Holiday Cookie Recipes

[Ellen]

Date: 12/18/2008 3:58:35 PM
Author: Lorelei

Date: 12/18/2008 3:47:04 PM
Author: Ellen

Date: 12/18/2008 3:33:02 PM
Author: icekid

Date: 12/18/2008 1:52:27 PM
Author: Ellen
icekid, don''t look!

ahh I looked again! Thanks a lot, Ellen. Now I have to add peppermint fudge to the always-growing list

sorry!

Your nose is growing......

 

[marcy]

Ellen your fudge looks great.

My cords are getting tight just thinking about diving in to some of it.

Here is a plate I fixed up for DH''s grandma this morning. The assorted cookies are sour cream sugar cookies, candy cane, oatmeal raisin, oatmeal butterscotch chips, molasses crinkles and Christmas M&M. I am making peanut butter chocolate chip tomorrow.

 

[Ellen]

Date: 12/18/2008 4:19:09 PM
Author: marcyc
Ellen your fudge looks great.

My cords are getting tight just thinking about diving in to some of it.

Here is a plate I fixed up for DH''s grandma this morning. The assorted cookies are sour cream sugar cookies, candy cane, oatmeal raisin, oatmeal butterscotch chips, molasses crinkles and Christmas M&M. I am making peanut butter chocolate chip tomorrow.

Thank you mam!

Dang, those look good! I LOVE M&M cookies, though I never make them. Not sure why.

I do make oatmeal/raison. Yummmmm.

The sour cream sugar cookies sound tasty.

(seriously, WHAT could be bad with sour cream in it??)

And your sig is cracking me up!!

 

[marcy]

Date: 12/18/2008 4:26:09 PM
Author: Ellen

Date: 12/18/2008 4:19:09 PM
Author: marcyc
Ellen your fudge looks great.

My cords are getting tight just thinking about diving in to some of it.

Here is a plate I fixed up for DH''s grandma this morning. The assorted cookies are sour cream sugar cookies, candy cane, oatmeal raisin, oatmeal butterscotch chips, molasses crinkles and Christmas M&M. I am making peanut butter chocolate chip tomorrow.

Thank you mam!

Dang, those look good! I LOVE M&M cookies, though I never make them. Not sure why.

I do make oatmeal/raison. Yummmmm.

The sour cream sugar cookies sound tasty.

(seriously, WHAT could be bad with sour cream in it??)

And your sig is cracking me up!!

Thanks, Ellen. Sour cream and cream cheese make everything GOOD! I am glad you like my signature.

 

[marcy]

 

[Skippy123]

Date: 12/18/2008 4:19:09 PM
Author: marcyc
Ellen your fudge looks great.

My cords are getting tight just thinking about diving in to some of it.

Here is a plate I fixed up for DH''s grandma this morning. The assorted cookies are sour cream sugar cookies, candy cane, oatmeal raisin, oatmeal butterscotch chips, molasses crinkles and Christmas M&M. I am making peanut butter chocolate chip tomorrow.

Those look beautiful Marcy; thanks for the pic

I bet they are yummy too

 

[marcy]

Date: 12/18/2008 11:04:04 PM
Author: Skippy123

Date: 12/18/2008 4:19:09 PM
Author: marcyc
Ellen your fudge looks great.

My cords are getting tight just thinking about diving in to some of it.

Here is a plate I fixed up for DH''s grandma this morning. The assorted cookies are sour cream sugar cookies, candy cane, oatmeal raisin, oatmeal butterscotch chips, molasses crinkles and Christmas M&M. I am making peanut butter chocolate chip tomorrow.

Those look beautiful Marcy; thanks for the pic

I bet they are yummy too

Thanks Skippy! I keep trying to find a bad one but so far they''ve all been quite tasty.

 

[Skippy123]

Date: 12/18/2008 11:16:50 PM
Author: marcyc

Date: 12/18/2008 11:04:04 PM
Author: Skippy123

Date: 12/18/2008 4:19:09 PM
Author: marcyc
Ellen your fudge looks great.

