Sunday, October 24, 2010

Fun Cookie Ideas for Any Occasion

Making cookies can be as fun as eating the cookies itself. You can add different ingredients, cut them out in different shapes and it takes just a few minutes to prepare them, bake them, and definitely less time to eat them. For some, making cookies is a delicious hobby, while for some this is an incoming generating business. Whether you will be feeding a brood of five or a community of a hundred, there are many ways on how you can make your cookies more delectable, more exciting, and tastier.

If you have your basic cookie recipe, try adding walnuts or almonds to make your cookie nutty. That bite that you get form the cookie will definitely leave you wanting for more as the saltiness of the nuts complements the sweet taste of the cookie mixture.

If you’ve had your fill of nutty cookies, try having fruity or chewy cookies next time. You can add raisins or dried cherries or grapes to your mixture. Have these small fruity treats give an exciting new twist to a plain cookie. For a healthier alternative, oatmeal cookies are not just tasty but they have a different texture altogether. It has a clean taste as well and is truly delectable if the cookie is buttery.

Give your cookies a new look. While most would expect round brown cookies in transparent plastic containers, give your cookie treats a makeover. Use a special cookie cutter such as wedding cookie cutters or a Christmas cookie cutter to give a whole new look to the plain round cookie. Cookie cutters are available in various shapes that can please the young and the young at heart. Cookies that are shaped as hearts, stars, or elf hat or elf boots will be more fun looking and therefore more appetizing than your average round shaped cookies. You can also place your cookies in tin cans that you can design with ribbons, lace or sticker labels. Cookie cutters can be used to create wedding cookies, baby shower cookies, or cookie treats for just about any event or occasion.

Making these baked goods can be fun with the kids too. They can help in mixing the ingredients, in cutting the cookies into different shapes, in designing or putting toppings on the cookies, or in placing them in their containers. Because baking cookies is a lot simpler than any other cooking or baking method, cookies can be a real treat from baking them to eating them.

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