My granddaughter works in the bakery at a Publix supermarket. They
decided to have a Christmas cookie exchange. Many people have them at
work, or a club and such, but this is the best I've ever seen.

Everyone there bakes for a living. They all like to bake. At home they
make some really good cookies, fudge, assorted baked stuff that is just
fantastic.

Hint: if ever invited to join a cookie exchange, choose the bakery, not
the motor pool or landscaping department. We have enough goodies for
weeks.

On Wednesday, December 23, 2020 at 4:33:38 PM UTC-6, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
> Hint: if ever invited to join a cookie exchange, choose the bakery, not
> the motor pool or landscaping department. We have enough goodies for
> weeks.
>
Good point!

Thursday I'm planning on making sausage balls and fruitcake cookies.
Most of the cookies will be going with me to my nephew's Christmas
breakfast.

"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
...
> My granddaughter works in the bakery at a Publix supermarket. They
> decided to have a Christmas cookie exchange. Many people have them at
> work, or a club and such, but this is the best I've ever seen.
>
> Everyone there bakes for a living. They all like to bake. At home they
> make some really good cookies, fudge, assorted baked stuff that is just
> fantastic.
>
> Hint: if ever invited to join a cookie exchange, choose the bakery, not
> the motor pool or landscaping department. We have enough goodies for
> weeks.

I only ever went to one. I brought cookies but brought none home. They tried
to force me to bring some to Angela, but we were never big sweet eaters. And
most of the cookies there were not home baked. People bought packaged
cookies. Ick.

On Wednesday, December 23, 2020 at 12:33:38 PM UTC-10, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> My granddaughter works in the bakery at a Publix supermarket. They
> decided to have a Christmas cookie exchange. Many people have them at
> work, or a club and such, but this is the best I've ever seen.
>
> Everyone there bakes for a living. They all like to bake. At home they
> make some really good cookies, fudge, assorted baked stuff that is just
> fantastic.
>
> Hint: if ever invited to join a cookie exchange, choose the bakery, not
> the motor pool or landscaping department. We have enough goodies for
> weeks.
My step-mom is working on Swedish baked goods. She made a bread with stout and Coca-Cola. The bread uses a can of some kind of Swedish soft drink that's available during the holidays. Coca-Cola is a substitution.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/NP86pCqm3pjM2XBK8

On 12/23/2020 5:33 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> My granddaughter works in the bakery at a Publix supermarket. They
> decided to have a Christmas cookie exchange. Many people have them at
> work, or a club and such, but this is the best I've ever seen.
>
> Everyone there bakes for a living. They all like to bake. At home they
> make some really good cookies, fudge, assorted baked stuff that is just
> fantastic.
>
> Hint: if ever invited to join a cookie exchange, choose the bakery, not
> the motor pool or landscaping department. We have enough goodies for
> weeks.

My Connecticut friends sent me a box of homemade cookies and some
brownies. Nice treat and unexpected.

I do wish they had told me a package was on the way though as it could
have been stolen from my doorstep.

I came in at noon Saturday then stayed home. Opened the door at 5:30am
Sunday morning and found the box at my door.

That's up to 17.5 hours sitting outside my door. Especially not so safe
in an apartment complex vs a private rural house.

On Thursday, December 24, 2020 at 12:15:18 AM UTC-5, wrote:
> "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
> ...
> > My granddaughter works in the bakery at a Publix supermarket. They
> > decided to have a Christmas cookie exchange. Many people have them at
> > work, or a club and such, but this is the best I've ever seen.
> >
> > Everyone there bakes for a living. They all like to bake. At home they
> > make some really good cookies, fudge, assorted baked stuff that is just
> > fantastic.
> >
> > Hint: if ever invited to join a cookie exchange, choose the bakery, not
> > the motor pool or landscaping department. We have enough goodies for
> > weeks.
> I only ever went to one. I brought cookies but brought none home. They tried
> to force me to bring some to Angela, but we were never big sweet eaters. And
> most of the cookies there were not home baked. People bought packaged
> cookies. Ick.

Ow. Ow. I think I just sprained my eyes while rolling them.

Cindy Hamilton

On 2020-12-24 9:01 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Thursday, December 24, 2020 at 12:15:18 AM UTC-5, wrote:
..
>> I only ever went to one. I brought cookies but brought none home. They tried
>> to force me to bring some to Angela, but we were never big sweet eaters. And
>> most of the cookies there were not home baked. People bought packaged
>> cookies. Ick.
>
> Ow. Ow. I think I just sprained my eyes while rolling them.


My wife got into a Christmas cookie exchange once. It seemed to be
typical of many exchanges where no one seemed to be happy. The were
supposed to bring a certain number of cookies for each of the others in
the exchange. The complaints were that some of the cookies were just
plain cheap, some weren't fancy enough, some were way too small.


One of more complained about my wife's contribution. Apparently they
were not special enough for Christmas. Megatron was ****ed. It was my
mother's recipe and she loved them and thought of them as a special
Christmas treat. They were not cheap to make. They were made with butter
and brown sugar and a lot of pecans. There were ground pecans in the
cookies and half pecan meats on top. I had to agree with her that they
were the nicest and tastiest of all the cookies at that exchange. She
never bothered with cookie exchanges again.