As many readers know, my brother tied the knot on July 27th!
In May, my brother and his then fiance, Racquel, asked me to bake 500 cookies for their wedding. The plan was that I was to bake 500 cookies, and Racquel’s friend was to bake 500 cookies.
Then her friend bailed.
So I baked all of the cookies. And I loved every second of the whole process. It took me a week to bake all of the cookies, so I averaged 1-2 different types per day.
Here’s a list of the cookies:
–Chewy lemon (8.5 dozen)
–Double chocolate (12 dozen)
–Peanut butter, pretzel, and milk chocolate chip (11 dozen)
–Almond butter (7.6 dozen)
–Zucchini cookies (8.5 dozen)
–Mexican wedding (7.5 dozen)
–Chocolate-dipped shortbread (8.2 dozen)
–Glazed orange (5 dozen)
–Chocolate chip (7 dozen)
-Lady locks (I ordered these because they’re hard to make! Sorry I’m not sorry.) (8 dozen)
Some photos:
Peanut butter, pretzel, and milk chocolate chip cookies
Mexican wedding cookies… plus a messy kitchen table 😉
Chocolate-dipped shortbread cookies
This is a picture of all 1,004 cookies before I brought them over to Racquel’s house the night before the wedding.
I didn’t take any pictures of the cookies at the reception, but I did visit the cookie table a few times throughout the evening to hear people’s opinions on the cookies (yes, I realize that is very creeper-ish).
The top three cookies that I heard guests rave about most were:
–Double chocolate
–Peanut butter, pretzel, and milk chocolate chip
–Glazed orange
My thoughts on the experience:
-I LOVE BAKING.
–I would do it all again in a heartbeat.
-I’m sad it’s over. Seriously!
-I’m not sad that my freezer now has space for something other than cookies.
-My family and I loved taste testing every single batch of cookies!
-I’m really glad I could help with my brother’s wedding in such a fun way.
Living My Full Life 
Oh wow at all those yummy cookies!!!!
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Thank you Shannon!
WOW! That is quite the undertaking! It’s so nice of you to do that for your brother and new sister in law! All the cookies sound and look amazing. You are quite the baker Allie! Totally deserve your own bakery 🙂
Thanks, Kaila! I really enjoyed it 🙂
I’m still amazed that you took this on even after the other friend bailed. And you did a great job with it… all those cookies look delicious, and it means a lot to have them at the wedding instead of just catered food or all store bought stuff (it is okay that you bought some… totally understand that!). Glad that everyone raved over them, you should really think about selling some of your baked good somewhere, just on the side. Or since your parents are in the real estate business, maybe you can find some way to combine that for when people buy homes?
Thanks Amy! I had so much fun with it and just LOVED it! And yeah, I really would love to find a way to incorporate baking into my life!
That is really special! 🙂 I wish I could have been there to try some of your gorgeous cookies! I second the other comments: you could start running a bakery business!
Thank you! And I would totalllyyy love to have my own bakery!
OMG… are there any left?! I want to try them all!!! You are the best sister for doing that. I know it’s fun, but it’s also a BIG deal. You rock. 🙂
I’m not sure! They were going pretty fast at the reception, though! And thank you 🙂
I LOVE to bake, but after 3 hours in the kitchen I get tired!! You are awesome, and should for sure become a baker on the side!! 😉
I would LOVE that haha!
You are AMAZING! That is crazy! At least you enjoyed it! I think I definitely want to try the pretzel ones- yum!
Thank you Leigha! And yes, I definitely enjoyed it! I’d have to say that pretzel was probably most people’s favorite!
Wow I remember reading about this on your blog and your endeavors. I think I would personally love the orange glazed the best because that is my favorite combination!
girl, I need you as a party planner! ha that is amazing, have you ever thought of selling cookies or doing some sort of professional catering? I mean even locally it would be a great opportunity for you and your amazing skill
I am beyond impressed! I’m sure your brother and his wife were beyond grateful!
Thank you!
You could seriously open your own bake shop—have you thought about that ;)?
you seriously rock for doing all of this! We are in the process of finding where we want our lady locks from because, like you said, they are just impossible! My mom is going around town finding her faves haha
That actually sounds like something I would love too! It’s awesome that you did that for your brother and his wife. I bet they were delicious and now I’m thinking when I get married one day a cookie bar is definitely in store…
YEAH! Cookie bar all the way!
WOW! You are a professionally cookie baker in my mind! Lol I would be so mad if someone bailed out last minute for my wedding but thankfully, you were there to take her end of the bargain!!
Best sister award goes to you this year – most definitely! That is awesome!! Over a 1000 cookies. I wonder what the world record is for a single person baking cookies in that time frame…..
Hahaha thank you!!
I cannot get over how incredible you are for having the baking skills and patience to make that many cookies! You go girl!!! (And yes, definitely best sis award!)
Aw, shucks! Thanks!
You are AMAZING! They all look so wonderful!!! 🙂
Thank you 🙂
I’m just catching up on blog reading after being away for awhile, and I must say that I am impressed with all the cookies you made! It sounds like you had a really good variety too. Congrats to your brother and his new wife!!!
That is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So amazing. What a great sister. And what a cool way to be involved!
You are such a rockstar for making so many cookies for your brother’s wedding! I remember when you first blogged about them asking you to do it and I was thinking that there is no way I’d be able to do something like that. But you rocked it! Way to be! 🙂