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Cooking with Heinen’s | Impressive & Easy Holiday Appetizers
We’re almost there! Christmas is days away. Decorations…
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Letters to Santa from Barrington Children
Santa and his elves were helped once again…
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332. ChristKindlFest: The Making of a New Barrington Tradition
The first annual ChristKindlFest winter market, beer and…
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305. A Taste of Germany Awaits with ChristKindlFest Menus
Organizers of Barrington’s inaugural ChristKindlFest just finished lining…
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337. 12 Days of Recipes, Day 11: Baked Cocunut Shrimp
Shrimp is a star seafood during the holidays.…
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336. 12 Days of Recipes, Day 10: Fig-Glazed Turkey
A holiday glaze made with dried figs is…
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332. 12 Days of Recipes, Day 9: Peaches & Cream Coffee Cake
A lot of thought goes into the dishes…
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329. 12 Days of Recipes, Day 8: Best Cookie Exchange Recipes
With cold, wet weather and the season’s first measurable snowfall expected today, here’s a fun indoor activity you can do alone or with your kids. Forget about the fire, why not just heat up by the oven as you try your hand at some of my favorite holiday cookie recipes? These are great for a cookie exchange, as gifts for neighbors or just for enjoying at home with your family. And they’re the highlight today for Day 8 of our 12 Days of Recipes series here at 365Barrington.com.
For us, we have a little different criteria for the best cookie exchange recipes. The cookies have to look festive. They have to be easy enough to crank out six dozen in about 2 hours. The recipe has to be basic enough to triple with ease. And, of course, we want to skip all fussy ingredients.
Candy-Dipped Chocolate Cutout Cookies
We think any basic cookie, such as oatmeal, sugar or chocolate cutout cookie dipped in melted white chocolate and then crushed candy cane pieces is a holiday best. White chocolate and candy cane pieces are a perfect mouthful of holiday flavor, and with any good cookie base, they are a true crowd pleaser. Below is a recipe that does this with chocolate cutout cookies. You can do something similar with crushed pistachios, m&m pieces or sprinkles in place of the candy canes……

328. 12 Days of Recipes, Day 7: Granny Smith Apple & Gorgonzola Crustini
I love combining the sensations of sweet and…
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320. 12 Days of Recipes, Day 4: Stuffed Peppers
We’re sharing a Christmasy Stuffed Peppers recipe on…
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319. 12 Days of Recipes, Day 3: Carrot & Napa Cabbage Salad
It’s Day 3 in our 12 Days of…
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293. Where to Send Santa Letters in Barrington
If your kids have been working on their…
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287. Lunch with Santa at the Barrington Park District
Santa may snack on those cookies you leave…
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85. “C” is for Cookie at Community Church of Barrington
Bakers throughout Barrington have been busy all week preparing for tomorrow morning’s 38th Annual Community Church of Barrington Cookie Walk. If you want to see what “selling like hot cakes” looks like, don’t be late. Last year, they sold out of cookies in just over an hour. So be sure to show up early because goodies found at the Cookie Walk make THE BEST “homemade” holiday gifts for neighbors. They look just like you baked them yourself. But …. shhh … don’t tell anyone I’ve let you in on this sneaky cookie tip. I wouldn’t want my own neighbors to know my little holiday secret ;).
Here’s how it works, for $10, you can buy a “one pound” box and fill it with your own hand-picked assortment of cookies in all shapes, sizes and colors……
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