Spread Cheer through Baking {Recipe & Giveaway!}

Now that Thanksgiving has passed, it's time for all things Christmas fun, holiday cheer and baking goodness. I'm so stinking excited... to decorate my home, deck out my tree, and bake yummy treats for my family and friends. Giving cookies has always been a family tradition and this year we are starting early. Spreading cheer through baking has never been easier with Betty Crocker cookie mixes.

The kids and I got busy in the kitchen this week. I headed to Walmart and bought the traditional sugar cookie mix and my personal favorite, peanut butter cookie mix. I'm usually pretty reluctant to let my kiddos bake with me {clean freak problems} but for spreading holiday cheer, I had to let them get in on the action. We made three types of cookies... Roll out Sugar Cookies, classic Peanut Butter Cookies, and Heidi's favorite, Coconut Snowball Cookies. 

Snowball Cookies are super easy to make thanks to Betty Crocker Sugar Cookie Mix.

What you need:

• 1 pack Betty Crocker Sugar Cookie Mix
• 1 stick of butter
• 1 egg
• 1 cup shredded coconut flakes
• Sprinkles for garnish {optional}

What you'll do: 

• Stir together cookie mix, egg and butter
• Roll dough into little 1 inch balls
• Fill a small bag with coconut flakes and shake each ball in the coconut until the whole dough ball in covered
• Bake at 375 for 8 minutes or until the coconut starts to turn lightly golden
• Remove from oven and let cool for 5 minutes
• Enjoy! 

The kids also got messy decorating shaped sugar cookies and pressing peanut butter cookies. 

Once the cookies were done and we had eaten our lot, I got to the best part of the process... packing the cookies and creating little gifts to leave on our neighbor's door steps. Once again, Betty Crocker rocked it with these FREE printable Cookie Gift Tags! They are so cute {& free} it makes spreading cheer that much easier. There are also more printables, like holiday coloring pages for kids and recipes. 

Once we were all cleaned up and ready, Heidi was more than happy to deliver our cookies and #spreadcheer! 

Creating holiday traditions like this is one of the many reasons I love having children during the holidays. Watching them give back to those who have helped them over the year is a very special gift for me. And to show my gratitude to you and to spread a little more cheer, I'm giving away a $20 Amazon gift card {perfect for the New Year!} It's so easy to enter! Also, don't forget to print your coupon to save $0.50 on your own Betty Crocker Cookie Mix.

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***Make sure to tag me in your post or link your #SpreadCheer post to a comment on my blog story so that I can choose a winner and give them their prize!***

Have a wonderful December, filled with lots of hugs, lots of giving, and lots of Cheer!