The NYCookieSwap was held last weekend at Hill Country Barbecue. The event was sponsored by Bloggers without Borders with Maggie Keet, Gail Doosik, Jackie Gordon, and Ken Leung organizing the meet up of over 90 bakers, bloggers, and cookie lovers for a mammoth cookie swap to raise funds for Cookies for Kids Cancer.

There were so many amazing bakers at the event, and a huge variety of cookies broken down into Sweet Cookies, Savory Cookies (gorgonzola cookies?), Gluten Free Cookies, and even cookies for World Peace from everyone's favorite baker, Dorie Greenspan.

There was lots of comraderie among the bakers ands loads of laughter, as well as a fantastic barbecue feast from Hill Country, followed by dessert, cookies, of course! We all left with a big GLAD tub of cookies and feeling the love.

The beneficiary of the swap, Cookies for Kids Cancer is a terrific non-profit that raises funds for research and development of treatments specifically for cancers that strike children. Please check out their website for more info on the amazing work they do.

www.cookiesforkidscancer.org

If you are looking for a way to make the season special, go bake a batch of cookies or cupcakes today and share them with your friends. Better yet, have your friends bake some, too, and get together for a swap. And be sure to find a good cause to include in the event. I promise it will make the season bright.

Happy holidays,
Alan and Karen