Food Bloggers LA Holiday Cookie Exchange 2011

A plate of cookies and other treats on the table.

Last Saturday the Food Bloggers Los Angeles group got together for a Holiday Cookie and Cookbook Exchange. It was so much fun to see everyone and see what kind of cookies they brought. Everyone also brought one or more cookbooks to exchange. Erika, of In Erika’s Kitchen, whose house we were meeting at, contributed about 40 books. I brought one and came home with four. What a good deal. We also brought lunch dishes which we noshed on while we caught up on all the news. And then the fun part, we divided up all the cookies to take home. Links to the available recipes are at the end of this post.

A plate of food with meat, avocado and oranges.

Fig & Date Prairie Cakes ~ Chocolate Orange Macaroons ~ Rocky Cranberry Rugelach

A plate of food with meat, avocado and oranges.

Coconut Walnut Crescents ~ Hazelnut Blondies ~ Savory Parmesan Cookies

A plate of food with meat, avocado and oranges.

Nutella Chocolate Chips ~ Chia Crunch Cookies ~ Peanut Butter Fudge

A plate of food with meat, avocado and oranges.

Gingersnaps ~ Parmesan Smoked Paprika Cookies ~ Light Molasses Cookies

A plate of food with meat, avocado and oranges.

Ginger Snaps with Lemon Cream Filling ~ Oatmeal Cranberry Chocolate Chip Cookies
Persian Saffron Cookies ~ Lemoncello Pizelles

A plate of food with meat, avocado and oranges.

FBLA Holiday Cookie Exchange 2011

The Recipe List

Chia Crunch Cookies – Jeanne at The Jolly Tomato
Chocolate Orange Almond Macaroons – Gloria at The Ginger Snap Girl
Coconut Walnut Crescents – Lana at Bibberche
Fig and Date Prairie Cakes with Sherry Icing – Leslie at Bake This Cake
Gingersnaps – Lynne at Cook and Be Merry
Ginger Snaps with Lemon Cream Filling – Gloria at The Ginger Snap Girl
Hazelnut Blondies – Cate at Savour Fare
Lemoncello Pizelles – Nancy at Adventures with Nancy Rose
Light Molasses Cookies – Patti at Worth the whisk
Nutella Chocolate Chips – Valentina at Cooking on the Weekends
Oatmeal Cranberry Chocolate Chip Cookies – Bryce at Bite Sized Chef
Parmesan Smoked Paprika Cookies – Erika at In Erika’s Kitchen
Peanut Butter Fudge – Dorothy at Shockingly Delicious
Persian Saffron Cookies – Laura at Family Spice
Rocky Cranberry Rugelach –
Savory Parmesan Cookies – Erika at In Erika’s Kitchen

Not Pictured
Chocolate Chip Macaroons — Melissa at Soul on a Platter
Pine Nut Rosemary Olive Oil Cookies — Greg at Sippity Sup
White Chocolate & Apricot Scones — Cathy at She Paused 4 Thought

6 Comments

  1. Jeanne @JollyTomato on 12/14/2011 at 7:15 am

    Thanks for doing this post and for the wonderful pictures, Lynne – it is making me hungry all over again… And of course thanks for the gingersnaps – They were delicious! Hope to see you again soon!

  2. Magic of Spice on 12/14/2011 at 10:31 pm

    What a gorgeous array of holiday cookies!

  3. Cristina on 12/15/2011 at 7:52 pm

    So many tasty goodies! How fun to get together with other foodies for a cookie swap/exchange. Like how you presented them in the images…it’s cookbook ready! 🙂 Happy Holidays to you, Lynne!

  4. Gloria on 12/21/2011 at 4:57 am

    Hi Lynne, it was so nice to meet you at the cookie swap! You did a fantastic job with this post. I love how you featured each cookie. And you are so great to find the links on my blog…I didn’t link up to the linky because my posts were old and were slight variations on the cookies I made. I somehow managed to not take any pictures of my own cookies to do an updated post.

    Your pictures are beautiful! Hope you have a wonderful holiday.

  5. Leslie Macchiarella on 12/21/2011 at 11:31 pm

    Lynne, What lovely photographs you have of these amazing cookies. I enjoyed my Prairie Cakes project but, wow, this collection is gorgeous! Fun making your acquaintance at the event. Happy holidays!

  6. Barbara McNamara on 08/01/2012 at 11:24 pm

    all SOOOO yummy looking….I would love the Rocky Cranberry Rugelach
    recipe……

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