C is for cookie, that’s good enough for me. Cookie, Cookie, Cookie starts with C! Is it because I am a Mom, that when I hear Cookie I think of that song?! Well, no matter how you sing it or say it, Cookies are fantastic! Have them show up at your next party or wedding as the take home party favor. “Cookie Bar’s” are popping up at all types of events. Milk and cookies have so much nostalgia behind them. My memories of cookies are from my Grandma who had a cookie jar on her counter ALWAYS filled with Italian Cookies. My favorite that she makes is thumb print cookies rolled in walnuts with a cherry in the middle. YUM! She is such a believer that cookies bring families together she showed up at my formal wedding reception with an aluminum tray filled with Italian cookies (I thought the caterer was going to jump from his chef’s coat with her bringing her own dessert for 225 guests :) but, he was a good sport and set up the cookies next to the ice cream sundae bar)
A great way to incorporate family traditions at a wedding thru cookies is to have a Cookie Bar with favorite cookies from each side of the family. (you could even get your bridesmaids to help with the baking) A great take home memory (along with the variety of cookies) would to be to print out the brides and groom’s favorite family cookie recipe on recipe cards so each guest can take one and add the recipe to their recipe library. Every time they bake that cookie, they will think of the great time they had at your wedding.
My Grandma's cookie jar.....which is now mine :)
*photos credits {Martha Stewart} {Brilliant Ice Sculpture} {Flickr} {Drew B Photography}{My own mad skillz :) }
