Would anyone out there be interested in purchasing homemade cookies from me this holiday season? (Only in the Loudoun County area; I don't want to ship them.)
I'm just thinking about this idea and would like to see what kind of response I get before I decide if I want to really offer this. If you are interested, please leave a comment on this post for me. I assume that only friends and friends of friends read this blog, so that's who I'm thinking of. Even if I don't know you personally, I'd like to hear from you! Lots of my friends say they know people who check this, and I love hearing that and I'm very happy to share my Messy Kitchen with you.
Here's how it may work: I'd offer several varieties of cookies to purchase by the dozen (maybe Rosemary Butter Cookies, Cream Cheese Walnut, Chocolate Chunk, Shortbread, Chocolate-Dipped Walnut Biscotti). Some, like the first three mentioned, I could also sell as frozen dough logs or balls for you to bake at home. I could do deliveries on perhaps the three Fridays in December before Christmas. I won't do fancy packaging so if you want to give my cookies as gifts, that's up to you. You can take 100% credit for the baking!
Now, I'm not a natural sales person and I'd rather just give everything away for free, that's just my personality. But I will have to go against my instincts and charge for my services and my products. Small bakeries in Loudoun sell their cookies for $2 each or more. I'm thinking of charging $15-$20 per dozen, depending on the cookie, with discounts for buying more. Maybe $12 for the frozen dough. I use the best ingredients and can't buy them in large quantities like bakeries, and I will home/office deliver in the area. Plus you have my recipes!
I'm not looking to do this as a business, I just love baking and think it would be fun to offer this service to my friends (and friends of friends!) this holiday season.
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