Is it too early for Christmas cookie discussion?

jenbelsan · September 2012

I love Christmas and I always try to get an early start on baking. What's your favorite Christmas cookie and extra points for recipes!!!

greenkitty98 · September 2012

Cherry Cookies

1 c brown sugar
c butter, softened
1 egg
2 T milk
1 t vanilla
2 c flour
1 t salt
t baking soda
c maraschino cherries, chopped welldrained
c chopped pecans optional
c flaked coconut optional

Cream butter sugar in mixer. Add egg, milk, and vanilla, mixing well between each addition. Slowly add flour, salt, and baking soda mix to the wet ingredients in the mixer. Fold in cherries. If desired, fold in chopped pecans and flaked coconut with the cherries.

Bake at 375 for 1012 minutes.

NOTES:
1. If you mix in the cherries instead of folding them in or if they arent welldrained, your batter will turn red. If you are making these for Christmas, you may want to add enough of the cherry juice to color the batter.
2. I have never made these with the pecans and coconut, so I dont know what that tastes like.
3. Turbinado sugar sprinkled on top before the cookies bake would be a nice addition.

greenkitty98 · September 2012

Forgot to add that I usually triple this, because a lot gets eaten before being baked. insert smilie

Monkeybabe · September 2012

Is it weird that my favorite "Christmas" cookie is a Jewish cookie?

Rugelach

Christina_Diane · September 2012

Not at all. I heart Christmas cookies.

I enjoy sugar cookies. The recipe I use is called the best rolled sugar cookie and it can be found on allrecipe.com.

I top it with colored icing that I "paint" on with a pastry brush.

They take forever, but look and taste amazing.

huahualove · September 2012

DH's great grandparents owned a bakery so there are several different recipes passed down. I need to see if I can get this one where they are peppermint sugar cookies. There are real bits of candy canes in them and you twist a non colored and a red colored dough together to make the cookies really look like candy canes themselves.

nannerl · September 2012

It's NEVER too early to start thinking about Christmas and/or cookies! I like doing cookie combos with a sweet cookie something and a savory snacky something. The savory could be seasoned pecans, or a homemade Chex mix, or cheese straws. I love cheese straws! This recipe is from Southern Living, but it is similar to the one I use. I forgo the cookie press and just roll out the dough (to about 1/4") and use a pizza cutter to make the strips, but it is easier to work with if it is chilled first.

Cheese Straws

? 1 1/2 cups butter, softened (you have to use real butter for this one...)

? 1 (1-pound) block sharp Cheddar cheese, shredded

? 1 1/2 teaspoons salt

? 1 to 2 teaspoons ground red pepper

? 1/2 teaspoon paprika

? 4 cups all-purpose flour

1. Beat first 5 ingredients at medium speed with a heavy-duty stand mixer until blended. Gradually add flour, beating just until combined.

2. Use a cookie press with a star-shaped disk to shape mixture into long ribbons, following manufacturer's instructions, on parchment paper-lined baking sheets. Cut ribbons into 2-inch pieces.

3. Bake at 350? for 12 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool.

4. Cheese Wafers: Combine ingredients as directed; chill dough 2 hours. Shape dough into 4 (8-inch-long) logs; wrap each in plastic wrap, and chill 8 hours. Cut each log into 1/4-inch-thick slices; place on parchment paper-lined baking sheets. Bake at 350? for 13 to 15 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool. Store in an airtight container 1 week.

Note:

If you don't have a heavy-duty stand mixer, you can use a handheld mixer. Just divide the ingredients in half, and work with two batches.

Ann Porter, Jefferson City, Tennessee, Southern Living
MARCH 2006

TrudyCampbell · September 2012

Never too early! Check out Pinterest they have tons.

katieh1017 · September 2012

These are soooooo good...what isn't with 3 sticks of butter?!

Ina Gartens jam thumbprint cookies

Ingredients3/4 pound (3 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature1 cup sugar1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour1/4 teaspoon kosher salt1 egg beaten with 1 tablespoon water, for egg wash7 ounces sweetened flaked coconut Raspberry and/or apricot jamDirectionsPreheat the oven to 350 degrees F.In an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together the butter and sugar until they are just combined and then add the vanilla. Separately, sift together the flour and salt. With the mixer on low speed, add the flour mixture to the creamed butter andsugar. Mix until the dough starts to come together. Dump on a floured board and roll together into a flat disk. Wrap in plastic and chill for 30 minutes.Roll the dough into 1 1/4-inch balls. (If you have a scale they should each weigh 1 ounce.) Dip each ball into the egg wash and then roll it in coconut. Place the balls on an ungreased cookie sheet and press a light indentation into the top of each with your finger. Drop 1/4 teaspoon of jam into each indentation. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until the coconut is a golden brown. Cool and serve.

Patella1129 · September 2012

Never too early! I started listening to Christmas music (behind DH's back of course) this week since it got cold!

Chocolate Mint Filled Cookies

6 oz. pkg semi-sweet chocolate chips (about 1 c.)

2 c. flour

2/3 c. softened butter or margarine

1/4 c. light corn syrup

2 t. baking soda

1/4 t. salt

1 egg

1/2 c. sugar

2 boxes After Eight mints

Melt chocolate chips over low heat. In a large bowl, mix at low speed the melted chocolate, flour, butter, corn syrup, baking soda, salt, egg and sugar. Increase speed to medium; beat until well mixed. Wrap dough in plastic wrap and place in freezer for 30 minutes. Use a teaspoon to roll dough into balls. Roll dough balls in sugar. Place on ungreased cookie sheet and bake for 10-12 minutes at 350 degrees. Turn half of the cookies upside down and place a mint patty in center to make a sandwich. Press cookies with a pancake turner to spread mint. cool on wire racks.

These are DH's favorite and super easy:

Butter Cookies

2 c. butter, softened

4.5 c. sifted flour

2 c. powdered sugar

2 t. vanilla

Cream butter. Add sugar a little at a time. Add vanilla. Gradually add flour and beat well. (I don't always use all of it) Flour board/counter top, rolling pin and dough. Place wax paper or plastic wrap over dough and roll. Cut into shapes. Place on greased cookie sheet and bake at 350 until edges turn brown (8-11 minutes). remove and cool. Frost with powdered sugar and milk mixture.

I've got more but this is already a super long reply!

MalaJ · September 2012

Alton Brown's ginger snaps! Sooooooo good. If I can get on my desktop (on my kindle now) I'll post the recipe and a few others

ETA:

Alton Brown's Ginger snaps

Homemade Oreos

Pistachio Cookies (a pain to shell the pistachios but so worth it! Love 'em dipped in or drizzled with white chocolate)

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