Retro Baker Christmas Shirt Baking Moms Cookie Club

Baking Moms Cookie Club Starts With a Tray of Gingerbread

A pink cookie sheet sits on a checked tea towel, and on it a gingerbread man, two stars, a heart, a candy cane and a little tree wait to cool. Above them, the words “Baking Moms” stack up in big, soft mint letters, with “Cookie Club” underneath and a line in pink script: We bring the dough, you steal the show. That is the whole scene, and it feels like the kitchen on the day before the school party.

The Retro Baker Christmas Shirt is a holiday tee for the mom who does the baking. Our Baking Moms Cookie Club design speaks to the one who keeps the flour in the cupboard, the cutters in a tin and the cookie swap on the calendar every December.

The Mom Who Brings the Dough

The tagline has a bit of humor in it. Moms bring the dough, and everyone else gets to steal the show, usually by reaching for the heart-shaped cookie first. We like that the design sides with the baker. She mixes, rolls, cuts and decorates, and the shirt gives her a club of her own to belong to.

The colors feel like an old holiday card. Mint lettering, pink sparkles and a plaid-checked towel sit against a deep evergreen, so the shirt looks right beside a tree, a plate of cookies and a mug of cocoa. Little pink stars drift around the tray the way sugar sprinkles do. We drew the gingerbread faces with tiny smiles, so even the cookies look happy to be there.

It works for a group, too. A few friends can wear matching shirts to a cookie exchange. A sister, a mother-in-law and a favorite aunt can wear them on the morning the dough comes out. A mom who bakes for her kid’s classroom each year might find it waiting in her stocking, which is a nice way of saying everyone noticed.

Who Else Would Wear This Cookie Club Shirt?

Grandmothers, aunts, teachers and neighbors who bake for the holidays all fit into this club. Anyone who hands out plates of cookies each December, whether or not she has children, can wear the Baking Moms Cookie Club tee at a swap, a school bake sale or a quiet night of decorating at home.

The tray in the middle is already set, so all that’s left is the oven timer and a few friends to share the first batch with.