Fresh Baked Cookie Gift Baskets with Chocolate and Candy Treats

Cookie gift baskets are guaranteed winners. Everyone loves cookies and in the celebration of the holidays, you've got to allow for a few extra calories. If you gain a few extra pounds, make a New Year's resolution to take them off! In the meantime, cut yourself some slack and enjoy!

Cookie gift baskets need not be exclusively cookies. You can include bars, brownies and fudge for a diverse selection of treats that still qualify as cookie gift baskets! No guilt necessary.

Jazz up your cookie gift baskets with an attractive basket and lining. Gold tissue paper, red or green cellophane and gold or silver confetti make a nice background to house the contents of your cookie gift basket. Attach a candy cane or pine cone to your basket with ribbon or lace.

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There are thousands of delicious cookie recipes on the net. Your supermarket has an abundance of Christmas recipes in magazines and in the little 5 x 8” recipe books displayed by the checkouts. If you're a cookie lover, you probably have plenty of recipes at hand.

You'll probably want to include some gingerbread men, sugar cookies and oatmeal raisin cookies in your cookie gift baskets. Some fudge won't hurt. Lemon bars and cinnamon cookies also speak to the season. Jam-filled cookies are another favorite.

Just a note: if a recipe specifies butter, margarine or shortening, use that ingredient. When you substitute shortening for butter, the result may be disappointing.

When planning your recipes for cookie gift baskets, consider the tastes of the person you're baking for. If your friend is crazy for chocolate chip cookies, you might want to search out variations of this famous cookie. There are recipes that include macadamia nuts, peanuts, raisins and cinnamon.

Your health-freak neighbor may enjoy a selection of fruit based or filled cookies. Emphasis on healthy. Use organic flour, oatmeal, raisins and fruit jams for this friend. Include your recipes for each selection, so they're assured your cookie gift basket won't compromise their food ethics!

If your recipient is open to all cookies, decadent and calorie-rich, accommodate them! Here's where fudge and butter-rich cookies come into their own.

Spices like cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves make for a mighty tasty cookie and usually are less caloric. The sweetness comes from the spices, and tend to be a bit more healthful, while giving the consumer a definite Christmas experience in the eating.

You can see, with a little thought, you can make outstanding cookie gift baskets to suit the pickiest eater. If your “customers” are unabashed foodies, your task is easy!

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