Cooking Addict

Now that the holidays are rolling around, it’s time to start baking cookies to give away as gifts to friends and family. A gift of home baked cookies is a gift that everyone will appreciate, from the mailman to the tellers at your bank. The only hassle with baking is the mess and clean up afterwards. You can cut some of the mundane chores out in order to leave you more time for the fun stuff: decorating!

Here are some ways you cam cut down on the messy chores and still whip up a batch of perk-me-up treats!

Buy Packaged Cookie Dough

There are so many choices of packaged cookie dough, it seems a waste of time to bake from scratch. After all, with work, the house and the kids taking up most of your time, it’s hardly practical to expect women to prepare the dough from scratch.  There are choices of prepackaged cookie dough that will allow you to decorate your cookies in any way you want.

Be sure to use lots of flour in your work area. Sometime the dough will get soft and stick to your countertops. The use of flour can help you avoid that mess. Though flour itself can be a chore to clean.

You can buy packaged cookie dough that you’ll need to roll out and use cookie cutters with, or you can buy the kind that allows you to cut a piece off and place on your cooking sheet. Be sure you stock up on edible embellishments so that you can make your cookies even more delicious and festive.

Don’t be Afraid to Ask for Help

Get the kids in on the act.  Kids enjoy anything to do with cookies and will be excited to help with the actual reparations. Ensure that they help with all aspects and not just the decorating and tasting. You may find the time flies by quicker when you have little helpers cleaning up as you go along.  For more holiday baking tips, visit Real Simple.

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