Virtual Cookie Exchange Fun
This is our second year joining Carol at Just Let Me Quilt for the Virtual Cookie Exchange. Isn’t that just the best idea for a blog hop??!! Virtual cookie means no calories to worry about, and there are lots of great recipes to see and even some giveaways! This year, the hop is limited to only three days starting yesterday, November 27th. A full list of all of the participants is shared below. Pull up your favorite cuppa and join in! I take the definition of ‘cookie’ to the edge. Okay, it’s really not even close to a cookie at all! While I am sharing a delightful recipe for the 2018 Virtual Cookie Exchange, I’m also sharing a non-cookie item. Before I get to those delicious details, let me take you on a short walk down memory lane.
Holiday Memory Lane Excursion
The holiday season has always been my favorite, and that love has only increased as I’ve aged. I used to get sick every.single.year from excitement. Excitement at the decorations, at singing in the choir, at going shopping and finding special gifts just perfect for everyone, and the possibility of Santa coming. Add to that a huge family gathering with loads of cousins to play with, and life could not have been any better. Now fast forward a good 50 years, and I’m even more excited. Why, you might ask?! We have our sweet boy, Dominic, who just turned one (see I Love Thursday #59 for a fabulous slideshow of his antics). We have Baby Girl (here’s a link to her quilt that we’re working on) to look forward to in four weeks or so. Our family cookie bake is coming up on December 15th, and I’m scouting for next year’s inspiration! I could go on and on. No really. I could.
This Year’s Inspiration Cookie
We live in Wisconsin (Go Packers! – they need all the help they can get), and we have many traditions that are deeply rooted. One of them is the Wisconsin Electric Cookbook, honoring 90 years of publication this year. Of course, they have changed their name over time as they are now WE Energies. Whatever. Same great cookie cookbook that I used to lay on the floor and pour over when I was eight. This year’s recipe is an oldie but goodie from 1966, and I have no doubt we tried it the first time from their cookbook. Raspberry Meringue Kisses are, as the name implies, made from egg whites. They melt in your mouth and leave you with a few chocolate chips to enjoy before reaching for another. I suspect they are gluten-free (are they??? I don’t know for sure) and so very easy to make. YUM!
Not a Cookie Recipe
We have a new, recently acquired tradition with this second recipe I’m sharing. Our niece, Andrea, got married to her husband, Chris, in 2014. Boy how time has flown by so quickly, and we thank them for Dominic and Baby Girl to-be. Chris is a HUGE coffee lover. A man after my own heart! Sue and I had already been making this dessert for years and years – yeah, we’re that old. But now it comes out for any and every occasion, and even non-occasions. I’ve talked about it before on the blog, but I have been remiss about sharing the recipe. Ta-da! Today is the day to share the Mocha Coffee Cheesecake recipe. We have taken a few liberties with the original, and that is noted. Purists may not like our changes, so do whatever floats your boat! The picture may does not do it justice, as it is decadent, and so very worthy of the calories. Even Sue, who does not like coffee one bit enjoys this lightly flavored dessert. Click for a .pdf of both 2018 Virtual Cookie Exchange recipes!
One Last Cookie Delight
Before I let you go on your merry way, let me just share one more thing with you. Last year, during the virtual cookie exchange Day Three – Virtual Cookie Exchange/Giveaway Blog Hop we shared different recipes. Also, different memories that you may or may not enjoy. But the sugar cookies and fudge will definitely be making an appearance for our cookie bake in December. The fudge is really, really, REALLY good. Let me know if you try any of these recipes! Last year’s giveaway is over, I’m sorry to say. Now check out our friends’ posts who are sharing their favorite recipes and fun.
November 27
- Kwilty Pleasures
- Tu-Na Quilts, Travels, and Eats
- Songbird Designs
- Creative Latitude
- Ms P Designs USA
- Gray Barn Designs
- Alycia Quilts
- Happy Cottage Quilter
- Sew Many Yarns
- For The Love Of Geese
November 28
- Creatin’ in the Sticks
- Vroomans Quilts
- It’s A T-Sweet Day!
- Domestic Felicity
- That Fabric Feeling
- Home Sewn By Us – you are here!
- Karrin’s Crazy World
- Adventurous Applique and Quilting
- Bumbleberry Stitches
- Melva Loves Scraps
- Beaquilter
November 29
- MooseStashQuilting
- Pieceful Thoughts of My Quilting Life
- Kathleen McMusing
- DesertSky Quilting
- Life in the Scrapatch
- Ridge Top Quilt
- Cynthia’s Creating Ark
- Bejeweled Quilts by Barb
- Pumpkin Patch Patterns & Quilting
- Operation Domestic Goddess
- Just Let Me Quilt
Our other Linky Parties can be found by clicking the link or along the sidebar on our website for more quilting fun – check out what our friends are up to. Like/follow us on our Facebook page and you can share your photos of what you’re working on. We would love to see them!
