Christmas Cookies Recipes
This delectable Christmas cookie lens is soon to be packed with over more than four hundred recipes for colossal cookie creations.
From tried-and-true favorites such as Snowflakes, Christmas Tree Sandwiches, and Gingerbread Cookies to future favorites such as Edible Cookie Ornaments and Eskimo Snowballs there's a cookie here to please every palette.
Plus, you'll even find recipes for chewy cookie bars and special treats like the spirited and festive Eggnog Cookie with Powdered Sugar Icing. Best of all, anyone can bake and enjoy these enormously gooey, enormously good--and just plain enormous--cookies
From tried-and-true favorites such as Snowflakes, Christmas Tree Sandwiches, and Gingerbread Cookies to future favorites such as Edible Cookie Ornaments and Eskimo Snowballs there's a cookie here to please every palette.
Plus, you'll even find recipes for chewy cookie bars and special treats like the spirited and festive Eggnog Cookie with Powdered Sugar Icing. Best of all, anyone can bake and enjoy these enormously gooey, enormously good--and just plain enormous--cookies
Almond Snow Cookies
Ingredients (makes about 132)
1-1/4 cup soft butter
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
3/8 teaspoon LorAnn almond oil (www.Lorannoils.com) or 2 to 3 tsp. almond extract
1 cup finely ground blanched almonds
3-1/2 cups sifted flour
Confectioners' sugar
1-1/4 cup soft butter
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
3/8 teaspoon LorAnn almond oil (www.Lorannoils.com) or 2 to 3 tsp. almond extract
1 cup finely ground blanched almonds
3-1/2 cups sifted flour
Confectioners' sugar
- Cream shortening, butter and granulated sugar; add eggs and beat until light.
- Mix in almond oil and ground almonds.
- Add flour to creamed mixture and mix thoroughly.
- Chill dough or not.
- Preheat oven to 325 F.
- Scoop dough into small balls (I use a 1-1/4" ice cream type scoop) and place on ungreased baking sheets about 2" apart.
- Slightly flatten top with a dampened cloth-covered glass.
- Bake until set but not brown, about 14-16 minutes.
- Sift confectioners' sugar over cookies as soon as you take them out of the oven.
- Cool on cookie sheet.
- When thoroughly cool, but not cold enough to stick to cookie sheet, remove cookies from cookie sheet and roll in additional confectioners' sugar.
Almond Cookie Strips
Ingredients
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 egg yolk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 teaspoon almond extract
1/8 teaspoon salt
2 cups flour
1 egg white
2 tablespoons sugar
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 cup finely chopped almonds
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 egg yolk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 teaspoon almond extract
1/8 teaspoon salt
2 cups flour
1 egg white
2 tablespoons sugar
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 cup finely chopped almonds
- Preheat oven to 350 F.
- Beat together butter and 1 cup sugar until light and fluffy.
- Stir inegg yolk, vanilla, almond extract and salt.
- Stir in flour and mix well.
- Pat into a 15-1/2-inch by 10- 1/2-inch baking pan.
- Beat egg white till stiff, then beat in 2 tablespoons sugar and cinnamon.
- Fold in almonds and spread over base.
- Bake for 25 to 30 minutes.
- Remove from oven and let cool 10 minutes.
- Cut into bars while still warm.
Almond Cream Spritz
Ingredients (makes about 60)
1 cup butter, softened
1 (3-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
finely chopped almonds
1 cup butter, softened
1 (3-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
finely chopped almonds
- Preheat oven to 375 F.
- Beat butter and cream cheese in a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed for 30 seconds.
- Add sugar, almond extract, and vanilla;
beat till combined.
- Stir in flour. Cover and chill dough for 30 minutes or until easily
worked but not too stiff.
- Pack dough into a cookie press. Force dough through press onto ungreased cookie sheets.
- Sprinkle with almonds.
- Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until edges of
cookies are firm but not brown.
- Allow to cool on baking sheet one minute then remove to wire racks to cool completely.
