The Christmas Cookie Plates Project

By: Sheri Graham

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Graham Family Ministries
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Email: sheri@school4jesus.com

Copyright 2009 by Sheri Graham.

All rights reserved. Published November 2009.

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 Contents

Welcome to the Christmas Cookie Plates Project

Week #1 – Planning and Preparation Week

(The last week of November)

1 – Decide how many cookie plates you want to make.

2 – Go shopping and get all your supplies.
3 – Make out a baking schedule for the next two weeks.
4 – Prepare space in your freezer.

Included in this section:

Cookie Plates Gift List
Cookie Plates Shopping List
Cookie Plates Baking Schedule

Week #2 & #3 - Baking Weeks

(The first and second week of December)

1 – Bake the cookies.

2 – Freeze the cookies.

Included in this section:

Cookie Recipes

Week #4 – Assembling and Delivering the Cookie Plates

(The third week of December)

1 – Write out a schedule for delivering your cookie plates using

the Cookie Plates Delivery Schedule included in this section.
2 – Assemble the cookie plates!
3 – Deliver the cookie plates!

Included in this section:

Cookie Plates Delivery Schedule
How to Assemble the Cookie Plates
Gift Tags and Cards for your cookie plates
 Welcome to the
Christmas Cookie Plates
Project

I have always enjoyed baking, especially over the holidays. I love

putting together goodie plates to give to family and friends. As I was
thinking and praying about what kinds of activities I wanted to do with
the kids this coming holiday season, this idea came to mind.

Wouldn’t it be fun to bake a different cookie recipe each day for a

couple weeks, then make up a bunch of cookie plates for family,
friends, and neighbors? I thought it sounded like so much fun. As I
was beginning to gather my recipes and make a shopping list, I
thought that others might enjoy having all this information available in
an easy to print and use format. So…here it is…a complete guide for
making over 30 cookie plates to give away this holiday season!

This project will last four (4) weeks, beginning the last week of
November. On the pages that follow, you will find instructions for
each week, forms to use in your planning, the cookie recipes, a
complete shopping list, instructions on assembling the cookie plates,
and even gift tags and cards to print and attach to your cookie plates!

Are you ready for some family fun? Spread Christ’s love this holiday
season with this fun and easy holiday project – The Christmas Cookie
Plates Project!

Happy baking,

Sheri
 Week #1
Planning and Preparation Week
(The last week of November)

1 – Decide how many cookie plates you want to make. I have

included a Cookie Plates Gift List in this section for you to use. Write
out the names of each person that you want to make a plate for. If
you make every single recipe in this ebook (all 10 of them) you will
have enough cookies to make a little over 30 cookie plates (if you put
18 cookies on each plate). If you don’t want to make that many
cookies, then simply cut out a few of the recipes, then adjust your
shopping list accordingly.

2 – Go shopping and get all your supplies. I have made it very

easy for you by including a complete Cookie Plates Shopping List in
this section. Simply print it out and go shopping!

3 – Make out a baking schedule for the next two weeks. Decide
which recipe you will make each day and record it on the Cookie
Plates Baking Schedule I have included in this section. Keep in mind
that certain recipes require the cookie dough to be refrigerated for 3
hours or overnight. You will either need to mix these recipes up the
night before you plan on baking them, or mix them up in the morning
and bake them in the afternoon.

4 – Prepare space in your freezer. Over the next couple weeks you
will be baking a bunch of cookies! You not only need to make sure
you have containers for them all, but a place cleared in your freezer.
Take some time this week to clear a whole shelf if possible!
 Cookie Plates Gift List

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2. ___________________________________ 20. ________________________________

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 Cookie Plates Shopping List

Almond extract - ½ teaspoon

Baking powder - 1 teaspoon

Baking soda - 3 ¼ tablespoons

Brown sugar - 2 ¾ cups

Semisweet chocolate chips - 3 cups (two 12-oz. Bags=4 cups)

Cocoa – ½ cup

Cream of tartar – 1 tablespoon

Food coloring (for sugar cookie frosting)

Powdered sugar – 10 cups

Sugar – 12 cups (two 4-lb. Bags will be enough)

Vanilla extract – ¼ cup

Crispy rice cereal – 8 cups

Quick-cooking oats – 10 cups (one 42-oz. Container)

Eggs – 8

Milk – ¾ cup

Unsalted butter – 10 cups (5 lbs.)

