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

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



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

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

Ok, now I want banana bread...

Muffins...cupcakes, brownies, cookies. Etc.

Whatever you make, just be sure to give an ingredient list. As someone with allergies, this is a must for me.

Whoopie pies, individual dishes of apple crisp

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.

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 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 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 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!

Brownies, Nanaimo Bars and Lemon Squares are usually good bets, as are most cookies.

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.