I would like to re-start the “Great Twitter Cookie Swap”. We all love cookies. This experiment/project aims to have a bunch of friends and acquaintances participate in a cookie exchange, and associated discussion, primarily on Twitter.
The Idea
The idea is simple. Each person on the list will receive a package of homemade biscuits from the person before them on the list. Once you receive your first package, you prepare two batches of cookies (say a dozen per batch). You send one to the person before you on the list, and one to the person after you on the list. I will get the ball rolling by sending a batch of cookies to the first participant!
When you receive your cookies from the person before you on the list, please DM the person after you on the list to get their address. Please respect people’s privacy and keep their addresses confidential. For postage guides please check out NZ Post's website.
This is not a cookie pyramid scheme; it is a "give one back and pass one forward".
As there is no way to know exactly when it will be your turn to send on cookies, it may be possible that you will not be able to bake at that time. Don't let that stop you from signing up! While homemade baking is preferred, if you find yourself unable to bake, you could go to Eve's Pantry (if you're in Auckland) or your local baker to grab some cookies to send on.
For recipe ideas please check out this Christmas cookie site.
Food allergies
If you or your family have food allergies, please make sure to let the person ahead of you on the list know!!! Also, make sure to include a complete ingredient list/recipe with your cookie package.
Posting recipes and ideas
Participants who want to post their recipes here will be granted access to the blog; we can all gather an archive of true and tested NZ cookies. @cookieswap will post on Twitter when new recipes arrive!
How to enter
Send a tweet to @nessliddell or @cookieswap and use the hashtag #nzcookie, or comment on this post with your Twitter @username. I will add your name to the list in the order it is received. If we don't know each other, please let me know who referred you.
Caveat
As this hasn't been done before, to ensure success, unfortunately we have to restrict participants. This exchange is only open to:
• People living in New Zealand, and
• People using Twitter, and
• People that we know (@vavroom and @nessliddell) know, or people referred by people we know
The list (It's not limited to 10)
1. @nessliddell - Cookies given to @blimeychrissy (21/11/09) "choc-chip with a hint of coffee"
The Idea
The idea is simple. Each person on the list will receive a package of homemade biscuits from the person before them on the list. Once you receive your first package, you prepare two batches of cookies (say a dozen per batch). You send one to the person before you on the list, and one to the person after you on the list. I will get the ball rolling by sending a batch of cookies to the first participant!
When you receive your cookies from the person before you on the list, please DM the person after you on the list to get their address. Please respect people’s privacy and keep their addresses confidential. For postage guides please check out NZ Post's website.
This is not a cookie pyramid scheme; it is a "give one back and pass one forward".
As there is no way to know exactly when it will be your turn to send on cookies, it may be possible that you will not be able to bake at that time. Don't let that stop you from signing up! While homemade baking is preferred, if you find yourself unable to bake, you could go to Eve's Pantry (if you're in Auckland) or your local baker to grab some cookies to send on.
For recipe ideas please check out this Christmas cookie site.
Food allergies
If you or your family have food allergies, please make sure to let the person ahead of you on the list know!!! Also, make sure to include a complete ingredient list/recipe with your cookie package.
Posting recipes and ideas
Participants who want to post their recipes here will be granted access to the blog; we can all gather an archive of true and tested NZ cookies. @cookieswap will post on Twitter when new recipes arrive!
How to enter
Send a tweet to @nessliddell or @cookieswap and use the hashtag #nzcookie, or comment on this post with your Twitter @username. I will add your name to the list in the order it is received. If we don't know each other, please let me know who referred you.
Caveat
As this hasn't been done before, to ensure success, unfortunately we have to restrict participants. This exchange is only open to:
• People living in New Zealand, and
• People using Twitter, and
• People that we know (@vavroom and @nessliddell) know, or people referred by people we know
The list (It's not limited to 10)
1. @nessliddell - Cookies given to @blimeychrissy (21/11/09) "choc-chip with a hint of coffee"
2. @blimeychrissy - Cookies given to @nessliddell (21/11/09) - Cookies received from @velofille (27/11/09)
3. @velofille - Cookies sent to both @blimeychrissy & @shessassy (26/11/09)
4. @shessassy - Cookies sent to both @velofille & @vavroom (07/12/09)
5. @vavroom - Cookies sent to both @shessassy & @classyadele (12/01/10)
6. @classyadele
8. @JessCann - Cookies given to @JessCann (04/12/09)
9. @rgoodchild - Cookies given to @gracebridges (04/12/09) and received from @rgoodchild
10. @gracebridges - Cookies sent to @nessliddell (06/12/09) and given to @rgoodchild (04/12/09)
1. @nessliddell - Cookies given to @dlishblog (21/12/09) and sent to @gracebridges (12/01/10)
2. @dlishblog - Brownie given to @dlishblog from @nessliddell (21/12/09) and cookies given to @nessliddell
3. @chandalier - Cookies given to and received from @dlishblog (21/12/09). Cookies sent to @jobsonb (22/12/09)
4. @jopsonb
5. @kimmiwyn
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Here's a link to my cookie recipe for this swap: The Rather Exotic-Sounding Brutti Ma Buoni
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