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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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One pack of Oreo or Nutter Butter cookies.
One pack of almond bark (white for Oreos, Dark for Nutter Butters)
Crush the cookies with a food processor.
Mix by hand with the cream cheese.
Refrigerate until stiff. (Insert bad joke)
Roll cookie/cheese mixture into 3/4 inch balls. (Insert another bad joke here)
Dip balls into melted almond bark. (Insert yet another tasteless joke)
Place balls on cookie sheet covered with wax paper. (It's getting old)
Place sheet in freezer.
Quick, easy, inexpensive, delicious
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One pack of Oreo or Nutter Butter cookies.
One pack of almond bark (white for Oreos, Dark for Nutter Butters)
Crush the cookies with a food processor.
Mix by hand with the cream cheese.
Refrigerate until stiff. (Insert bad joke)
Roll cookie/cheese mixture into 3/4 inch balls. (Insert another bad joke here)
Dip balls into melted almond bark. (Insert yet another tasteless joke)
Place balls on cookie sheet covered with wax paper. (It's getting old)
Place sheet in freezer.
Quick, easy, inexpensive, delicious
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I swear I'm going to get fat just from reading this thread
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1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup shortening
2 cups plus 5 tablespoons sugar, divided
1 egg
1 teaspoon rum extract
1/2 cup evaporated milk
1/2 cup refrigerated French vanilla nondairy creamer
5-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
ICING:
1 cup confectioners' sugar
5 to 6 teaspoons refrigerated French vanilla nondairy creamer
Directions:
In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter, shortening and 2 cups sugar. Beat in egg and extract. Combine milk and creamer; set aside. Combine the flour, salt and baking soda. Gradually add to the creamed mixture alternately with the milk mixture.
In a small bowl, combine nutmeg and remaining sugar. Shape dough into 1-in. balls; roll in nutmeg mixture.
Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets; flatten slightly. Bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool for 2 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
For icing, combine confectioners' sugar and enough creamer to achieve desired consistency. Pipe snowflake designs on cookies. Yield: 7-1/2 dozen.
Even those these contain no eggnog, they taste just like it! They are soft and chewy and purely sinful!!
They are just as yummy without the icing IMO.