Anonymous
Post 12/08/2025 09:31     Subject: Baked cookies
Anonymous wrote:Make sure you have at least 2 cookie sheets and a rolling pin and a wooden cutting board. Get some metal cookie cutters, including a man if you want gingerbread men. Get frosting in the little squeeze tubes. You can get them with tips if you want. Get some colored sugar and nonpareils if making sugar cookies. They also make little snowflakes, flowers, etc.

Use the frosting on the gingerbread men after they bake and the sprinkles on the sugar cookies before you bake.

If you don't want to deal with making from scratch, you can use packages mixes because a lot of the fun is in decorating.

Put flour on the cutting board and rolling pin before rolling the dough out. Otherwise follow baking recommendations but check the cookies a few minutes early because all ovens are different.



Oh also make them all the same thickness per sheet or they won't bake evenly.
Anonymous
Post 12/08/2025 09:29     Subject: Baked cookies
Make sure you have at least 2 cookie sheets and a rolling pin and a wooden cutting board. Get some metal cookie cutters, including a man if you want gingerbread men. Get frosting in the little squeeze tubes. You can get them with tips if you want. Get some colored sugar and nonpareils if making sugar cookies. They also make little snowflakes, flowers, etc.

Use the frosting on the gingerbread men after they bake and the sprinkles on the sugar cookies before you bake.

If you don't want to deal with making from scratch, you can use packages mixes because a lot of the fun is in decorating.

Put flour on the cutting board and rolling pin before rolling the dough out. Otherwise follow baking recommendations but check the cookies a few minutes early because all ovens are different.

Anonymous
Post 12/08/2025 09:18     Subject: Baked cookies
I bake cookies probably every other weekend. I have the tollhouse chocolate chip cookie recipe memorized and can do it with my eyes closed (though I add cornstarch, which makes them chewier).

That said, I consider baking cookies to involve anything that goes in the oven. Do what works for you.

I bake chocolate chip cookies a lot (tollhouse, and Sally's Baking recipes), sugar cookies (usually cinnamon sugar, not decorated), homemade caramels, toffee, and sugar pecans during the holidays. On occasion the afore-mentioned Oreo truffles, but only because my dad likes them.
Anonymous
Post 12/08/2025 09:14     Subject: Baked cookies
From scratch. It isn’t hard. Seriously. Just look up some recipes and pick one that seems doable. Don’t buy the boxed mix.
Anonymous
Post 12/08/2025 09:12     Subject: Baked cookies
Baked really makes you put something in the oven. Buy the premade dough and put it in the oven. Don’t overthink this.
Anonymous
Post 12/08/2025 08:31     Subject: Baked cookies
Anonymous wrote:YouTube can be very good for learning techniques. Foodwishes, for instance, is a reliable, shows all steps source. When I was just out of college and really learning the daily steps of cooking, I learned a lot from Chef John. My parents did teach me to cook a bit but not everything.

https://youtu.be/wMNEWNbcuHI?si=5L_36o5rG_c_y0WX


I would use it for simple electric wiring or plumbing; not for recipes as I am already an advanced cook.
I grew up with the betty crocker cookbook and every ladies' association cookbook under the sun. And those ladies assumed you knew what you were doing. Would have loved a youtube back then.
I can totally see a teenager finding it helpful.
Anonymous
Post 12/08/2025 08:29     Subject: Re:Baked cookies
Anonymous wrote:
This isn't a thread about cookie exchanges.


Cookie exchanges are the context where "baked cookies" most frequently occurs. Happy Holidays, Mr. Grinch!


DP. Not IME. In our house most often baking cookies is a boredom or friend get together activity for my kids. I would guess that someone bakes at least monthly and we never do cookie exchanges.
Anonymous
Post 12/08/2025 08:27     Subject: Baked cookies
Anonymous wrote:OP- kids really like the decorating part, so if you want to start the tradition, buy undecorated sugar cookies and decorate them.

As they get older they may want to try actual recipes and baking but the tradition will be there.

My tween surprised me years ago by getting a recipe off youtube (!!). I would never get a recipe off youtube but there you go. New generation.


Lol, wait until you find out what other instructions are on YouTube.
Anonymous
Post 12/08/2025 08:25     Subject: Baked cookies
Is this for real? Literally just bake cookies with you kid. That's all there is too it. Whatever kind you want.
Anonymous
Post 12/08/2025 08:24     Subject: Baked cookies
YouTube can be very good for learning techniques. Foodwishes, for instance, is a reliable, shows all steps source. When I was just out of college and really learning the daily steps of cooking, I learned a lot from Chef John. My parents did teach me to cook a bit but not everything.

https://youtu.be/wMNEWNbcuHI?si=5L_36o5rG_c_y0WX
Anonymous
Post 12/08/2025 08:21     Subject: Re:Baked cookies
Anonymous wrote:
This isn't a thread about cookie exchanges.


Cookie exchanges are the context where "baked cookies" most frequently occurs. Happy Holidays, Mr. Grinch!


WTH? No?
The OP says they want to bake cookies as a tradition.
I bake cookies at Christmas and all year and I haven't been to a cookie exchange for 20 years.

Also, there are tons of threads already on what's appropriate for a cookie exchange. Look one up or start your own. Stop making this thread OT.
Anonymous
Post 12/08/2025 08:19     Subject: Baked cookies
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:OP- kids really like the decorating part, so if you want to start the tradition, buy undecorated sugar cookies and decorate them.

As they get older they may want to try actual recipes and baking but the tradition will be there.

My tween surprised me years ago by getting a recipe off youtube (!!). I would never get a recipe off youtube but there you go. New generation.



Are you 90? Recipes off YouTube is not new and not only used by those dagum whippersnappers.


LOL. No, I work in tech! But I'm a longtime cook and baker and I like to find recommended blogs or "stationary" recipes. I don't like to watch videos much of anything instructional; I'd rather read. I'm the one who skips all the video links at the top of a search!

That sad, I'm fascinated by what y'all find for "TikTok" recipes since I would never do it. Seems like they are all fails, but I'm waiting!
Anonymous
Post 12/08/2025 08:16     Subject: Re:Baked cookies
This isn't a thread about cookie exchanges.


Cookie exchanges are the context where "baked cookies" most frequently occurs. Happy Holidays, Mr. Grinch!
Anonymous
Post 12/08/2025 08:13     Subject: Baked cookies
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:OP- kids really like the decorating part, so if you want to start the tradition, buy undecorated sugar cookies and decorate them.

As they get older they may want to try actual recipes and baking but the tradition will be there.

My tween surprised me years ago by getting a recipe off youtube (!!). I would never get a recipe off youtube but there you go. New generation.



Are you 90? Recipes off YouTube is not new and not only used by those dagum whippersnappers.


Are the whippersnappers the one's asking "what does baked cookies mean" because if so, I don't want their baking advice.
Anonymous
Post 12/08/2025 08:08     Subject: Baked cookies
Anonymous wrote:OP- kids really like the decorating part, so if you want to start the tradition, buy undecorated sugar cookies and decorate them.

As they get older they may want to try actual recipes and baking but the tradition will be there.

My tween surprised me years ago by getting a recipe off youtube (!!). I would never get a recipe off youtube but there you go. New generation.



Are you 90? Recipes off YouTube is not new and not only used by those dagum whippersnappers.