges don't sit quite right with me.

Please don't come to one if invited. We don't want you

Anonymous wrote:
Aren't you bothered by your circle's possibly less-than-hygienic practices?

Cookie exchanges don't sit quite right with me.

Jesus Christ its not like they stick their hand in a cookie jar and rub each cookie.

It's set up like a cookie buffet, there are tongs to pick,up cookies and containers to brinf them home

The cookies with a Hershey kiss in the center I don't know the name of them!

When I was growing up, my mother was not a baker so I got tasked with baking the Christmas cookies. I would do Mexican teacakes, thumbprint cookies, shortbread candy canes, cutout sugar cookies and the now-ubiquitous peanut butter-Hershey's kiss cookies (they were not that common 40 years ago). I still think of these all as Christmas cookies.

Aren't you bothered by your circle's possibly less-than-hygienic practices?

Cookie exchanges don't sit quite right with me.

What we make:

black & white cookies
white macadamia nut cookies
pumpkin chocolate chip cookies
snickerdoodle cookies

My absolute favorites are christmas sugar cookies (cut-outs) with icing. I also love spritz and peanut butter balls although one could argue peanut buttter balls are not a cookie, but they are insanely delicious, especially the ones made with Rice Krispies.

I know you didn't ask, but snickerdoodles rank high up on my list of least favorites.

Double chocolate peppermint crunch cookies:

https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/double-chocolate-peppermint-crunch-cookies-362593

They're a tiny bit laborious, but they're delicious and a nice change of pace for the holidays.

Chocolate and/or lemon crinkle.

I'm always excited to get rum balls or buckeyes or something to round out a cookie tray. Those haystacks sound good.

I'm least excited to get those peanut butter cookies with the hershey kiss. Boring and lacking in quality.

I like to make iced gingerbread cutouts but they are hugely labor intensive so I understand those may not be on anyone else's list!

These sound a little strange but are so good! Very easy to make too. I sub M&Ms for the peanuts.

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/10985/peanut-butter-haystacks/

I'm thinking ahead. What are your favorites?