at work each year we make cookies, have a cookie swap for ourselves and then box up goodies for faculty and staff to be nice/bribe them to be nice to us the rest of the year. we also have a contest to see who baked the best cookie, fun is had by all and you get to go home with an assortment of goodies.
two years ago i made these reese's peanut butter cup cookies that one first place! if you know me, this was a feat two years ago because that was probably the first thing in 2008 i cooked.
1st place winners
last year we didn't have the cookie exchange, but this year we did. i decided to go for my old standard. call me a cheater, i call myself resourceful :) one slight problem, i couldn't find the recipe! i looked for literally hours, sad i know, but couldn't find it!
i settled on this peanut butter cup cookie recipe from allrecipes.com, with 1,600 5 star reviews i thought i couldn't go wrong, so i thought. when they were done they didn't look as good as the other ones but they would have to do. well, what do you know these cookies took 3rd place overall and were the only cookie in the top three so i say they won first in the cookie division :)
i'm still looking for that first place recipe and i am determined to find it, but until then i will share my secrets on how to bake award winning cookies:
1) choose an easy recipe. don't spend hours breaking candy canes to make perfect peppermint fudge. go with easy favorites, for some reason at christmas it get's peoples attention.
2) put candy in your cookies. people will be distracted by the candy goodness and won't notice if you didn't put the right amount of flour in them.
3) use a kitchen aid mixer if you are lucky enough to have one. it does all the work and you get all the credit
my secret weapon
the first place winner was a brickle made out of saltines and chocolate, i'm telling you go with easy favorites and you are sure to win!
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