Let's talk Christmas & baking cookies!!

[disney4us2002]

What cookies do you bake? What are your favorites to eat? Any traditions or cookie parties you attend?

My sons adore my cookies so even now that they are grown and have moved out, I still make several batches of cookies to give them every year. I make soft Ginger cookies, mexican wedding cakes, tollhouse, peanut butter dipped in milk choc, oatmeal raisin, decorated sugar cookies, and fudge which is not a cookie but still a favorite.

 

[Dreams&wishes]

Ah you are making me hungry. Can you please share the recipe for your soft ginger and tollhouse cookies?

We make a jam sandwiched cookie that has been prepared with boiled egg yolks so the shortbread is very decadent

 

[pinkxray]

I try new cookies every year. This year I am keeping it simple. I am making cookies that don’t involve too much work. No sugar cookies shaped and decorated like Mickey Mouse that took me forever last year.

I am finishing up my baking today and have my oven preheating now to finish off baking the frozen dough I made in the last two weeks.

I will end up with
Peanut Butter blossoms
White chocolate raspberry cookies (my fav)
M & M cookies (red and green, kids favorite)
Funfetti sprinkle cookies (DH’s favorite)
More m & m cookies using mini m&m (taste testing the two different recipes)
Raspberry almond linzer cookie
cranberry white chocolate pistachio cookie
gingerbread men (made very small and will place these on top of gingerbread cupcakes)
Magic cookie bar(must have every holiday)
Not baked but also making peanut butter balls

Ive told the family today is my baking day. Not doing anything else today until tonight when we go see Sing 2. I have tons of ingredients so might throw together something else depending on how my cookie plate looks. Maybe a chocolate crinkle? I don’t love those but I feel a lack of chocolate. We will see.

 

[amcnj]

The cookie type count has lessened a bit over the years, and now usually includes 9 different ones. The usual suspects now are Totenbeinli, schenkeli, Swedish Tea, Butter Balls, Italian Iced, meringue (to use egg whites left over from other types), nutmeg cut-outs, biscotti and pecan tarts. Though the pecan tarts are being skipped this year as the person who adores them the most is not able to eat cookies at present!

Additional ones I can recall being made in past years include peanut butter, a chocolate chip (but a dropped type that stayed upright and thick, didn’t spread, and was very flaky), anise, pizzelles, another pecan pie type, and pignoli.

 

[Snowysmom]

I just bake sugar cookies with sprinkles on them, It is a recipe form the Betty Crocker cookbook. This is my 46th Christmas. I started the first year I got married. My older DS commented this year that every year they taste the same and are so good. He wonders how I get them to come out the same every year.

 

[slo]

This years cookies….

Oreo Balls (double batch)
Peanut Butter Balls (double batch)
Sugar Cookies (not shaped) (double batch)
M&M w/ white chocolate chips
Chocolate chip (not Tollhouse - I like my recipe better)
Lemon Whippersnappers
Cherry Chip
Pretzel Hugs

In the beginning of December we try new recipes for fun and to see if they are worthy for Christmas. One recipe needs some work and modification and the other was really good, but we left it out for Christmas due to my DH requesting the cherry chip this year.

 

[slo]

If anyone has a good sugar cookie recipe for rolling out and cutting with cookie cutters I would be very appreciative if you would post it. I’m 50 years old and have still not found a great recipe - all the ones I’ve tried are just ok.

 

[SandyinMonterey]

I used to make 2 or 3 different cookies and usually rice pudding, banana nut bread and pistachio cake. We'd never eat it all and I would end up throwing too much away. I've cut way back. Just chocolate chip cookies for Christmas and probably homemade cream puffs for New Years.

 

[JaxDad]

We mix it up every year, but we always make Italian anisettes.

 

[Meriweather]

We've been baking for weeks.
The grand kids did a lot of the baking this year in their baking class (I teach them).

We've done Peanut Butter Blossoms
Chocolate Cherry
Crunchy
rolled orangy sugar
rolled red velvet (this one was the first time for this and it was not great)
gingersnaps
spritz
another Gluten free batch of the cherry chocolate minus the cherries
also........chocolate fudge with almonds
cookies and cream fudge
spiders (haystacks)

today they are making chocolate chip cheesecake bars and another sugar cookie roll out (packaged)

 

[TwoMisfits]

So, my guest got extended and my kids are demolishing cookies, so so far it's been (everything was allergy free for dairy and tree nuts except what's mentioned)...

Chocolate chip (2x)
Hershey Heath Snowballs (1x) - had dairy
Hershey Snowballs (1x)
Drop Gingerbread (1x)
Peanut butter chocolate cookies (1x)
Plum Jam Thumbprints (1x)
Snickerdoodles (1x)

I have no cookies left (I've been making one regular batch/day). Today, I'm gonna make Pfeffernusse, and then I have a Kompot to make for Xmas on Xmas eve (that's a drink), so I'm gonna think what might go best with it. It might be an actual normal sugar cookie Xmas eve...