As much as I enjoyed this lovely visit I now have to clean the drool off my key board. Thanks ;-}
Ah, yes, I have several of those cookbooks. Always so yummy. I’m not sure the meringues are gluten free, but I’ll be checking! (Also, we called the company “weinergies.” Credit one of our kids.)
I love coffee and just about anything else with coffee. Have you tried coffee ice cream? I’m definitely putting the cheesecake on my list – sounds delicious.
We LOVE coffee, so that mocha chocolate cheesecake is definitely on my to try list! Hubby loves cheesecake. Our daughter makes him one every Christmas – he loves it. Hers is a white chocolate cheesecake and it is awesome! Thanks for sharing!
Mocha cheesecake…now your talkin’. LOL!! Everything sounds delightful, but that cheesecake…
Merry Christmas!
The electric company cookbook, sounds fun. I made something like the Raspberry Meringue cookies many years ago when my daughters were little. Now they are all in their 30’s! Oh my how time has passed.
Thank you for the recipes! I used to date someone from Racine and the Christmases in Wisconsin are superb! Any chance you have a reliable Kringle recipe???
Thanks for sharing your recipes, traditions and plans for this holiday season. Enjoy baby girl when she arrives. Merry Christmas to you and yours.
I have made peppermint meringues for a gluten-free friend, and she loved them. Raspberry and chocolate is a favorite of mine, so it sounds delicious!
Thanks so much for the recipes. I haven’t made meringues in years, so it’s about time!
Your Christmas treats sound scrumptious! Thanks for sharing the recipes.
Hello Roseanne, How delightful and delicious your post was today! When I lived in Wyoming we always had huge get togethers all year long, both of my Grandparents lived in the same town and family was important. Today we live in Oregon and do not get to see family very often and those get togethers are missed. Thank you for sharing and have a spectacular day!
What fun cookies! Enjoy your Cookie Bake!!
My daughter’s favorite cookie is the iced sugar cookies I make. She says I put Crack in the cookies. Actually it’s just the cream cheese icing. LOL!!
Great post – and I’m thrilled you get to enjoy the next gen in your holiday festivities and baking!
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Ahh yes, ‘merangue drops’. Never had the raspberry version but the choco chip element is the same for ours! It’s the actual merangue that makes these things fun to eat with the surprise of a few chips to round out the experience (we’d use different chips for different batches with food coloring to represent which chips were in which batch! (ie-yellow for butterscotch, green for choco mint, white for pure choco!)
And the fudge looks super creamy…
Thanks for the recipes, love them….
Your mocha cheesecake sounds delicious! Nice that it can be made in a 9 x 13 pan, because I don’t have a traditional cheesecake pan either. Thanks for sharing, Roseanne!
I agree, Go Packers! Thanks so much for sharing your recipes, they look yummy.
I’m coming to your house. DONT NEVER BET AGAINST THE PACKERS!. LOL, I know that is not proper English but one of my favorite sayings. Along with, dont ever count the Hawks out until the game is over (except its safe to count them out this year of course). Thank you for sharing.
That fudge looks yummy! About 4 years ago our youngest daughter was unemployed during the holiday season and as a stress release she baked and made candy. We had fudge of every flavor for months! It was all good, but we had wayyyyyyy too muchl. lol. Fortunately she secured a job after the New Year… she was running out of people to give goodies to! Thanks for sharing. Merry Quiltmas!
Thanks so much for the recipes, they look yummy!
Such yummy cookie recipes…thanks! I have several family members who love coffee and will totally enjoy it baked into a bite full of goodness. Your Christmas energy and spirit has made me feel even more excited than usual about decorating for the holidays. Thanks for being a part of this hop and for all the things you do that inspire me! xo
OMG, these sound great. You impress with the thought that goes into your Christmas. Thank you for the PDF page. I wondered how you put the raspberry into the meringue. Now I have to try it. Merry Christmas!
All your goodies look wonderful. This hop definitely makes me want to bake cookies! Thanks for sharing!
Well, this was a fun post to read. I was just looking at a recipe for meringue kisses the other day (plain, not raspberry). I’ve never made them. But a coffee cheesecake – whoa. I seriously may have to give that one a go. No one in this household drinks coffee but me, so I could have it all to myself. How’s that for holiday attitude??!! (cue the Grinch song) Seriously, thanks for the fun read and the recipes!
Sounds good, thanks for sharing.
Wow. I’m thinking Xmas treats at your house must be fabulous. Thank you for sharing.
Three cookie recipes! Yum yum yum😊. I’m sure little Dominic just LOVES them. I also appreciate the vintage feel of a 1966 Cookie or meringue bite. How fun is that?! It is so nice to bake with you Roseanne! Enjoy the cookie swap❤️❤️❤️
Thank you for the pdf of your cookie recipes!!! Made it so easy for me to download and save! Have a blessed Christmas with those you hold dear!