Holiday Cookies!! What's your fave?

NicknShan · December 2015

Ladies,

What are you FAVORITE holiday cookies to make? I have to bring two batters to our Christmas Cookie bake this weekend... and not quite sure what I want to do yet. Post recipes/links here, and bonus points if you share an image!

CopperLane · December 2015

Right now? ALL OF THEM!!!!

Every year I make chocolate espresso cookies. Best damn things ever. I probably won't make them this year because coffee has been turning my stomach and they are intensive. I don't do well in the kitchen for long periods of time.

8 oz chopped bittersweet chocolate
1 stick unsalted butter
2/3 cup of sugar
3 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
2 tsp espresso powder (I always add more)
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 1/2 cup flour
Powdered or fancy sugar for coating

Melt butter and chocolate together, I do this in the micro.
In a separate bowl, beat sugar, eggs, vanilla, and espresso together. Stir in the chocolate mixture, baking powder, salt, and then add the flour last.
Chill 3 hours or overnight.
Shape into tsp sized balls and coat with sugar.
Bake for 10-12 minutes at 325.

The shaping into balls part will coat your hands in a thick chocolatey mess and leave them soft for days!!! Or you can use a cookie scooper. I've never tried scooping them, the dough is extremely sticky.

These cookies are an absolute hit and I get asked for the recipe all the time.

maddmama · December 2015

Russian tea cakes!! So popular in my family. You can make them with or without nuts. My mom makes them without because my younger sister has a nut allergy, but my grandfather still makes them with, because that's how his mother made them

Here is a simple recipe I found on Pinterest: https://www.crazyforcrust.com/2013/12/moms-russian-tea-cakes/

I have fond memories of sitting around the table with my mom and eating these while drinking something warm (like coffee).

mrsschmity · December 2015

My mom, sister and I are doing all of our holiday baking in a couple weeks! I can't wait. I'm putting them in my gift baskets also.

A good sugar cookie with royal icing is always great, plus these are some of our go to treats that we make every year:

https://allrecipes.com/recipe/9471/peanut-butter-cup-cookies/?internalSource=recipe hub&referringId=841&referringContentType=recipe hub

https://allrecipes.com/recipe/10222/raspberry-and-almond-shortbread-thumbprints/?internalSource=recipe hub&referringId=841&referringContentType=recipe hub

https://allrecipes.com/recipe/9861/chocolate-crinkles-ii/?internalSource=recipe hub&referringId=841&referringContentType=recipe hub

https://allrecipes.com/recipe/9920/peanut-blossoms-ii/?internalSource=recipe hub&referringId=841&referringContentType=recipe hub

https://allrecipes.com/recipe/15570/peanut-butter-dreams/?internalSource=recipe hub&referringId=841&referringContentType=recipe hub

https://allrecipes.com/recipe/10192/russian-tea-cakes-i/?internalSource=staff pick&referringId=841&referringContentType=recipe hub

hockeyfan42 · December 2015

My stepmother makes the most amazing soft ginger cookies.

3 sticks margarine, melted
1/2 cup molasses
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp ginger
4-5 cups flour
4 tsp baking powder
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp ground cloves

Mix butter, molasses, sugar, and eggs. Then add 4 cups flour & rest of ingredients. Refrigerate 2 hours. Work in additional flour if necessary. Shape in small balls. Roll in sugar. Bake on ungreased cookie sheet 8-10min @ 350°.

PressLove · December 2015

We're baking this weekend, so this thread is right on time!

Salted Caramel Cookies

Gingerbread Cookies

Scout27 · December 2015

My friends and I are doing a cookie bake in a couple weeks too!

I really like the peanut butter cup cookies and raspberry almond shortbread thumbprints that @mrsschmity linked to above. Here's another one of my faves:

Chocolate Mint Cookies: https://allrecipes.com/recipe/10477/chocolate-mint-cookies-i/

catherinekate · December 2015

This is the best thread ever!! Keep the recipes coming. I am participating in a cookie competition at work and I am competitive

Lilwatz · December 2015

These are my goto holiday cookies. Sooooo yummy.

https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/cherry-almond-chews

One year I dyed the batter green so they'd look like little wreaths. They technically did look like wreaths... But it was a little weird I will admit.

Lilwatz · December 2015

Also, these aren't cookies, but are cookie bars and are so good and so Christmas!

https://www.realsimple.com/food-recipes/browse-all-recipes/ginger-chocolate-chip-bars

totsabounding · December 2015

Not technically a cookie, but these oreo truffles are always a hit, and super easy:

1 pkg oreo cookies

1 pkg cream cheese, softened

1 pkg white almond bark (candy coating that you melt)

Use food processor to crush up the cookies, or you can put them in a sturdy gallon ziplock bag and use a hammer or rolling pin to crush them.

