Christmas Cookie Calculator: How Many Cookies to Bake


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How many Christmas cookies should you bake? This free Christmas cookie calculator tells you how many cookies you need for a party, a dessert table, a cookie exchange or gift boxes. Type the number of adults and kids, and get the total cookies, the number of batches, baking time and a shopping list for classic sugar cookies. It works on phone and computer and needs no sign-up.

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How Many Christmas Cookies Do I Need?

Tell me how many guests you have. Get the number of cookies to bake, how many batches to make and a shopping list.

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How it works: enter the number of adults and kids (kids count as half a portion) and choose what the cookies are for: 2 each for a dessert table, 3 each when cookies are the main treat, 6 each for a cookie party or 12 each for a cookie exchange. Add gift boxes if you are giving cookies as presents. The calculator adds everything up, rounds to the next dozen and tells you how many batches your recipe needs. The shopping list uses a classic sugar cookie recipe that makes about 24 cookies.

Also useful: the Christmas dinner calculator, the Christmas card list tracker and the Secret Santa generator.

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