Love Xmas Cookies? Check This Out.

'Tis the season to bake cookies. At least it is for a lot of fans of special delights they make for holiday parties, gifts and just for the family.

True cookie lovers will love this idea: Making all the cookies yourself, without having to shop for the ingredients, mess up your own kitchen or clean up after your cookie-making marathon is over.

Home Cooked in Paoli in is offering several cookie making "events" on Friday and Saturday. There is still space available for Saturday afternoon's sessions. You must call and make a reservation, there are no walk-ins accepted for this special.

Home Cooked owner says participants will make cookie dough for such classics as gingersnaps, snickerdoodles, sugar cookies and more. There are ten available recipes in all. Participants make the dough using ingredients that are provided by homecooked. "How many people have cream of tartar or crystalized ginger on hand," Phillips explained. "We have all the fresh ingredients that make the cookies taste great, and no preservatives."

When it's all done, you will go home with 30 dozen cookies that are ready to pop in the oven. You will have had all the fun of making the cookies, but you'll get to leave the mess behind for someone else to clean up.

Phillips says the workshop on Saturday is really geared to adults. While participants may bring one "helper" children must be ten or older. There will be a lot of (fun) work to do in just two hours and it's not geared as a children's event. Register by clicking here for a link to the Home Cooked website where you can find all the details. Advance reservations are required.