Holiday Cookie Recipe Exchange

What's your favorite holiday cookie recipe?

November is here, and the holiday party season is nearing. Patch is inviting readers to share their favorite holiday cookie recipes. What's your go-to recipe? I'll start by sharing mine – pumpkin chocolate chip cookies. They're a crowd-pleaser, and I often get requests to make them for holiday parties, or whenever I visit friends and family. I found the recipe on cooks.com about five years ago when I was looking for a pumpkin recipe, and I was sold when I saw there were chocolate chips involved. People are always surprised how light and airy they are – and other bakers love how easy they are to make.  So here's my recipe... don't forget to add yours in the comments section below.   Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies 1 c. canned pumpkin (1/2 a…

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Chris Helms

11:44 am on Thursday, December 22, 2011

Behold Cherry Blink Christmas Cookies, courtesy of JP foodie Kendra Nordin: http://patch.com/B-2LX   more ›

Share Your Favorite Thanksgiving Memories

Tell us about your most memorable Thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving is just around the corner, and at Patch our thoughts have turned to turkey, football, family and friends. What is your favorite Thanksgiving memory? Is it the time your favorite team won its turkey day game against the big rival? Or is it based around who you spent the holiday with? Share your favorite Thanksgiving memory below.

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Wendy Schapiro

3:07 pm on Wednesday, November 16, 2011

I met my now ex-husband on Thanksgiving, we eventually got together on Thanksgiving and his mom is a wonderful cook so Thanksgiving at his parents' house was always yummy. While I am VERY happy to be on my own (and to be spending THIS Thanksgiving with my own parents in CA), I have some pleasant and tasty memories of Thanksgiving to hold onto from when I was married.   more ›

Weekend Happenings

Weekend Happenings: Book Bargains, Christmas Shopping and Art for a Good Cause

A book and bake sale, Christmas in the air and so much more for your weekend.

Friends of the Wayland Library Book and Bake Sale When/Where: Saturday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and Sunday from 12 p.m.-4 p.m. at Wayland Public Library, 41 Cochituate Rd, Wayland. Why Go: Twice a year the Friends of the Wayland Public Library hosts a book and bake sale to raise money for the library. This is your chance to support your local library and stock up on "new" books you can devour during the cold winter months ahead. Price: Cost of the books or baked goods purchased. 25th Annual Boston Christmas Festival When/Where: Friday from noon-7 p.m.; Saturday from 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; and Sunday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Boston World Trade Center, 200 Seaport Blvd, Boston. Why Go: Christmas is just six weeks away. It isn't too early to get …

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Katrien Vander Straeten

9:44 am on Friday, November 4, 2011

Also, on Sunday, the wonderful Katy Allen will lead walkers on a trail through the Pod Meadow reservation. It is one of the first walks of the soon to be famous Wayland Walks program. Nov. 6, 2 pm, Pod Meadow. http://wayland.patch.com/announcements/mayan-tikva-and-transition-wayland-announce-earth-connecting   more ›