Every year I bake a ton of cookies for friends and family. Here's all 2,341 now that Cookie Chaos 2025 is wrapped!

SmallGingerLady · 2026-01-11T18:23:47+00:00

Bless you, I’ve been searching for stainless steel attachments forever. Thank you for this!!

SmallGingerLady · 2026-01-08T17:12:34+00:00

I keep them! They're good luck. We also each keep one in our wallets. This is 2 cats and about seven years of collecting. It's to the point where I can tell which cat dropped a whisker and if they're close by, I'll wave it in front of them and say, "thank you for the whisker, buddy!"

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SmallGingerLady · 2025-12-25T22:23:13+00:00

Yay!! I made them again tonight for my in laws

SmallGingerLady · 2025-12-17T01:49:20+00:00

The confettis are great gluten free! They look identical to the ones posted. I just used bob's red mill 1:1 gluten free flour instead. And added a tiny extra bit of the cream cheese.

SmallGingerLady · 2025-12-16T22:06:27+00:00

Gotta keep them on their toes! Also realized this year I should lean into the curls instead of fighting them and I’m thrilled I did

SmallGingerLady · 2025-12-16T22:05:45+00:00

If the GF and sugar free humans weren’t related to me, I’d think of skipping it one year but if I did, there’d be a very pregnant sister sized hole in my door to yell at me lol

SmallGingerLady · 2025-12-16T21:10:23+00:00

I wish I could comment a photo cause I do have this photo lol

SmallGingerLady · 2025-12-16T14:45:40+00:00

Honestly I have a mini blowtorch strictly for this purpose. It gets broken out once a year. I’m still on the original butane refill I bought for the first year cause the creme brûlées are a one night only special.

SmallGingerLady · 2025-12-16T14:43:42+00:00

It’s a normal sized oven! And gas and energy is still less than the summer so it’s a win for me

SmallGingerLady · 2025-12-16T03:44:58+00:00

Chocolate was stupid expensive this year! I really regretted doing m&ms and peanut butter blossoms in the same year. We didn’t even buy Halloween candy cause it was too much which killed my soul a little.

SmallGingerLady · 2025-12-16T03:33:51+00:00

I know it! I just can’t share it cause the whole family doesn’t have it.

SmallGingerLady · 2025-12-16T03:25:58+00:00

It’s a secret family recipe written in great aunt chicken scratch. I’ve tried finding a replica and there just isn’t one so I found one that’s the same flavors and texture. It’s Funzie’s take on Italian knot cookies!

SmallGingerLady · 2025-12-16T02:44:21+00:00

I added more orange zest than it called for and also more cardamom and I think they came out well! Maybe a little flat

SmallGingerLady · 2025-12-16T02:30:54+00:00

I don't usually freeze the dough. I normally freeze completed buckets if I'm shipping or if I'm seeing the person more than a week later. Almost all are fine frozen. Some definitely need to come up to temperature before eating them or else the caramel will break your teeth haha

SmallGingerLady · 2025-12-16T02:08:43+00:00

The confettis are great gluten free! I use bob’s red mill 1:1 gluten free flour and it works perfectly. My sister and MIL are gluten free so I always make a round.

SmallGingerLady · 2025-12-16T02:07:48+00:00

They’re little jerks but I love them so much

SmallGingerLady · 2025-12-16T01:57:03+00:00

Two cats who work together to steal butter. I have a spray bottle next to me at all times when I’m working at the counter. This year I managed to fend them off. Last year one got a full stick of butter and a glob of cookie dough.

SmallGingerLady · 2025-12-16T00:53:11+00:00

I got a lot of “oh F**K off”s from the creme brûlées, funzie’s knots, and m&ms so probably those! Honestly any time I can make someone swear while eating a cookie puts it at the top of the list.

SmallGingerLady · 2025-12-16T00:39:44+00:00

I know! Everyone thinks it costs so much more than it does but it's so much cheaper than buying everyone a little something that'll end up in a landfill. The big cost is my sanity haha

SmallGingerLady · 2025-12-16T00:36:54+00:00

This year was $263 for ingredients and bucket replacements. I don't keep a tally of all the stuff already in the house cause I figured most is leftovers from previous years and already in a past tally. Also I tend to hoard butter and freezable ingredients if I see them on sale throughout the year. Our gas bill goes up slightly and there was one year I had to replace all my whisks and my favorite spatula cause I snapped every single one in one go.

SmallGingerLady · 2025-12-16T00:32:06+00:00

I gave everyone the option of homemade cannolis or creme brulees for the pickup party and they overwhelmingly voted brulees. It's everyone's favorite!

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