Lots and lots of cookies!

This was one of those weekends that really made me appreciate the new double oven. I had a catering order for a cookie and punch reception for 100 people on Saturday night. That meant baking 17 dozen cookies on Saturday, after decorating a cake that morning. So I baked a variety of the large bakery style cookies... all my faves... marbles, snickerdoodles, peanut butter chocolate chip, and oatmeal coconut with cranberries, pecans, and dark chocolate chips (these went fast!). Anyway, however you look at it, that's alot of cookies! My kitchen looked like a little cookie factory for sure, and the house smelled heavenly for about 2 days afterwards. A side note... I was very proud of myself for staying on track with my Weight Watchers program... all those cookies and I didn't get into any. That's a first I think. Miracles do happen!

First of the cookies ready for the serving table

Snickerdoodles!

It's been forever since I've made snickerdoodles, but I got an order a few days ago from a friend whose husband wanted 4 dozen large snickerdoodles for work, so this is what I ended up with...

Yum...the key is not baking them too long, so they will be crisp on the outside and still soft and chewy on the inside. These cookies were quite large, but still only baked them for 10 minutes. They can finish baking for just a couple of minutes longer on the cookie sheet after removing them from the oven.