I am going to a Christmas cookie exchange party today.  Must say I am really looking forward to it, as it's dd best friend who is hosting it, so it will be no regular cookie exchange party.  I will take my camera.  We have to bring around 3 dozen cookies and I chose to make Ginger cookies, the recipe is here.

Then being the over achiever that I am (!!!!) when I was reading the Toronto Star newspaper on Saturday I stumbled upon the following recipe for "100 Good Cookies," which look like this:

The recipe says you can make 100 small cookies, I made at least 60 medium sized cookies.  The recipe is a keeper in my book and it is super simple to make:

100 Good Cookies

Ingredients:

1 cup salted butter, at room temperature

1 cup each: granulated sugar, light brown sugar

1 cup vegetable oil

1 large egg

1 cup each: Rice Krispies, quick oats, unsweetened desiccated coconut

3 to 3 1/2 cups all purpose/plain flour

1 tsp each: salt, baking soda, cream of tartar

In a large mixing bowl using an electric mixer, beat butter and two sugars until fluffy, around 2 minutes. Beat in the oil and egg. Beat in cereal, oats and coconut.

In medium mixing bowl sift 3 cups flour, salt, baking soda and cream of tartar. In 2 or 3 additions beat into cookies batter. If batter seems to moist beat in the remaining 1/2 cup flour.

Drop by teaspoonful in to parchment lined cookie sheets, about 1 inch apart.

Bake in preheated 350oF oven until slightly golden brown around 11 minutes.

Makes at least 100 small cookies.

I have posted another book review here, if you're interested also.

Today's Christmas Video is a classic:

Finally Connie asked me for a photo of my Wedgwood Christmas Ornaments I took this photo before I decorated the rest of the tree:

I have blown the photo up as much as I can.