Cookies = Love #SpreadCheer

This time of year, I feel incredibly cheerful, social, benevolent, giving. It’s so easy to feel happy when surrounded by the crisp cool winter air, a beautiful city with happy, chatty people, and a feeling of general optimism as Christmas approaches.

We are healthy, we are happy, and we have each other. It puts me in the mood to #SpreadCheer everywhere, and what better way to spread cheer than with baskets of cookies from Betty Crocker? And what is more fun, than baking with my boys?

We decided to surprise our neighbors with Betty Crocker sugar cookies! We picked up the Betty Crocker Sugar Cookie mix, spent part of an afternoon making them, and I let my sons pick who would get them. One son picked an elderly gentleman who always engages them and encourages my husband to play with them a lot (my sons hear and love this dude), and my other son picked a man with three teenaged boys of his own that are sporty and love to play with my sons.

My sons brought them over, rang the bell, and ran. They ended up not being home anyway (it was during the day and they were all working), so we left them, but we tied on the gift tags from the Betty Crocker #SpreadCheer site so they know who they are from 🙂 And my sons got a real kick out of leaving “surprises” on their door steps!

Win a $20 Gift Card To Buy Betty Crocker Cookie Mix and #SpreadCheer!

Want to make your own yummy Betty Crocker Christmas Cookies and spread cheer in your neighborhood? Of course you do, it’s fun! To enter to win, visit #SpreadCheer! Betty Crocker has three perfect choices for making your SpreadCheer cookies:

Betty Crocker Sugar Cookie Mix (what we used)
Betty Crocker Peanut Butter Cookie Mix
Betty Crocker Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix

Share an image of your own #spreadcheer basket on any social media with the hashtag (and I’d love to be tagged so I can retweet) and nominate 2 friends to spread cheer too! Let me know in a comment below who you #spreadcheer to and link your social share. Ends December 5th, US only, 18+.

Free Gift Printables and Coloring Pages

Click here to find gorgeous free gift tag printables, and some fun coloring pages, and the most amazing cookie recipes ever! Plus a $0.50 coupon to get your own cookie mixes 🙂 Talk about easy Christmas treats!

Make the world a better place this Christmas when you spread cheer with the gift of cookies! When you surprise your favorite people with fresh-baked goodness made straight from the heart, you’re letting them know that their good deeds don’t go unnoticed. Celebrate the season by spreading cheer with cookies, and help get the word out to inspire others to keep the celebration going. This Christmas, giving back is easier than ever with simple cookie recipes from Betty Crocker.

Thank you to Betty Crocker for sponsoring today’s post and helping me #SpreadCheer this season!