Raisins – 2 cups

Unbleached flour – 20 cups (two 5-lb. Bags will be more than enough)

Peanut butter (smooth or creamy) – 5 cups (a 40-oz. Jar=4.4 cups)

Pecans – 3 cups

Honey – 1 1/8 cups

Cinnamon – 1 2/3 tablespoons

Ground cloves – 1 teaspoon

Ground ginger – 1 teaspoon

Nutmeg – ¼ teaspoon

Salt – 2 ¼ teaspoons

Molasses – ½ cup

Cookie decorating supplies (sprinkles, mini M&M’s, mini chocolate chips,

etc.)

Holiday paper or Styrofoam plates

Colored or clear plastic wrap

Holiday bows to attach to cookie plates

White cardstock paper (for printing gift tags and cards)

Color printer (for printing gift tags and cards)

Freezer containers to put baked cookies in to be stored in the freezer

(enough to hold 588 cookies!)
 Cookie Plates Baking Schedule
Plan out your two baking weeks by writing in the recipe you will
be making each day. Remember some of these recipes require
you to refrigerator the dough for several hours or overnight. With
that in mind, you may need to mix up the dough in the morning
and bake the cookies in the afternoon.

Week #2: Baking Week

Monday: _____________________________________

Tuesday: _____________________________________

Wednesday: _____________________________________

Thursday: _____________________________________

Friday: _____________________________________

Week #3: Baking Week

Monday: _____________________________________

Tuesday: _____________________________________

Wednesday: _____________________________________

Thursday: _____________________________________

Friday: _____________________________________
 Week #2
Baking Week – 5 recipes
(The first week of December)

and

Week #3
Baking Week – 5 recipes
(The second week of December)

1 – Bake the cookies. Bake one cookie recipe each week day (10
total). Each week day for the next two weeks you will be baking one
of the ten cookie recipes. On the next page you will see a list of all
the cookie recipes, followed by the recipes themselves.

2 – Freeze the cookies. Each day, after the baking has been done
and the cookies are cool, you will want to carefully store them away in
the freezer until you are ready to assemble the cookie plates.

Use tupperware containers to store your cookies in the freezer,

putting wax paper in between layers. This will keep the cookies from
sticking together when they freeze.

You will need quite a few containers to freeze your cookies in, so
make sure you have these on hand before you start baking!
 Cookie Recipes
Recipe List:

1. Brunekake – 4 dozen
2. Butter Pecan cookies – 4 dozen
3. Ginger snaps – 8 dozen
4. No-bake cookies – 3 dozen
5. Oatmeal Raisin cookies – 5 dozen
6. Peanut Butter Bon bon’s – 8 dozen
7. Peanut butter cookies – 4 dozen
8. Snickerdoodles – 4 dozen
9. Sugar cookies – 5 dozen
10. Yummy no-bake granola bars – 4 dozen

TOTAL: 49 dozen cookies (588 cookies)

If you put 18 cookies on each plate, this is enough to make

30+ cookie plates!
Brunekake
Servings: 48
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 cup sugar
4 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 tablespoons honey
2 cups unbleached flour
1 teaspoon baking soda

Cream together the butter and sugar. Add in the remaining ingredients and mix well.
Form 6 long rolls or logs. Bake 2 at a time on ungreased cookie sheet at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.
Cut in diagonal pieces while warm.
Yield: 4 dozen
Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 70 Calories; 4g Fat (48.4% calories from fat); 1g Protein; 9g Carbohydrate; trace Dietary Fiber; 10mg
Cholesterol; 27mg Sodium. Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 1 Fat; 1/2 Other Carbohydrates.
Butter Pecan Cookies
Servings: 48
3 cups chopped pecans
2 cups unsalted butter, softened
1 1/3 cups sugar
4 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 cups unbleached flour

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. On a baking sheet, toast pecans until fragrant, about 6 minutes. Let cool
completely; finely chop.
With a mixer, cream butter for about a minute. Add sugar and cream until light, about one minute more.
Beat in vanilla, salt, and flour, scraping down sides of bowl, just until dough comes together. Fold in pecans.
Separate dough into 48 pieces. Form into balls and roll in sugar. Place 3 inches apart on an ungreased baking
sheet.
Gently flatten with the bottom of a glass.
Bake for about 15 minutes or until golden brown.
Yield: 4 dozen
Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 173 Calories; 13g Fat (64.1% calories from fat); 2g Protein; 14g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber;
21mg Cholesterol; 23mg Sodium. Exchanges: 1/2 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 2 1/2 Fat; 1/2 Other Carbohydrates.
Ginger Snaps
Servings: 96
1 1/2 cups unsalted butter
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup molasses
2 eggs
4 cups unbleached flour
4 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon salt

Melt the butter in a large pan on the stove, and cool.

