About Batchin' Bakes
Two sisters and their mom who have a passion for making batchin' bakes, especially Christmas cookies!
Follow us into the holiday baking season for our favorite Christmas cookie recipes, tips, and tricks. This year our goal is to make 833 cookies! It's going to be batchin'!
Our Bakers
Laura Cole
Our head batch in charge!! Laura is the Director of Bexar County’s all-digital library, Bibliotech. She started baking with her mom when she was little and has been baking for over 50 years! She also loves to run, and she has completed two full marathons and seven half marathons!
Laura's Christmas favorites:
Favorite Christmas cookie to bake: Orange and Cranberry Shortbread - 100% Christmas!
Favorite Christmas cookie to eat: Zimtsterne (reminds me of my Mom)
Favorite non-cookie goodie to Bake: Pineapple Cheesecake
Favorite Christmas song(s): It Came Upon a Midnight Clear and Lo How a Rose E’er Blooming
Favorite Christmas movie(s): Christmas in Connecticut and A Christmas Carol with Alastair Sim
Favorite baking tip: When chilling slice and bake cookie dough, store the roll vertically, in two glasses, or inside a cut paper towel tube, to keep it from flattening as it chills.
Abby Cole
In her job, Abby supports a portfolio of financial services clients for an IT consulting company, Apex Systems. When she isn’t working or baking you can find her snuggling with her dog, Champ, or creating beautiful flower arrangements!
Abby’s Christmas favorites:
Favorite Christmas cookie to bake: Buried Treasures
Favorite Christmas cookie to eat: Chocolate Toffee Almond Shortbread
Favorite non-cookie goodie to Bake: Any kind of cake
Favorite Christmas song(s): All I Want for Christmas is You, What Christmas Means to Me, and O Holy Night
Favorite Christmas movie(s): Christmas in Connecticut and Love Actually
Favorite baking tip: When making homemade whipped cream use a metal bowl, and put the bowl and beaters in the freezer for 10-15 minutes to get them nice and cold before whipping the cream. This helps speed up the whipping process.
Eleanore Cole
Eleanore is in her second year of law school at St. Mary’s University. She is a proud Sagittarius, and has the quick wit to prove it!
El’s Christmas favorites:
Favorite Christmas cookie to bake: Crinkletops
Favorite Christmas cookie to eat: Scotcharoos
Favorite non cookie goodie to bake: Cheesecake
Favorite Christmas song(s): I’ll be home for christmas, Have yourself a merry little christmas, Happiest christmas tree
Favorite Christmas movie: The Family Stone
Favorite baking tip: If you run out of vanilla extract you can use dark liquor as a substitute