Cookie Exchange

I love a good Christmas cookie.... and a cookie exchange is a great way to have many different kinds with the simplicity of only baking one kind!

My chosen cookie was a gingerbread cookie topped with icing and coconut! Love gingerbread :)

Here is the recipe from Martha Stewart:

6 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for work surface

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter

1 cup packed dark-brown sugar

4 teaspoons ground ginger

4 teaspoons ground cinnamon

1 1/2 teaspoons ground cloves

1 teaspoon finely ground pepper

1 1/2 teaspoons coarse salt

2 large eggs

1 cup unsulfured molasses

Royal Icing

Fine sanding sugar, for sprinkling

Read more at Marthastewart.com: Gingerbread Snowflakes - Martha Stewart Recipes