Bake Sale Results

On Tuesday, I held a bake sale at my workplace to push my fundraising along. After baking non-stop for 3 days, I was delighted by the results of the sale. Through support and generosity of my coworkers I was able to raise $494.61!!!!, which will also 100% match by my employer. THANK YOU!

As always, the bake sale was another great learning experience. Besides the lesson on dough volume, I also got a lesson on wrapping—as much as it seems like a super cute idea to wrap cookies in red colored saran wrap, I will avoid it at all costs next time. And that should not be too hard to do—I do not normally stock up on red cling wrap.

Reactions to cookies wrapped in red cling wrap:

• What kind of cookies are these bright red ones? (Probably the mildest comment)
• Are these left over from the Valentine’s Day? (It did not help that for additional cuteness I used a heart shaped cookie cutter for a good portion of the ginger bread cookies.)
• I thought you were selling burger patties

Notes for next time:

• Do not double up the Betty Crocker Gingerbread Cookie recipe and expect it to fit into the KitchenAid Artisan stand mixer
• Do not try to be cute and wrap cookies in red colored