My cords are getting tight just thinking about diving in to some of it.

Here is a plate I fixed up for DH's grandma this morning. The assorted cookies are sour cream sugar cookies, candy cane, oatmeal raisin, oatmeal butterscotch chips, molasses crinkles and Christmas M&M. I am making peanut butter chocolate chip tomorrow.

Those look beautiful Marcy; thanks for the pic

I bet they are yummy too

Thanks Skippy! I keep trying to find a bad one but so far they've all been quite tasty.

Oh gosh. LOL I am avoiding cookies at all cost because I want one, me thinks it is the sugar in them! haha

 

[Mannequin]

I LOVE the rules for Christmas cookies, LOL!

I am baking today! I made a batch of the mint chocolate sugar cookies I love baking for the holidays. I''ve posted the recipe in this thread before - I think it''s on the first or second page. I''m making more cookies this afternoon, and I''ve got fixings for an apple pie and a cherry pie for my sweetheart''s 30th birthday celebration on Sunday. No better way to spend a snow day than in a cozy, yummy smelling house!

 

[Skippy123]

Date: 12/19/2008 2:31:02 PM
Author: equestrienne
I LOVE the rules for Christmas cookies, LOL!

I am baking today! I made a batch of the mint chocolate sugar cookies I love baking for the holidays. I''ve posted the recipe in this thread before - I think it''s on the first or second page. I''m making more cookies this afternoon, and I''ve got fixings for an apple pie and a cherry pie for my sweetheart''s 30th birthday celebration on Sunday. No better way to spend a snow day than in a cozy, yummy smelling house!

Those look gorgeous!

Ah, Happy birthday to your sweetie; I want apple and cherry pie! YUM

 

[Skippy123]

Date: 12/18/2008 2:25:26 PM
Author: Ellen

Date: 12/18/2008 2:09:59 PM
Author: Skippy123

Date: 12/18/2008 1:59:25 PM
Author: Ellen
All done.

Oh geez, that is GORGEOUS and looks delicious!!!

I love the pics, and the step by step process!! hehe Way fun

I want you all to be my neighbor, just think of all the goodies we would make! haha

I would be kicked off the Healthy Thread for sure!

Fanks!

We''d all weigh about 200 lbs. between the drinks and the food.

LOL so true, eeek!

 

[zoebartlett]

I made chocolate chip cookies today (for the second time in a week), and they came out pretty good. I was trying to find a healthier version of the traditional Tollhouse recipe so last week I made a variation sugested by Mara last year. I just finished making a new batch, this time using whole wheat flour instead of regular all-purpose flour. I got the recipe from the Betty Crocker site.

Here''s the recipe from Betty Crocker, with my modifications:

3/4 cup granulated sugar (I used 1/4 c. Splenda)
3/4 cup packed brown sugar (I used 1/4 c. Brown Sugar Splenda)
1 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 egg (I used 2 egg whites)
2 cups Gold Medal® whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 package (12 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips (I found a whole package to be too many, so I didn''t use the whole bag.)


1. Heat oven to 375ºF.
2. Mix sugars, butter, vanilla and egg in large bowl. Stir in flour, baking soda and salt (dough will be stiff). Stir in chocolate chips. Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheet.
3. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until light brown (centers will be soft). Cool slightly; remove from cookie sheet. Cool on wire rack.

This recipe doesn''t make as big of a batch as the regular Tollhouse recipe does. The website says it''s supposed to make 3 dozen but I don''t see how that''s possible, even when making small cookies. I ended up making 9 cookies and freezing the rest of the dough to make another small batch later this weekend.

I''ll see if I can dig up the first recipe I used. Be back later!

 

[Mannequin]

I made sugar cookies today!

Cookie recipe: The Best Rolled Sugar Cookies

Icing recipe: Sugar Cookie Icing

They look bakery-made! And they are delicious!

