Who doesn't know what a cookie table is????

I recently had the pleasure to go to my cousin's youngest son's wedding. We had been talking about it for a few months.The planning was considered quick by today's standards......just months. A lot of our conversation centered around a tradition in our area , of having a cookie table.

Now we're not talking a cute little table with a few iced cut out cookies shaped like wedding bells . We're talking several tables that could easily put a diabetic (or non diabetic) into sugar shock and no one would be the wiser that those 100 cookies were missing. The headlines in the paper read, "Local grocers are clamoring for suppliers to get chocolate kisses, 10x sugar and eggs replenished fast!" (Okay that's a bit of an exaggeration- You get the idea)

When my nephew got married a year ago September, my sister in law went to work getting the cookie table together. Worrying that there wouldn't be enough cookies she baked like a wild woman and we all contributed many of the family favorites to the cause until there was no doubt there would be enough for all! What an amazing site it was, forget the beautiful decorations of the hall, the cookie tables were the draw! While guests enjoyed the festivities and the wonderful food, many were heading off to make sure they secured their favorite selections. Bags were supplied for the guests to take home cookies as well!

Thinking back on these occasions and knowing that it is something that I look forward to, I can't help but wonder how this awesome tradition started. However it happened, I think it is great fun and something everyone in our area looks forward to when they attend a wedding. Whenever we attend a wedding in another part of the country we appreciate their traditions but a little pang (low sugar I think) reminds us of what is missing, our chance to splurge on a major diet buster for the evening.

Well off I go to bake for this holiday season! Lots of biscotti on order......seasonal favorites like gingerbread, pumpkin and cranberry pistachio!