The Ladies of Northgate Holiday Cookie Exchange

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‘Tis the season to spread sweet cheer and delicious treats! Club Leader, Sandra Houston invites the ladies of Northgate for a festive Holiday Cookie Exchange, where you’ll taste, swap, and share the magic of homemade cookies. Lifestyle will provide treat bags for packaging to take home.  

Here’s how it works: 

1. Bake a batch of your favorite holiday cookies (approximately a dozen).
2. Bring your cookie recipe and holiday spirit to the exchange

As a parting gift, here is Sunshine’s Grandma’s recipe for orange drop cookies:

Ingredients:

2/3 cup (150 grams) butter

3/4 cup (150 grams) sugar

1 egg (beat this well before adding)

1/2 cup freshly squeezed orange juice

2 TBSP grated orange rind

2 Cups (240 grams grams) All-purpose flour

1/2 tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

Heat oven to 400 degrees. Mix butter, sugar and egg. Stir on orange juice & rind. Measure flour by weight and whisk dry ingredients together. Drop batter by rounded teaspoonfuls 2″ apart on ungreased baking sheet. Bake 8-10 minutes or until edges lightly brown.

Orange Butter icing: (blend 2 cups (255 grams) confectioner sugar and 2 TBSP butter, 1 TBSP orange rind, and 2 TBSP orange juice until smooth) Make 4 dozen 2″ cookies