Cookie Platters

I like to try new cookies each year just to cut the boredom of baking so many. I made these chocolate gingerbread which were fun.  

And though I loathe chocolate, I made these brownie kiss cookies for those who don't hate it.

This is the process of making my cookie platters.  I made twelve of them this year and each platter holds about 7 dozen cookies.

As My Daughter and I bake, we store the cookies in airtight containers and keep them in a very cool place.  The day of the platter assembly, we open up all of the containers on my dining room table.  Then we start piling them on the plates.

As the platters grow, the containers shrink.

Here they are about halfway done.

It's a balancing act right down to the last cookie.

Then the wrapping begins.

From beginning to end it took almost 4 hours to make 12 platters.  It is very labor intensive.

I am always so happy each year when this task is completed.  My Daughter had never been with me when I made the platters before and she could not believe how much work they were.

Tomorrow starts deliveries.  I don't want to even think about cookies for a good long while.

I also baked a 22 pound ham.  I will be making porch deliveries again this year.

And I made 8 of these breakfast sandwiches for my workers this morning.  They are getting cookies too.