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What's your favorite Christmas cookie?
December 1, 2008 at
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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.
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.
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.
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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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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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.
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.
thanx:>
Here is my favorite Christmas cookie. They literally melt in your mouth, I have never had any other cookie with this texture. I like them even without rolling in sugar.
Lemon Cream Cheese Cookies
3 sticks of butter softened
8 oz cream cheese (low fat ok, fat free is not)
2 cups powdered sugar
1 tbs vanilla
2 tbs of lemon juice
1 tbs grated lemon rind
4 cups of cake flour (must be cake flour)
2 cups chopped pecans
Cream the butter and cheese until fluffy. Add powdered sugar and beat until smooth. Stir in vanilla, lemon rind, and lemon juice. Add cake flower and mix well. Stir in pecans.
Drop by half teaspoon onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 300 F for 20 minutes. While still warm roll in additional powdered sugar. Once completely cool, roll again in powdered sugar.
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thanx:>
Now I want to bake.
Ice Box Cookies
2 C. brown sugar
1 C. butter
2 eggs
3 3/4 C. flour
1 t. baking soda
1 1/2 C. pecans
1 t. vanilla
Cream sugar and butter. Add the rest of the ingredients. Roll into logs, wrap each log in wax paper and refrigerate overnight. Cut into thin slices of dough and bake on a greased cookie sheet in a medium oven until done. Note: You can freeze the rolled up logs and they will last for 3 months in the freezer.
Molasses Crinkles
3/4 C. shortening
1 C. brown sugar
1 egg
4 T. molasses
1/4 t. salt
2 1/4 C. flour
2 t. baking soda
1/2 t. cloves
1 t. ginger
1 t. cinnamon
1 C. to 1 1/2 C. pecans
Sift together all dry ingredients. Cream sugar and shortening. Add the egg and molasses. Add the sifted dry ingredients. Chill for one hour. Roll into balls and then roll in granulated sugar. Place the balls on a greased cookie sheet, indent each ball and put two drops of water in the indention. Bake at 300 degrees for 10 minutes. Be careful not to over bake!
Now I want to bake.
Now I want to bake.
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