Add sugar, eggs, and molasses. Beat well.
Add dry ingredients and mix well.
Chill dough for 3 hours or overnight.
Form into walnut-sized balls. Roll in granulated sugar. Place on greased cookie sheet about 2 inches apart.
Bake at 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes
Yield: 8 dozen
Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 64 Calories; 3g Fat (40.8% calories from fat); 1g Protein; 9g Carbohydrate; trace Dietary Fiber; 12mg
Cholesterol; 77mg Sodium. Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 1/2 Fat; 1/2 Other Carbohydrates.
No-Bake Cookies
Servings: 36
1/2 cup unsalted butter
1/2 cup cocoa
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cups quick cooking oats

In a large skillet, cook butter, cocoa, sugar, and milk until bubbles form around the side of the pan.
Remove from heat and add peanut butter, vanilla, and quick oats. Mix well.
Drop by spoonfuls onto waxed paper and cool.
Yield: 3 dozen
Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 118 Calories; 5g Fat (37.0% calories from fat); 2g Protein; 17g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; 7mg
Cholesterol; 19mg Sodium. Exchanges: 1/2 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 0 Non-Fat Milk; 1 Fat; 1/2 Other Carbohydrates.
Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Servings: 60
1 1/4 cups unsalted butter, softened
3/4 cup brown sugar, packed
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups unbleached flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
3 cups quick cooking oats
1 cup raisins

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Beat together butter and sugars. Beat in egg and vanilla.
Add dry ingredients and mix well. Stir in oats and raisins.
Drop by spoonfuls onto greased cookie sheet.
Bake at 375 degrees for about 10 minutes.
Yield: 5 dozen
Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 85 Calories; 4g Fat (43.1% calories from fat); 1g Protein; 11g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; 13mg
Cholesterol; 24mg Sodium. Exchanges: 1/2 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 0 Fruit; 1 Fat; 1/2 Other Carbohydrates.
Peanut Butter Bon-Bons
Servings: 96
2 cups peanut butter
1/2 cup unsalted butter
4 1/2 cups powdered sugar
3 cups crispy rice cereal, crushed
12 ounces semisweet chocolate chips

Crush cereal by placing in ziplock bag and crushing with rolling pin.
Mix powdered sugar and cereal in a large bowl.
Melt peanut butter and butter in a medium saucepan over low heat. Pour over cereal mixture. Blend together with
hands. Keep kneading until the dough is mixed well.
Form into 1-inch balls. Chill until firm.
Melt chocolate chips in saucepan over low heat. Be very careful not to burn the chocolate!
Dip balls in chocolate coating, totally covering ball of dough with chocolate.
Remove with tongs and place on waxed paper lined baking sheet. Chill until firm.
Yield: 8 dozen
Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 83 Calories; 5g Fat (48.9% calories from fat); 2g Protein; 10g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; 3mg
Cholesterol; 32mg Sodium. Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 1 Fat; 1/2 Other Carbohydrates.
Peanut Butter Cookies
Servings: 48
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar, packed
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 cup peanut butter
2 eggs
2 1/2 cups unbleached flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt

Cream the butter for 2 minutes. Add the sugars and cream for 2 more minutes.
Mix in the peanut butter and eggs. Mix together the dry ingredients and stir into the butter mixture.
Refrigerate dough for at least 3 hours or overnight.
Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Shape dough into 1 1/4-inch balls. Place about 3 inches apart on ungreased
cookie sheet.
Flatten in crisscross pattern with a fork.
Bake until light brown, about 15 minutes. Cool on baking sheets for a minute, then transfer to rack to cool.
Yield: 4 dozen
Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 115 Calories; 7g Fat (51.3% calories from fat); 2g Protein; 12g Carbohydrate; trace Dietary Fiber;
18mg Cholesterol; 101mg Sodium. Exchanges: 1/2 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 1 Fat; 1/2 Other Carbohydrates.
Snickerdoodles
Servings: 48
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 3/4 cups unbleached flour
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
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CINNAMON/SUGAR COATING:
2 tablespoons sugar
2 teaspoons cinnamon

Mix together the butter, sugar, eggs, and vanilla.

Add the dry ingredients and mix well. Chill dough for a few hours.
Roll dough into walnut-sized balls, roll in cinnamon/sugar coating, and then place on greased cookie sheet.
Bake at 400 degrees for about 8 minutes.
Yield: 4 dozen
Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 87 Calories; 4g Fat (41.0% calories from fat); 1g Protein; 12g Carbohydrate; trace Dietary Fiber;
18mg Cholesterol; 40mg Sodium. Exchanges: 1/2 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 0 Fruit; 1 Fat; 1/2 Other Carbohydrates.
Sugar Cookies
Servings: 60
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
1 egg
2 1/2 cups unbleached flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
cookie decorating supplies (sprinkles, mini M&M's, chocolate chips, etc.)
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FROSTING RECIPE:
4 cups powdered sugar
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
5 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
food coloring

Mix powdered sugar, butter, vanilla, almond extract, and egg.

