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What's your favorite Christmas cookie?

19,213 2,792 December 1, 2008 at 02:48 PM
I'm always on the lookout for new recipies - what is your family's favorite Christmas cookie?

My family goes nuts over spritz. I'm only allowed to make trees and the flower with a red hot in the center. I do a batch with splenda for my mom and call them Festivus cookies. Coverlaugh

I use an electric press for these. I'd be lost without it - I probably make 6 batches over Christmas.



Joy of Cooking Spritz

Makes about 5 dozen 2" cookies

Beat on medium speed until very fluffy and well blended:

1/2 lb (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar

Add and beat until well combined:

2 large egg yolks
1/4 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
3/4 tsp almond extract

Sift over the top and stir in until well blended and smooth:

2 1/4 cups all purpose flour

To press the cookies:

If the dough seems soft and difficult to handle, stir in 1 to 2 tbs flour. Cover and refrigerate until slightly stiff but not at all hard, 30-40 minutes.

Position a rack in the upper third of the oven. Preheat to 350.

Press out the cookies leaving about an inch between them. Decorate as desired and bake 1 sheet at a time for 9-12 minutes. Remove the pan and let stand for a few minutes before removing cookies to a rack to cool.
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Cookie Recipe Index

Joy of Cooking Spritz — AggieMom

Southern Tea Cakes — carebearsluv

Chocolate Crinkles [bettycrocker.com], Spimoni cookies, Santas Whiskers, Russian Tea Cakes (post) — lippy_grl1

HIdden Mint Cookies (post) — lippy_grl1

Christmas Wreaths [familyoven.com] (post) — MrLuckypants

Lemon Cream Cheese Cookie — ZoeBoe'smom

Ice Box Cookies & Molasses Crinkles — Zoe Moon

Mexican Mocha Balls (post) — lippy_grl1

No Bake Cookies — jennidbell

Butterscotch Gingerbread cookies (post) — Dizzy Devil

Reindeer Chow & Cookie in a Jar (post) — AggieMom

Snickerdoodles — ZanyBrain

Butterscotch Haystacks — RandomGirl

(Andes) Chocolate Mint Candies Cookies [allrecipes.com] (post) — AggieMom

unnamed cream cheese oreo/nutter butter cookie balls — twskls

Eggnog Snickerdoodles — periwinkle1979

Snowdrops — HeartSong

Bycracky Bars — hathor

Candy Cane Sugar Twist Cookies — Gromit

Short Bread Cookies & Chocolate Truffles — supplementtogo

Play Dough Cookies (post and post) — Zoe Moon

Pinwheel Cookies [countrykitchensa.com] (post) — HeartSong

Snickerdoodle [cookie-recipes.net] (post) — HeartSong

Bacon and Eggs — laTeri

Maple Spritz cookies [fooddownunder.com] (post) — Q-Bert

Beth's Spicy Oatmeal Cookies [allrecipes.com] (post) — ZoeBoe'smom

Date Nut Pinwheel Cookies — Randomclarity

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12-01-2008 at 02:56 PM.
12-01-2008 at 02:56 PM.
anything that requires a fork and knife Eat





(waiting to be pounded with "fatty" comments from the Mean Girls)
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pam1289
12-01-2008 at 03:03 PM.
12-01-2008 at 03:03 PM.
oh, good, I was just thinking I wanted to bake something different this year. Please post some good recipes
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carebearsluv
12-01-2008 at 03:12 PM.
12-01-2008 at 03:12 PM.
yummy

I love frosted Tea Cakes at Christmas time!
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zmarko
12-01-2008 at 03:49 PM.
12-01-2008 at 03:49 PM.
Chocolate chip. drool
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AggieMom
12-01-2008 at 03:58 PM.
12-01-2008 at 03:58 PM.
Quote from carebearsluv :
yummy

I love frosted Tea Cakes at Christmas time!
Recipe please?? I just had tea cakes for the first time a few weeks ago. So very good!

Quote from zmarko :
Chocolate chip. drool
Big surprise... I keep a stash of chocolate chip cookie dough in the freezer ready to slap on a cookie sheet. Flex
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mattman688
12-01-2008 at 03:59 PM.
12-01-2008 at 03:59 PM.
i want to make a good sugar cookie with crushed up candy canes in it drool
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Wakeybonez2
12-01-2008 at 04:47 PM.
12-01-2008 at 04:47 PM.
biscochitos. yummy

(and macoroons are so good too!!)
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carebearsluv
12-01-2008 at 04:54 PM.
12-01-2008 at 04:54 PM.
Quote from AggieMom :
Recipe please?? I just had tea cakes for the first time a few weeks ago. So very good!
Southern Tea Cakes
Ingredients
  • 4 cups all-purpose flour plus more for rolling
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk
  • 1/2 pound (2 sticks) butter, softened
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In a large bowl sift flour, baking soda, and baking powder together. Add remaining ingredients and blend well. Dough will be soft and wet. On a floured surface shape the dough into a disk, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour. Flour surface again and roll dough out until approximately 1/4 inch thick. Cut dough into desired shapes and bake on a slightly greased sheet pan for 10 to 12 minutes.



I cut them out in christmas shapes, and frost them! yummy
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lippy_grl1
12-01-2008 at 04:59 PM.
12-01-2008 at 04:59 PM.
I make Chocolate Crinkles
http://www.bettycrocker.com/recip...peId=35432

Spimoni cookies
http://recipes.recipeland.com/rec...okies_1018

santas whiskers
http://www.christmas-cookies.com/...rs-ii.html

spritz
(see recipie above)

russian tea cakes
http://www.bettycrocker.com/recip...peid=34166

as well as 2-3 other types I like to try a new recipie or 2 every year...if it is super good I will make it each year.
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lippy_grl1
12-01-2008 at 05:02 PM.
12-01-2008 at 05:02 PM.
Quote from mattman688 :
i want to make a good sugar cookie with crushed up candy canes in it drool
Tis is one I have made in the past

Oh I also make
HIdden Mint Cookies
http://www.recipezaar.com/Hidden-...ies-104019

I bake for 2 weeks straight...I start by making the stuff that has to be refridgerated then the other stuff...I bake the fridge stuff last.
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.teri.
12-01-2008 at 05:03 PM.
12-01-2008 at 05:03 PM.
My family's favorite are chocolate crinkles too. I put 1/4 - 1/2 tsp cinnamon in them in addition to everything else. Reminds me of a german cookie I had once...so good yummy
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Zoe Moon
12-01-2008 at 05:09 PM.
12-01-2008 at 05:09 PM.
Don't like dates but love date cookies at Christmas. They're so moist and chewy, yum!

Runner up would be molasses crinkles.
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MrLuckypants
12-01-2008 at 05:13 PM.
12-01-2008 at 05:13 PM.
Christmas Wreaths: Link [google.com] (scroll down a few...)
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