Let’s talk about cookies and bread. I’m hoping that these two simple favorites can help to fight hunger in our country. Bread is the most basic of food, recognized all over the world as a staple. And cookies, well, everyone loves cookies! I’ve chosen to donate cookies and bread for the first annual National Food Bloggers Bake Sale.
The bake sale is taking place tomorrow, in many different locations! Gaby from What’s Gaby Cooking has organized (what I’m assuming is) the largest bake sale ever. Food bloggers from all over the country are baking their favorite treats. Trust me, you won’t want to miss this!
Since I plan to bake 6 loaves of sourdough today, I had to plan ahead to create the necessary volume of sourdough starter! I call this process “sourdough mitosis”.
The weather is getting warmer, so I decided to make cookies with a “summery” feel. This ice cream cone cookie cutter is just perfect! Except that those tiny little sections meant to stamp the ice cream cone design won’t let go of the dough. Hint: use lots of flour. Lots.
The cuteness factor of the finished cookies was definitely worth all the fuss while cutting them. And now I’m craving ice cream…no, cookies…ah, I can’t decide! Perhaps I’ll just have a cupcake.
All of the proceeds from the sale are donated to Share Our Strength, a non-profit organization that is striving to eliminate childhood hunger in America. Take some time to visit their website. The statistics on hunger are staggering.
I believe strongly that we can all make a difference in the fight against hunger, and it’s so simple to help. Buy a few extra cans of food at the store, and donate them to a local food pantry. Spend some time volunteering (it’s free)! Donate baked goods to a local bake sale, or support my bake sale team with a donation.
If you’re in Los Angeles, stop by our bake sale tomorrow to meet some fantastic food bloggers. And if you’re in another part of the country, find a food blogger bake sale near you!
So adorable and bright!!
The cookies are so cute! The sourdough mitosis is sort of scary, lol!
It was so nice to finally meet you! I bought several of your cookies, not only were the adorable, they were delicious. Thank you!
Adorable! Really. I wanna eat your cookies very badly!
These are such cute cookies! Sounds like a great event!
Well done!
How about combining cookies and mitosis in ..you guessed it.. mitosis cookies:
http://www.kevinvanaelst.com/photo10.html
Brilliant! I should make some mitosis cookies.
What an amazing event! Perhaps next year, I should step up and help organize a Minnesota chapter. These cookies are so sweet in more ways than one!
It would be awesome to add Minnesota to our list of bake sales next year!
how cute..I hope to partcipate next year..
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Jeanne! These cookies are seriously out of control! Delicious, no doubt and super stinkin’ cute! Wow! You are incredibly talented. And thank you for reminding us how we can help! Every little bit helps! Hope you are well.
Ooh, I like your decorating skills. I need to hone in on my inner decorator (smile). I’m going to check out the bake sale now-I’ve been meaning to do so…
I’m too late (sigh). I’ve been meaning to volunteer downtown at the homeless shelter (my city is #1 in the U.S. for homelessness and probably hunger)-never too late for that. Thanks for the reminder, Jeanne. I really need to do more charity and stop talking about it…
These are fantastic! Though this reminds me how unskilled I am at anything involving icing. I can make it and I can eat it. That’s it.
And what a great cause this was for! I’m sure these were a hit!