 

[Mannequin]

These had vanilla flavored icing.

 

[Mannequin]

Lemon flavored icing and snowflake sprinkles on these!

 

[Mannequin]

These were topped with almond flavored icing.

 

[curiopotter]

Those look so pretty equestrienne!!! I''m definitely going to try that recipe out!

 

[Mannequin]

Date: 12/21/2008 3:00:50 AM
Author: curiopotter
Those look so pretty equestrienne!!! I''m definitely going to try that recipe out!

Thanks so much! You will love the results if you try these, CP. The dough is really easy to work with. I''ve been chilling mine overnight, but only for lack of time to go through the whole process in one sitting. The icing is PERFECT - not too thick, not too runny - and it tasted really yummy with the different flavorings I tried. I liked the lemon best.

 

[Skippy123]

Date: 12/21/2008 12:55:44 AM
Author: equestrienne
Lemon flavored icing and snowflake sprinkles on these!

Equestrienne, Oh man, Oh man, Oh man, those are GORGEOUS

What I would give to taste one of those Pretty cookies

Zoe, thanks for the recipe!

 

[beau13]

Date: 12/18/2007 4:30:18 PM
Author: sumbride


We had a bake-off at work today. I didn't participate but my boss sweeped the dessert category with her incredibly simple and amazing shortbread cookies. They weren't fancy looking, but the taste, wow... everything else, as pretty as it was, couldn't beat these! I can't wait to make them! And just THREE ingredients.


Shortbread Cookies


• 1 cup butter (2 sticks) – use real butter, not margarine, it makes a huge difference
• ½ cup granulated sugar, plus more for coating after baking
• 2 ¼ cups sifted flour


1. Cream butter and sugar together.
2. Stir in flour, 1/3 at a time, until well blended.
3. Chill dough for a couple of hours in the refrigerator. (I put mine in the freezer for a few minutes instead, to save time.)
4. Roll out 1/8-¼ inch thick and either use cookie cutters or cut into squares to save time. The chilling is more important to maintain the cookie cutter shapes, so if you want to skip or minimize the chilling just cut them into squares.

Bake at 300 degrees for 12-15 minutes. Watch closely as they will get too brown quickly. You can make them larger and thicker but they may take up to 30 minutes to bake.

Cool for 10 minutes on the cookie sheet. They are very good plain but I dipped both sides in granulated sugar to coat them when taking them off the cookie sheet.

I just made these, figured they were simple, 3 ingredients. I found they didn't have any taste at all (did I miss one of the 3 ingredients? Was I supposed to use icing sugar instead of regular sugar?) I tried to make them more appealing..for the kid's sake. I plopped a hersey candy cane kiss in the center of 12 of them. Nope..still not eating them! They told me to "keep em for Santa" I also made the Philly cream cheese cookies Ellen posted. They had a little more taste. I think I better check out the rest of the thread for recipes with chocolate..maybe that will go over better in my house! lol

 

[Ellen]

Date: 12/21/2008 12:55:44 AM
Author: equestrienne
Lemon flavored icing and snowflake sprinkles on these!

eq, your cookies are all beautiful, but these in particular? Outstanding!

Seriously, they look like they came from some very upscale bakery. Way to go!



beau, no, those Philly cookies wouldn''t be something I''d make in particular for kids. They are for a more sophisticated palate I think.

 

[Skippy123]

Beau that is a traditional Shortbread recipe. hmmmm. What flavor do your kids usually like? I love Shortbread, it is buttery and not too sweet it is a nice coffee cookie or tea cookie. I can't see kids eating shortbread either. I think chocolate chips or lemon iced cookies when I think of kids. They like the extra sweet stuff.

 

[Ellen]

Date: 12/21/2008 5:14:04 PM
Author: Skippy123
Beau that is a traditional Shortbread recipe. hmmmm. What flavor do your kids usually like? I love Shortbread, it is buttery and not too sweet it is a nice coffee cookie or tea cookie. I can''t see kids eating shortbread either. I think chocolate chips or lemon iced cookies when I think of kids. They like the extra sweet stuff.