Stir in remaining ingredients.
Cover and refrigerate for at least 3 hours.
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Divide dough into halves. Roll each half 3/16-inch thick on lightly floured counter. Cut
into desired shapes.
Place on lightly greased cookie sheet. Bake for about 7-8 minutes or until edges are light brown.
Once cookies are completely cool, frost and decorate using frosting recipe above. Decorating is the best part! Be
creative! For decorating, once you have frosted the cookies, use mini marshmallows, mini M&M's, mini chocolate
chips, as well as sprinkles to really decorate your cookies.

Yield: 5 dozen
Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 103 Calories; 5g Fat (40.8% calories from fat); 1g Protein; 15g Carbohydrate; 0g Dietary Fiber; 16mg
Cholesterol; 23mg Sodium. Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 0 Fruit; 0 Non-Fat Milk; 1 Fat; 1/2 Other Carbohydrates.
Yummy No-Bake Granola Bars
Servings: 48
5 cups crispy rice cereal
4 cups quick cooking oats
1 cup raisins
1 cup honey
1 cup brown sugar, packed
1 cup peanut butter
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup chocolate chips

Combine cereal, oats, and raisins in a large bowl.

In a small saucepan, heat the honey and brown sugar to a boil, stirring constantly.
Remove from heat. Stir in peanut butter and vanilla extract and blend until smooth.
Pour this over the cereal mixture and mix well. Add chocolate chips and mix thoroughly.
Divide up and press into TWO ungreased 9x13-inch baking dishes. Cool. Cut each pan into 24 bars.
Yield: 4 dozen
Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 140 Calories; 5g Fat (27.8% calories from fat); 3g Protein; 24g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; 0mg
Cholesterol; 50mg Sodium. Exchanges: 1/2 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 0 Fruit; 1 Fat; 1 Other Carbohydrates.
 Week #4
Assembling and Delivering the
Cookie Plates
(The third week of December)

1 – Write out a schedule for delivering your cookie plates using

the Cookie Plates Delivery Schedule included in this section. My
guess is that you will be delivering your cookie plates over several
days instead of all in one day. Sit down with your family and decide
when you will be delivering each of the cookie plates on your list.
Make sure that everyone on your Cookie Plates Gift List gets
transferred over to this list! You don’t want to forget anyone. Once
that is done, then you are ready to move on to the next
step…assembling the cookie plates!

2 – Assemble the cookie plates! For all the details on this, see the
How to Assemble the Cookie Plates page in this section. Note: You
will be assembling the plates in groups according to your delivery
schedule. This will include instructions on arranging the cookies,
covering with plastic wrap, attaching a bow, and printing out gift tags
or cards, etc.

3 – Deliver the cookie plates! Make this a fun time with your family.
Load everyone into the car, along with the cookie plates to be
delivered and head out. A neat idea would be to sing a Christmas
carol as a family before delivering the cookie plate to each friend,
family member, or neighbor. Afterwards, come home to some hot
cocoa and holiday cookies!
 Cookie Plates Delivery Schedule

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 How to Assemble the Cookie Plates

Now the real fun begins…assembling your cookie plates!

I would only assemble them as you have plans to deliver them. In

other words, don’t assemble all 30 plates if you only plan on
delivering 10 of them one night.

To assemble the cookie plates, set out on your dining room table the
number of holiday plates you will be assembling. Get the containers
of cookies out of the freezer and begin putting an assortment of
cookies on each plate.

Once you have about 18 cookies on each plate (you can do more or
less, I just chose 18 as an estimate), you are ready to cover with
plastic wrap. Put the rest of the cookies back in the freezer until the
next “batch” of cookie plates needs to be assembled.

Cover each cookie plate with plastic wrap.

Now print out the gift tags or cards you want to attach to each plate.
Cut them out and personalize them. Attach the gift tags or cards to
the top of the cookie plate with some tape, and then attach a holiday
bow.

Your cookie plates are now ready to deliver!

Note: You will want to allow a couple hours for the cookies to totally
thaw before delivering!
 Gift Tags and Cards for
Your Cookie Plates

The following pages of gift tags and cards can be

printed onto white or colored cardstock paper. Cut
the tags/cards out, fill them in, and tape to your cookie
plates. (The cards will need to be folded in half like a
card!) Enjoy!
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We hope you have enjoyed the Christmas Cookie Plates
Project! Why not make it a yearly tradition? Have a
wonderful holiday season!

Jesus is the reason for the season!

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