Of Christmas parties and cookies

[yoritomo_reiko]

So. One of the great things about working in the UK is the prevalence of holiday parties. Everybody at an office or a shop gets together and goes out for one night. Or an afternoon and a night, as is often the case with ellyll's coworkers. (He tends to be the one to go back to the office and hold down the fort for the afternoon. Isn't he a great guy

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[yoritomo_reiko]

I love these cookies. Though the more I make them, the more I realize just why my mother had an electric mixer.

[yoritomo_reiko]

I want a mixer. I really do. But we don't have any room for it. Damn small flats!

[skipthedemon]

Nice! They aren't quite my thing, but they might be the husbands thing. *saves*

[chatona]

COOKIE RECIPE YAY :D

[matt_dalen]

Hmm, I'm going to have to try these for my mother - she loves oatmeal cookies.

Open-ended gift swaps may be a US thing - I've seen them done as grab-bags at parties, for office parties. There's also a variant called a Yankee swap, which turns it into a game, with stealing of gifts and the like: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yankee_swap

[yoritomo_reiko]

See, I grew up in the States and I still never heard of it. And it makes it a little odder since this is in the UK and all.

Anyway, it was fun, no matter what.

[gravedirt]

Can the whole cranberries I have in the freezer be used? Or must they be dried?

[yoritomo_reiko]

I have honestly never tried. I mean, it's basically just an Oatmeal Raisin cookie recipe that's been adapted. It's possible that fresh cranberries would have too much moisture for the recipe. You can try it, though, and report back?