Cookies, Cookies, Cookies!

December brings my favorite thing to make in the whole world: COOKIES !!!
This month is marked in my house as Cookie Heaven! My oven works overtime in December.
My house wafts with the sweet aromas of Cinnamon, Chocolate and all things Cookie!

This December is a little more special than usual. I was able to participate in the Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap! So much fun! Each participant pays a fee ($5.00) and it goes to Charity (Cookies for Kids' Cancer)

It was a Blast! I love doing Cookie Swaps. Gives me more reason to make MORE COOKIES !!! hehehe

So for this swap the organizers Julie (The Little Kitchen) and Lindsey (Love and Olive Oil) arranged for the participants to receive goodies from sponsors! I rec'd, Beautiful Silicone Kitchen Gadgets from OXO, Coupons from Dixie Sugar and an Entry Cookie Tin to Bake it Forward!
I was thrilled to even participate and To have been a part of Raising more than $13,000.00 For Children's Cancer!
I was over the moon.

The Cookie Swap was arranged so that we would receive the names and mailing addresses for 3 other Bloggers to send 1 dozen cookies to. 3 Dozen Cookies total. What a Hoot! My Recipients were from California (2) and New Jersey (1). I decided early on that I would make 3 different cookies and split the cookies among the 3 recipients. They would each receive at least a dozen cookies, but a sampling of all 3!
I decided on 2 Cookies that were Super Easy but had alot of flavor and one that was a little Decadent! Everyone needs a little decadent in their life, don't you think?
I wrapped each package with My Blog's Logo and the Cookie Swap Logo! (provided by our organizers.

I honestly had a ball!
Within the packages I included 3 "Recipe Cards" for each batch of cookies.
One for the Banana Split Cookies, One for the Red Velvet Cookies and the last one was a Great Recipe for Caramel Brownie "Cookie" that  I borrowed from my Friend Lynn (Southern with a Twist)




It was a Blast!

Cookie Recipes related to this post Click Here: COOKIES

Are you curious about the cookies I received???
Well they're here :: COOKIEs from the Swap!

Please remember if you'd like to be a part of the Cookie Swap Next Year stop by the Swap Website or the Facebook Page and sign up for the newsletter!
You can click and sign up for the newsletter here: Cookie Swap Newsletter

Cookies I received from the Cookie Swap!

I got Cookies!!!! Remember that I participated in the Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap??
Well here are the Cookies I got in return!!







My First Package was from: TiAn Vetter from Unruly Bliss.com 
Her adorable little cookies were packed with flavor!!!
Chai Snowballs! Can I tell you with a Hot cup of coffee, they were gone in a second!

I've included the link for her blog and it will go directly to her delicious cookies!
Thank You TiAn!!











My Second Package came from Allison Day. (@Sushiday)
Allison runs a few Website and is a Multi-Tasking Extraordinaire! How she keeps up and is able to make cookies is beyond reason! She also sent a cute Card that started the whole experience with a smile!
Allison did as I did and made a few different kinds of cookies. All were very enjoyable.
I especially loved her Sweetened Condensed Milk Cookies. They'll come up in another blogpost as I used them as a base for another cookie! Allison was truly inspiring!
She Runs a site called "Fridgg" where the Recipes are always Fresh and Exciting! Stop by and spend a few hours drooling... I did!

My Last package came from  Diana Falcon! Last but certainly not least. She sent me a beautiful package of Peanut Butter Cookies! They were Fantastic! Tall glass of milk and the Man and I were in Cookie Heaven! Diana's Blog "Life Tastes so Good"  is so entertaining. She's a Texas Girl and is not afraid to show it! Big Bold Flavors over there! Stop by and say Hi ! You'll be glad you did!

Please be sure to stop by the Cookie Swap Facebook Page and Get on the List for next Year! We raised $13,000.00 for Children's Cancer this year! The Opportunities for Doubling or even Tripling that Next Year are Endless!!

Cookie Swap Cookie Recipes

These are the Cookie Recipes for the Cookies I sent to my Recipients!

Enjoy and Have a Wonderful Holiday Season!

For Lynns's Caramel Brownies Click the photo to hop on over to her blog!