Prize Winning Cookie Exchange Recipes & $20 Paypal Cash Giveaway
It’s Cookie Season and that means it’s time for the annual Office Cookie Exchange Party!
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One of the highlights of the holiday season is the office cookie party where my husband works! I always enjoy the photo’s he shares with me of all their office decorations and especially the food at the party.
This year I decided to help him out just a bit. He doesn’t really need help, he is quite the baker himself. Some of his popular dessert recipes are on the blog. Because he is such a good cook himself, I decided to step up my game just a little bit for his cookie recipes this year. I headed straight over to the Betty Crockerย โข website for recipe ideas. I’ve trusted Betty Crockerโข to help me cook for more years than I can honestly recall.ย
I found two recipes which are perfect, printed them and headed out to the Publix for ingredients.
Look what I found at my Publix! A coupon for $2 off Ziploc storage containers when I buy Betty Crocker cookie mix! Cha ching savings for me and containers for him to carry his cookies to the party.
My first recipe is called Bacon Pecan Chocolate Chip Cookies. I adapted the Bacon Pecan Cookies recipe I found on theย ย Betty Crockerโข site. Dare to be different! There is always competition at cookie exchange parties! The bacon adds the perfect combination of sweet and salty to this recipe to make this recipe a winner every time!
Bacon Pecan Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 pouch (17.5 oz.) Betty Crockerโข Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1 egg
- 1 Tbsp. water
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
- 1/2 cup chopped cooked bacon
Directions
Preheat oven to 375ยฐ. In medium bowl, stir (by hand, no mixer needed) cookie mix, butter, egg and water until soft dough forms.ย
Stir in bacon and pecans.
Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart onto an ungreased cookie pan.
Bake approximately 11 to 13 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool 1 minute before removing from the pan to a cooling rack.
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My second recipe is also adapted from one I found on the Betty Crockerโข site. Over at theย Betty Crockerโข spread cheer page, you will find everything you could possibly need to plan, save and prepare for cookie season! There are even videos of how to make some really clever cookies for your cookie exchange party this year.
Peanut Butter Cookie White Chocolate Truffles
- 1 pouch (17.5 oz.) Betty Crockerโข peanut butter cookie mix
- 3 Tbsp. vegetable oil
- 2 tsp. water
- 1 egg
- 4 oz. cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
- 2 cups white baking chip morsels
- 2 Tbsp. shortening
- Betty Crockerโข Red Sugar sprinkles
Directions
Heat oven to 375ยฐ.
Make cookies according to package directions. Cool completely.
In the food processor, process the cooled cookies until they are find crumbs. This is easier to do when you do half of the cookies at a time.
Combine all of the crumbed cookies in the food processor along with the cream cheese and peanut butter. Process until the mixture is well combined and can be formed into balls.
Shape into 1 inch balls and place onto a waxed paper lined cookie sheet. We were able to get exactly 48 balls. Refrigerate for at least 15 minutes.
In medium bowl, microwave the white baking morsels and shortening uncovered. Start with 30 seconds then stir, another 30 seconds then stir. It will likely take about 90 seconds. Stir until smooth.
Dip and roll the chilled cookie balls in the melted morsels using 2 forks covering well. You should have plenty of melted morsels to cover them all well. Place theย trufflesย back onto the lined cookie sheets and return to the refrigerator for at least 15 minutes. Store covered in the refrigerator.
Baking is done. It didn’t take long at all thanks to the ease of Betty Crockerโข Cookie Mixes! All packed up and ready to go to the office cookie exchange party!
I used holiday tissue paper to line the Ziploc containers. The pretty paper will serve as a festive touch to serve the cookies right out of the Ziploc containers! Easy peasy! I printed the spread the cheer labels from the Betty Crockerโข site. (I told you, they have everything you need for cookie season!)
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Chocolate chip cookies are the family favorite and I bet my boys would just love them with added bacon and pecans. What a great idea. I love adding other mix-ins into my cookies for added flavor and crunch. Pinned.
I like sugar cookies.
Any cookie as long as its giant ๐
My all time favorite cookie is my homemade White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies.
Chocolate dipped shortbread cookies are my favorite.
Chocolate Chip of course
All time fav…got be cookies!!
I love frosted shortbread cookies.
Thanks for the great giveaway!
I really like gingerbread cookies!
My grandfather’s ginger snap cookies.
My all time favorite is my oatmeal chocolate chip coconut cookies!
My favorite cookie of all time is my grandmother’s peanut butter cookies.
oatmeal raisin cookies
I love Peanut Butter Blossoms!
gingerbread cookies
My all time favorite is good old chocolate chip.
I’d like to try making the Peppermint Fudge Brownies.
I love peanut butter cookies.
My all time favorite homemade cookie is Chocolate chip cookies!!
I would like to make the Santa Hat Cookies.