 

[columbusdizfan]

If anyone has a good sugar cookie recipe for rolling out and cutting with cookie cutters I would be very appreciative if you would post it. I’m 50 years old and have still not found a great recipe - all the ones I’ve tried are just ok.

My family and coworkers love these: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/10402/the-best-rolled-sugar-cookies/
Don’t roll them too thin.

We ice with: https://savorysweetlife.com/easyrecipe-print/5094-0/

 

[QueenIsabella]

This year, DD18 wanted to spearhead the cookie baking. So, I've been staying out of the way. So far, we've had:


Buckeye Balls
M&M cookies
Snickerdoodles
Spritz
Fudge Ecstasies


There's still room for fudge, forgotten cookies (meringues), and whatever else she wants to make. I think a nice, jam-filled cookie would round out the lot. And a nice gingersnap.

 

[Ginger R]

We made chocolate chip, Russian teaball cookies (snowball), peanut butter blossoms. I may make some sugar cookies with sprinkles also.

 

[stsomewhere]

If anyone has a good sugar cookie recipe for rolling out and cutting with cookie cutters I would be very appreciative if you would post it. I’m 50 years old and have still not found a great recipe - all the ones I’ve tried are just ok.

christmas cookies
Ungreased cookie sheet preheat oven to 350 bake 10-12 minutes
1- cream together shortening and sugar
2-add eggs and beat
3-add flour, baking powder, salt,vanilla and milk
4. roll out. Try to get as many cookies out of each roll because every time you reroll the dough it gets tough

3/4 cup of shortening
1 cup sugar
2 eggs-slightly beaten
3 cups flour
3 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup of milk
1 teaspoon vanilla

frosting
1 lb powder sugar, 1 stick of butter softened, 1 teaspoon vanilla , and milk to desired consistency

 

[stsomewhere]

I have made one batch of peanut butter blossoms
2- batches of Christmas cut out cookies ( recipe in previous post)

I will be making another batch of peanut butter blossoms, Reese's peanut butter cookies with chocolate drizzle, 7 layer bars, jello jigglers and edible cookie dough.

 

[RedAngie]

A few weeks ago there was a cookie thread and I posted that I only intended to make ONE batch of Spritz cookies with the Wilton cookie press with changeable discs.

Well, so much for that. I got myself on a cookie baking binge. So far I’ve made;

1. The Spritz cookies. (Mostly gone, might make another batch).
2. Flourless peanut butter cookies with Hershey kiss on top. (All gone, WILL make more).
3. Rolled sugar cookies cut into Christmas shapes with cutters then painstakingly hand-iced. Not Pinterest worthy, so no photos, but I’ll give myself a Ralphie C+ for execution. Sorry, @slo , the recipe I used is just OK. I found it online, but already deleted it. No better than what you’ve already tried, I imagine.)
4. Standard Snickerdoodles. ( My aunt’s recipe that I posted a few months ago for someone.)
5. Brown sugar cookies. Basically chocolate chip cookies without the chips.
6. Iced and sprinkled Anna Sette cookies.
7. Polish Kolaczki cookies. Rolled sugarless dough. Butter and cream cheese with egg and whatever flavor extract. Roll over lightly powdered sugar surface. Cut into squares. Put dollop of whatever flavor jam in center of square. Fold one set of diagonal ends over jam. Dust with powdered sugar when cool.

Some cookies from most batches are frozen to be thawed Christmas Eve or Day. I also have some frozen sugar cookie dough that can be used for various types.

 

[TwoMisfits]

Just put the Pfeffernusse in the oven - didn't measure the molasses and subbed vanilla for the anise (and used vegan butter and shortening mix for the dairy), but dang, this homemade recipe is like the anti-ginger gingerbread. I tried the dough and it's perfect for tea, even before you roll it in powdered sugar...it's gonna be another "snowball" option for the future (and I think it's the 1st time I've used cloves in about 10 years)...

https://www.ifyougiveablondeakitchen.com/pfeffernusse-cookies/

 

[Moliphino]

Must have: linzer cookies, chocolate thumbprints filled with caramel (my mom makes some rolled in nuts and some not, as none of her kids like nuts)

 

[FlightlessDuck]

Our cookie list this year, which we already based this past weekend, is:

• Sugar cookies (thicker soft ones)
• Gingerbread men
• Ginger snaps
• Chocolate chip
• Snickerdoodles
• Peanut butter blossums
• Raspberry stars (not sure if these are technically linzers)
• Double decker (chocolate peanut butter) fudge.