Mixing and baking 1,200 plus cookies is no big deal for veteran bakers Marj Baker and Connie Redford. The two were unfazed about their dedication to the yearly cookie walk that has the two of them roll up their sleeves and get to work on dozens upon dozens of tasty treats for the Penhold museum fundraiser.
“I’ll typically make 100 dozen if I can,” said Baker, who said she’ll start a few weeks before the cookie walk to make sure all of her raisin, molasses, chocolate chip and sugar cookies are ready to go for hungry shoppers.
This year, she managed to make 60 dozen, and Redford 50.
“Not as much as we usually do; I was busier this year,” said Redford.
The two are the main bakers for the event, but they also receive donations from other members of the museum society and community members. In total, 300 dozen cookies were ready for the sale.
Each December for the past three years, they open the museum doors and let people stuff as many cookies as they can into a hamburger box for $10.
By noon last weekend, halfway through, the only things that remained were empty trays and the women had to pack up and leave early.
“Everything we make is pure profit so it’s good to see so many people coming through,” said Baker, who said final tallies weren’t completed but they brought in more money this year than last.
Last year she said they brought in about $400 and the first year they brought in a couple of hundred. All of the money goes right into fixing up and funding museum operations.
“The utility bill, it can add up pretty quick,” she said.
Next year, the two plan to keep the event business as usual with no big changes.
“The most popular are good ol’ gingersnaps and chocolate chip … we’ll be sure to have plenty of those.”
