Cookie dough exchange?

[Katherine]

Has anyone ever tried a cookie dough exchange? Getting together is tough & finding time for Xmas baking gets harder every year. I wondered how it would work to get a small group together to exchange dough in the fall (for freezing). The type would need to be agreed upon by all. Instead of buying different ingredients, etc. you would make one batch of the same cookie dough for each person. Ex: if 4 participate, you would make 4 batches of dough & each person would end up with 4 different types to bake.

Close to the holidays, you would get it out & bake.

Any comments?

[Bonnie]

Sounds interesting, different and fun.

A few years back I saw a show Martha Stewart did where she made the cookie dough and wrapped each log in wax or parchment paper and tied off the two ends. She said this was the perfect holiday gift for a busy mom because she could freeze the dough and then bake whenever. I thought this sounded so smart

This could easily be done for an exchange. Have a certain number of ladies do one type of cookie dough and another number another type, ect. and then figure out how many rolls of each type of cookie each would walk away with. If they are making them in advance make sure they freeze them right away of course.

If you have freezer space the cookies can be kept there while you are having your party and then when the ladies exchange hand them a plastic freezer bag to put the dough logs in.

The real trick would be to figure out a good way to word this for the invitation and to have them RSVP the cookie dough they want to make so you don't duplicate too many.

Wow I think I may try this next year! I wish I had more time to work on this but must prepare dinner.

Thanks for sharing ;D

[Marcy]

I did this my first exchange - we do ours the the Sunday after Thanksgiving. In my mind, I thought this was an easy suggestion, but unfortunately my friends didn't seem to like this for the next year (1/2 of them didn't understand the idea of frozen dough and bringing baking instructions.) I think this is a better alternative to baking the cookies (I did ask them to bake one dozen), no broken or crumbled cookies when you get home and it is easier to transport them home!