Christmas Cookie Box: 12 Delicious Recipes & Packing Tutorial
If you’re a Type A person like me, you can make a chart with pictures of the recipes you plan to bake to see what it’ll look like. It won’t look quite the same as your Christmas cookie box will, but it’ll help you take a step back and see how all the cookies look together.
Below is my planning grid for this year’s cookie box. I had to fill in some photos of what I was envisioning, like using my polar bear cupcakes as a placeholder for the polar bear cookies. But you get the idea!
I did this with Canva (which I think you can use for free), but Microsoft PowerPoint, Paint or any program that lets you play around with pictures should work.
I decided the mini Christmas tree cookies and stained glass cookies could be unique shapes, and the buckeyes, gingerbread macarons, and mini trees would be small enough to fill in any open gaps.
Planning It All Out and Breaking Up the Process
Once you figure out which recipes you want to make, it’s time to figure out the timeline. This part can vary based on how many types of cookies you plan to make. However, I recommend breaking it up into phases and spreading the work over a few days.
It makes the process so much more enjoyable and reduces the stress around all that holiday baking! Because I was making 12 cookie recipes, I aimed to make them over 3 days and baked 4 types of cookies per day.
As you plan things out, it’s important to look through each recipe and see what the yield of each recipe is. You also want to consider how many cookie boxes you want to make, and how many of each cookie you plan to include in each box before you start baking.
For example, if I want to make 6 cookie boxes and plan to include 4 red velvet Nutella cookies in each box, I’ll need 24 cookies. The recipe makes 12 cookies, so I’ll need to make a double batch when it comes time to make them.
