The Acre Substack Cookie Exchange

Delicious cookie recipes from fellow Substack writers to bake this holiday season, plus my super simple hot cocoa recipe.

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The oven is on, the butter room temp–it’s time to baaake. It has been so fun to see the mix of incredible cookies being shared here, and had to share my selection in a The Acre Substack Cookie Exchange. Slip on your apron, bust out your rolling pin and let’s bake!

Cookies

I chose this mix of cookies with some in mind for gift tins and others for serving. Cookies in a tin should be crisp biscuits, low moisture bakes or well tempered chocolate. Cookies to serve can be ooey, gooey and served warm. I chose a mix of classic flavors, unexpected delights and playful designs (I cannot get enough of Sophie Bamford playful Christmas cookies–the pears! So cute!)

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Erin Jeanne McDowell Brown Sugar Cookies with Dulce de Leche

Paris Starn Piped Butter Cookies

Sophie Bamford Chocolate Acorns, Pistachio Cardamom Crinkles, Clementine Clove Linzer, and Viennese Pears

Kristina Cho Pistachio Butter Stuffed Shortbread

Haley Nguyen Mango Sticky Rice Cookies

Emily Red swirl & Painted Tree Cookies

Clara Chocolate Sourdough Cookies

Eric King Salted Chocolate Sandwich Cookies, and S’more Cookies

Karina Velasquez Piped Bow Shortbread Cookies

Stephi Blackwell Sesame & Date Shortbread with a Chocolate Dip

Cookie tins, platters & serving

I curated a few items to make gifting and serving your cookies extra special. I love the addition of simple playful text on platters, and the bold plum stripe napkins as a slight twist of holiday candy cane striping.

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