Set aside a small amount of crushed cookies to dust the truffles with after coating.

Mix the cookie crumbs with the cream cheese until it resembles mud (I know, sounds so appetizing).

Roll into balls (any size you like, smaller is my rec as these are pretty rich) and put on a parchment or waxed paper rimmed baking sheet.

Place the balls into the fridge for 15 minutes or so to harden/prep for coating,

Melt the almond bark according to directions on the pkg.

Dip the balls in the melted almond bark to coat.

As you are doing the dipping, go back and sprinkle some of the reserved cookie crumbs on the (still wet) balls as a decoration.

They dry/harden pretty quickly and are ready to eat!

These are yummy. But I can't believe how many times I referenced dipping balls in this recipe and the fact that it totally made me giggle. I'm so mature, I know.

jsl82 · December 2015

Love this post!! I usually make a couple of huge batches of Christmas cookies and give them to my brother and grandmothers as gifts. I'm not sure I'll be doing that this year- since I'm craving raw cookie dough right now. I might need to have a baby sitter watch me while I bake this year- so that I actually bake the cookies instead of eating the dough (which I cannot image my OB supporting the consumption of raw egg).

These are the cookies I get the most requests for every year. Instead of sandwiching two baked cookies together- I add the jelly between two raw cookies and press the edges together before baking. The cookies were never uniform enough to make the sandwiches work when I tried the other way.

https://allrecipes.com/recipe/11507/christmas-stars/

totsabounding · December 2015

May I just add that this discussion is completely making me lose my resolve to eat more healthfully?!

NicknShan · December 2015

We always do Christmas Wreath Cookies: https://allrecipes.com/recipe/9546/christmas-wreaths/

And Spritz: https://allrecipes.com/recipe/25018/butter-rich-spritz-butter-cookies/

But my MIL is taking both of those this year :-(

I love molasses cookies, and I saw a pinterest recipe for a peppermint chocolate chip cookie that was pretty. I love pretty cookies.

Lilwatz · December 2015

@parsonsperson You're pregnant. Eat healthy? I don't understand.

mrsschmity · December 2015

parsonsperson said:

May I just add that this discussion is completely making me lose my resolve to eat more healthfully?!

totsabounding · December 2015

@lilwatz and @mrsschmity my god, you're right. (edited for tag fail)

Wyattnash00 · December 2015

Peanut butter kiss cookies are the bomb!

48 HERSHEY'S KISSES Brand Milk Chocolates
1/2 cup shortening
3/4 cup REESE'S Creamy Peanut Butter
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup packed light brown sugar
1 egg
2 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup additional granulated sugar for rolling (optional)
Directions
1. Heat oven to 375°F. Remove wrappers from chocolates.
2. Beat shortening and peanut butter in large bowl until well blended. Add 1/3 cup granulated sugar and brown sugar; beat until fluffy. Add egg, milk and vanilla; beat well. Stir together flour, baking soda and salt; gradually beat into peanut butter mixture.
3. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Roll in granulated sugar, if desired; place on ungreased cookie sheet.
4. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly browned. Immediately press a chocolate into center of each cookie; cookie will crack around edges. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely. Makes about 48 cookies.

DeePaddy24 · December 2015

Growing up, my favourites were always haystacks. My mom would make them every year for Christmas, & I still look forward to them. She only uses chocolate chips, & rather than mini marshmallows she puts peanuts in them...DELICIOUS! I started making them with her last year. Not as fun to make as they are to eat (I don't love baking as much as I do cooking)...but so worth it!

catherinekate · December 2015

@parsonsperson -- do you have a picture? those sound to die for

totsabounding · December 2015

@catherinekate sadly, I do not. But, if you Google "Oreo truffle," you are sure to find some pictures, and probably recipe variations. I've made them with peppermint sandwich cookies as well--also yummy!

PressLove · December 2015

Thanks, ladies! You're enriching my baking party!

lauren0913 · December 2015

Snickerdoodles!!!

satcher08 · December 2015

One of my students made some of these and brought me one the other day. It is officially my new favorite cookie ever. They are chocolate chip cookies with cream cheese chocolate chip cookie dough frosting. I immediately came home and hit up pinterest for the recipe.

https://www.chef-in-training.com/2015/08/chocolate-chip-cookie-dough-frosted-cookies/

nicolesmith0624 · December 2015

Oreo truffles are THE BOMB and sooooo easy. It's fun to dye some of the coating red or green and drizzle it once the dipped balls (Hahahahah- I'm super mature, too) have dried.

MrsAlliKat · December 2015

Every year my grandpa makes a whole bunch of Christmas cookies. Although they are delicious, by far my favorites are the "100 Good Cookies," named because the recipe is supposed to make 100 cookies (although i think the cookies are fantastic rather than just good!) Here's the recipe:

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