Cookie Charcuterie Board
Take your gatherings up a notch with a Cookie Charcuterie Board! Add your favorite cookies, nuts and seeds, fruits, and dips for a colorful, eye-catching, and inviting spread! Adjust quantities for crowd size and plan in advance so you aren’t scrambling at the last minute! {GF + DF}
- Prep Time: 45 minutes
- Total Time: 45 minutes
- Yield: Varies
- Category: Appetizers and Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Diet: Gluten Free
Ingredients
- Cookies: About 5 different varieties
- Jams, nut/seed butters, or melted chocolate
- Nuts and seeds: Choose those that feature in your cookies or offer completely varieties
- Fresh fruit: Blackberries, strawberries, raspberries, pomegranate arils, or blueberries
- Fresh herbs: Thyme sprigs, sage leaves, or rosemary sprigs are festive
Instructions
- First, place any jars or bowls on the board. I like to space them as evenly as possible to make them easier for people to access. If the foods you’ll be putting in them will stay fresh 30-60 minutes before your party, then fill the dishes now. Otherwise, wait and fill them just prior to serving.
- Next, place the cookies throughout the board. Think about whether you want to cover the entire charcuterie board with food or whether you want to leave gaps here and there. Layer the cookies (oatmeal cookies, pictured) or zig-zag them (snickerdoodles, pictured). Some cookies, like the snowball cookies pictured, can also be loosely stacked.
- Then add any nuts or seeds to the charcuterie board. These can be added to the dishes mentioned in Step 1 or they can be used as filler here in Step 3.
- Now add fresh fruits. If any of the fruits have become watery, then consider placing them in the jars or bowls. Otherwise, they are great filler in the center of a charcuterie board or around the edges. At this stage add nut or seed butters, jams, or melted chocolate to the dishes.
- After that, add any sprigs of fresh herbs. Like the fruit, fresh herbs add visual interest and a festive touch.
- Then serve and enjoy!
Notes
- The actual number of cookies needed will depend on the size of your charcuterie board. For my board, which measures 15 inches in diameter, I had five cookie recipes ready to go. On a larger board you might have six or more, and on a smaller board, you might have four or fewer. In addition to the number of varieties, think about a cookie recipe’s yield as you decide what to include.
- Like the quantity of cookies, placement of the cookies will also depend on the size of your board. I like to evenly distribute two groupings of each cookie on the board, if I can swing it, so people don’t have to reach over each other.
- Some charcuterie ingredients, such as nut and seed butters or melted goods like chocolate may need to be added just prior to serving either to retain their freshness or their consistency.
- Whether you want to completely fill your Cookie Charcuterie Board with goodies or leave empty space throughout is up to you and what you think will work best for you and those you’re sharing the spread with.
- For additional details on prepping ahead of time, please see the blog post section titled “How to Prepare a Cookie Charcuterie Board in Advance.”
