Your Guide to Holiday Baking: Top Cookie Recipes, How to Host a Cookie Swap & More

Pennsylvania Dutch CookiesThe holidays are a perfect time to pull out your favorite recipes and plan a cookie swap with friends and family members. Need some new cookie recipes and other holiday baking ideas? We’ve got you covered!

Creative and Delicious Cookie Recipes

Eggnog Cookies

Thumbprint Cookies

Snickerdoodles, Sandies and More

Bredenbeck’s Bakery’s Springerle Cookies

Pennsylvania Dutch Cookie Recipes

And much, much more!

A Non-Cookie Holiday Treat

Lemon Cranberry Poundcake

How to Host a Cookie Swap and Give Back at the Same Time

Cookie swaps during the holidays are a fun way to enjoy the company of friends and some delicious cookies, too. Use one or more of the recipes above or check out these additional recipes; then follow these directions for hosting a cookie swap that will not soon be forgotten! Combine your cookie swap event with a food drive and collect nonperishable food items for your local food bank, such as Chester County Food Bank, to provide even more meaning and good will to this holiday season.

Start perusing these delicious recipes and send out your invites for your upcoming cookie swap, just in time for the holidays!

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