HELP! Signed up for a bake sale... what do I bring??

pancakerunner
pancakerunner Posts: 6,137 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Suggestions/recommendations on what to make would be appreciated!
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  • Jruzer
    Jruzer Posts: 3,501 Member
    Angelfood cake
  • pancakerunner
    pancakerunner Posts: 6,137 Member
    miss_zita_2020 wrote: »
    pancakerunner wrote: »
    Suggestions/recommendations on what to make would be appreciated!

    Is that in UK?

    No.. US.
  • pancakerunner
    pancakerunner Posts: 6,137 Member
    Jruzer wrote: »
    Angelfood cake

    🤔
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,055 Member
    For bake sales you could package things smaller, so for example make banana bread in those disposable 3x5" tins. After they are completely cooled, I put in an open-ended 1 QT food storage bag (so not ziplock) and tie with a ribbon that I curl with a knife.

    If you make several dozen cookies, you can also package them in 1 QT food storage bags with ribbons. Quantity will depend on size of cookies, but again, since it is a bake sale, less than if you were giving as a gift.

    You could ask the organizer for suggestions.

    Everyone I bake for loves these Classic Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies. There was a Christmas cookie thread here last year that might give you some ideas - one idea I got from it was to use chocolate stars instead of the Kisses. (If you have someone to delegate unwrapping the Kisses, you'll appreciate that.)

    https://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/classic-peanut-butter-blossom-cookies/a3563f6e-96b0-443f-ae0a-53cef4be6db6

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    https://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/peanut-butter-chocolate-cookies/f85b72ed-8a53-4a9a-8897-f0befe46a55f

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  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,055 Member
    edited February 2020
    This thread is from 2018 and might have some inspiration for you - I was looking from the one from 2019, which had more food porn: https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10711772/christmas-goodies-youre-excited-for/p1
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,055 Member
    Found it! https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10774656/favorite-holiday-cookies-treats/p1
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,055 Member
    glassyo wrote: »
    I don't have any suggestions but I think it's hilarious that the person who probably posts the most pics of baked goods has this dilemma. :)

    My first answer was going to be "Whatever you feel like baking" but I decided more help was in order :smiley:
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,055 Member
    I have not tried this recipe myself, mostly including for the picture

    https://www.myfoodandfamily.com/recipe/120302/sour-cream-banana-mini-breads

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  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,055 Member
    Ok, now I want banana bread...
  • smithker75
    smithker75 Posts: 80 Member
    You can adapt any muffin recipe to bake in those small disposable tins also.
  • lx1x
    lx1x Posts: 38,332 Member
    Muffins...cupcakes, brownies, cookies. Etc.
  • ReenieHJ
    ReenieHJ Posts: 9,723 Member
    White chocolate macadamia nut cookies.
    Or these:
    https://bitzngiggles.com/peanut-butter-brownies/ Which are SOOOO good. :)
  • ElizabethHanrahan
    ElizabethHanrahan Posts: 102 Member
    Whatever you make, just be sure to give an ingredient list. As someone with allergies, this is a must for me.
  • ReenieHJ
    ReenieHJ Posts: 9,723 Member
    Whoopie pies, individual dishes of apple crisp
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    Bar cookies and brownies always seem to sell well at the bake sales I've seen.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,055 Member
    quiksylver296 wrote: »
    Carrot cake with pineapple and raisins.

    Carrot cake with pineapple and raisins is what I'm going to make for my brother's bday later this month. With cream cheese frosting.
  • springlering62
    springlering62 Posts: 8,951 Member
    Aquafaba cookies. I like to bust them out on people, and tell them what they are after they’ve eaten them. They absolutely love them til I tell them, and then you’d think I was feeding them something made with cricket flour.
  • earlnabby
    earlnabby Posts: 8,171 Member
    Anything but rice krispie treats.

    How comfortable are you with your baking abilities? When I go to bake sales, I make cream puffs. I bake the choux paste and take the whipped cream with me. Fill them upon purchase and they can be taken home or eaten right there. I usually sell out in the first 30 minutes.
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    earlnabby wrote: »
    Anything but rice krispie treats.

    How comfortable are you with your baking abilities? When I go to bake sales, I make cream puffs. I bake the choux paste and take the whipped cream with me. Fill them upon purchase and they can be taken home or eaten right there. I usually sell out in the first 30 minutes.

    Oh my goodness, this is such a fun idea! I've never seen this, but I am not surprised they sell out quickly.
  • earlnabby
    earlnabby Posts: 8,171 Member
    janejellyroll wrote: »
    earlnabby wrote: »
    Anything but rice krispie treats.

    How comfortable are you with your baking abilities? When I go to bake sales, I make cream puffs. I bake the choux paste and take the whipped cream with me. Fill them upon purchase and they can be taken home or eaten right there. I usually sell out in the first 30 minutes.

    Oh my goodness, this is such a fun idea! I've never seen this, but I am not surprised they sell out quickly.

    I live in Wisconsin where cream puffs are kind of an obsession. Anything to show off our dairy.
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    edited February 2020
    I'd take the easy route and just make oatmeal butterscotch and oatmeal raisin cookies. Pretty cheap to make several dozen and hard to screw up. People love 'em.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,055 Member
    seltzermint555 wrote: »
    I'd take the easy route and just make oatmeal butterscotch and oatmeal raisin cookies. Pretty cheap to make several dozen and hard to screw up. People love 'em.

    @seltzermint555 I've never heard of oatmeal butterscotch cookies! Do you have a link to a recipe?
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    kshama2001 wrote: »
    seltzermint555 wrote: »
    I'd take the easy route and just make oatmeal butterscotch and oatmeal raisin cookies. Pretty cheap to make several dozen and hard to screw up. People love 'em.

    @seltzermint555 I've never heard of oatmeal butterscotch cookies! Do you have a link to a recipe?

    I have my recipe at home and it predates all the typical internet sites I think - but I just sub butterscotch chips for the raisins in an Oatmeal Raisin Cookie recipe! People seem to love them. My mom calls them "oatmeal scotchies".
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,055 Member
    seltzermint555 wrote: »
    kshama2001 wrote: »
    seltzermint555 wrote: »
    I'd take the easy route and just make oatmeal butterscotch and oatmeal raisin cookies. Pretty cheap to make several dozen and hard to screw up. People love 'em.

    @seltzermint555 I've never heard of oatmeal butterscotch cookies! Do you have a link to a recipe?

    I have my recipe at home and it predates all the typical internet sites I think - but I just sub butterscotch chips for the raisins in an Oatmeal Raisin Cookie recipe! People seem to love them. My mom calls them "oatmeal scotchies".

    That I can do, thanks!
  • pancakerunner
    pancakerunner Posts: 6,137 Member
    Thanks for the suggestions everyone! Some really solid ideas... thinking I will do whoppie pies. Seems easy enough. My biggest concern is on how to plate and package...
  • estherdragonbat
    estherdragonbat Posts: 5,283 Member
    Brownies, Nanaimo Bars and Lemon Squares are usually good bets, as are most cookies.
  • Safari_Gal_
    Safari_Gal_ Posts: 1,461 Member
    @pancakerunner - we await photos!! :)

    Seriously inspired by the ideas though - !
    Thinking about carrot cake ... cookies and brownies... 😋
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,055 Member
    pancakerunner wrote: »
    Thanks for the suggestions everyone! Some really solid ideas... thinking I will do whoppie pies. Seems easy enough. My biggest concern is on how to plate and package...

    How big are you going to make them? The ones around here would fit in a gallon open ended food storage bag, which you can close with a ribbon.
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