Definitely.

 

[Skippy123]

Date: 12/21/2008 5:15:24 PM
Author: Ellen

Date: 12/21/2008 5:14:04 PM
Author: Skippy123
Beau that is a traditional Shortbread recipe. hmmmm. What flavor do your kids usually like? I love Shortbread, it is buttery and not too sweet it is a nice coffee cookie or tea cookie. I can''t see kids eating shortbread either. I think chocolate chips or lemon iced cookies when I think of kids. They like the extra sweet stuff.

Definitely.

hehe

 

[curiopotter]

Ellen I''m making your fudge! I''ll post pictures soon.

 

[beau13]

Date: 12/21/2008 5:14:04 PM
Author: Skippy123
Beau that is a traditional Shortbread recipe. hmmmm. What flavor do your kids usually like? I love Shortbread, it is buttery and not too sweet it is a nice coffee cookie or tea cookie. I can''t see kids eating shortbread either. I think chocolate chips or lemon iced cookies when I think of kids. They like the extra sweet stuff.

I''ve made shortbread before, I like it, so do the kids. However..I can''t find my favourite recipe, so I thought I''d look here for one. Not the same..it doesn''t taste like much. The one I usually make is real buttery tasting...I wish I could remember what I put in them (it was more than 3 ingredients for sure). Ah well..I guess I should have done what I usually do..pay someone to bake for me!

I might have to find a "baker" tomorrow.

 

[Kaleigh]

Date: 12/21/2008 9:49:53 PM
Author: beau13

Date: 12/21/2008 5:14:04 PM
Author: Skippy123
Beau that is a traditional Shortbread recipe. hmmmm. What flavor do your kids usually like? I love Shortbread, it is buttery and not too sweet it is a nice coffee cookie or tea cookie. I can't see kids eating shortbread either. I think chocolate chips or lemon iced cookies when I think of kids. They like the extra sweet stuff.

I've made shortbread before, I like it, so do the kids. However..I can't find my favourite recipe, so I thought I'd look here for one. Not the same..it doesn't taste like much. The one I usually make is real buttery tasting...I wish I could remember what I put in them (it was more than 3 ingredients for sure). Ah well..I guess I should have done what I usually do..pay someone to bake for me!

I might have to find a 'baker' tomorrow.

Paying someone else is always an easy solution.. But lacks the fun at least to me...

 

[AGBF]

Hi, beau,

I just went into my recipe cards and checked the recipe sumbride posted against my mother's recipe, the recipe she made all her life and I have made all of mine...and they are nearly identical! I think that you are just not used to traditional Scottish shortbread! Your kids may just not like it!!! I loved it all my life and so did my daughter, but she doesn't eat cake or candy!

My recipe is posted somewhere at the very beginning of this thread. I will go look for it, rather than retyping it! The main difference I can see right off is that I use confectioner's sugar, not granulated sugar.

Deborah

 

[AGBF]

beau,

If you find your recipe for a more buttery shortbread, be sure to post it! It took me a few readings to understand that that is what you are really looking for! I would love to have such a recipe so that I can have some more variety available to me when I choose to make shortbread!

In fact, if I can help you to research a recipe, I will be glad to do so. It will be a fun project!


Deb

 

[AGBF]

Scottish Shortbread


1/2 lb butter
scant 1/2 cup confectioner's sugar
3 cups flour (My notation says, "use less!" and is heavily underlined; I think you should listen to me. I believe it gets too crumbly with a lot of flour.)


Knead butter and sugar together then work in flour, a little at a time. Form into two small cakes about 1/3 " thick and prick fork right through to the bottom. Bake in a slow oven until light brown. (About 325 degrees F for 20-25 minutes.)




This is the recipe made in my family.


Deborah