C Is for Cookie And That Is Good Enough for Me!

October 01, 2012

October is National Cookie Month, now I have an excuse to eat more cookies! It wouldn’t be right if I didn’t support National Cookie Month. EVERYONE likes cookies!

This would be a good time to have a cookie exchange with your friends. What a great excuse to get together with friends, taste cookies, and trade recipes. Never tried a cookie exchange? Here is what you need to do.

• Get a few people to participate.
• For every person in your group, make one dozen cookies and include the recipe with your cookies—then swap! 
• You should leave with as many cookies as you brought, just different kinds.

I will be making my Rolo Cookies that everyone loves. I make them every year for friends and family, and they always ask for them. I like making them because they are simple and easy to make.

Here is the recipe if you would like to try them:

ROLO Cookies

large bag of unwrapped Rolos
1 box butter pecan cake mix
1 box of chocolate cake mix
4 eggs
1 cup of oil  

Combine cake mixes, eggs, and oil in a mixing bowl and mix well. Roll the batter into a small ball. Then, add the Rolo to the middle of the batter and cover it completely. Put into the oven and bake at 350 for 8 minutes. You do not want to over bake them. Yields approx. 4 doz. (cookies are best when they are warm—so when they are cold, pop them into the microwave for about 5 sec. Be careful because the caramel can be hot sometimes.)

If you do not have a favorite cookie recipe, MCPL has many cookbooks to help you find some wonderful choices. 

• Good Housekeeping. The Cookie Jar
• Cake Mix Cookies by Camilla V. Saulsbury
• Best Ever Cookie Book by Hilaire Walden
• Best of Country Cookies by Julie Schnittka

So, go find some friends to do a cookie exchange and celebrate National Cookie Month!! If you like, try my recipe and tell me what you think.

Donna G.
Camden Point Branch