Aachener Printen
Ingredients
500 grams dark corn syrup
3 tablespoons water
10 grams potash
1 tablespoon rum
150 grams rock candy
100 grams sugar
60 grams candied orange peel, finely chopped
2 teaspoons cinnamon
2 teaspoons aniseed, ground
2 teaspoons coriander, ground
1 pinch cloves, ground
600 grams flour
Some dark syrup and water
500 grams dark corn syrup
3 tablespoons water
10 grams potash
1 tablespoon rum
150 grams rock candy
100 grams sugar
60 grams candied orange peel, finely chopped
2 teaspoons cinnamon
2 teaspoons aniseed, ground
2 teaspoons coriander, ground
1 pinch cloves, ground
600 grams flour
Some dark syrup and water
- In a saucepan over medium heat, stir together syrup and water until hot. Remove from
heat and cool slightly.
- Dissolve the potash in the rum. Break the rock candy into very small pieces.
- Add all of the ingredients to a large mixing bowl and knead until dough
forms.
- Wrap in plastic wrap and let dough rest for 5 days in a cool place.
- Preheat oven to 350 F.
- Grease baking sheets.
- On a lightly floured board, roll dough out to 1/4 inch thick and cut out 1-inch by 2-inch rectangles.
- Place cookies on prepared baking sheets, about 2
inches apart.
- Bake 15 minutes.
- Allow to cool for one minute on baking sheet and then remove to wire racks to cool completely.
- Glaze the cookies with a mixture of one part
syrup to one part water.
- When dry, store in tins at room temperature.
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Butterscotch Gingerbread People
Ingredients
1 small box butterscotch pudding mix (cook & serve)
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1 1/2 cup flour
1 teaspoon ginger
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
decorations or icing
1 small box butterscotch pudding mix (cook & serve)
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1 1/2 cup flour
1 teaspoon ginger
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
decorations or icing
- Preheat oven to 350°. Cream pudding mix, butter and brown sugar in a mixing bowl. Beat egg in.
- Add dry ingredients and mix until blended.
- Roll out on floured board and cut with
cookie cutters.
- Add candy buttons, cinnamon candy hearts or other decorations as desired.
- Bake for approximately 10 minutes and cool on baking sheet 5 minutes before removing to a cooling rack.
- Cookies may then be decorated with icing as desired.
Alabama Fudge-Pecan Chewie
Ingredients (makes about 60)
1/4 cup butter or margarine
14 ounces sweetened condensed milk
12 ounces semisweet chocolate chips
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup chopped pecans
60 pecan halves
1/4 cup butter or margarine
14 ounces sweetened condensed milk
12 ounces semisweet chocolate chips
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup chopped pecans
60 pecan halves
- Pre-heat oven to 350.
- Combine first 3 ingredients in a heavy saucepan; cook over medium-low heat, stirring constantly, until chocolate and butter melt. Remove from heat.
- Stir in vanilla, flour, and chopped pecans.
- Drop by teaspoonfuls onto ungreased baking
sheets.
- Press a pecan half into the center of each cookie.
- Bake for 7 minutes.
- Remove cookies to wire racks to cool completely.
Coconut Sarah Bernhardts
Ingredients
1-1/4 cups unsweetened dessicated coconut
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1 egg white
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
12 ounces bittersweet chocolate
1/4 cup whipping cream
2 tablespoons butter, softened
1 tablespoon rum
2 teaspoons solid vegetable shortening
1-1/4 cups unsweetened dessicated coconut
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1 egg white
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
12 ounces bittersweet chocolate
1/4 cup whipping cream
2 tablespoons butter, softened
1 tablespoon rum
2 teaspoons solid vegetable shortening
- Pre-heat oven to 350 F and line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
- In a large mixing bowl, sitr together coconut, sugar, egg white and vanilla until combined.
- Drop by teaspoonfulls onto prepared pans.
- Bake 7 minutes or until bottoms are lightly golden.
- Allow to cool on baking sheets.
- Place 8 ounces of the chocolate in a mixing bowl and chop so that the mixture forms small chunks.
- In a small saucepan, heat cream with the butter
just until the butter melts and bubbles form around the edge of the pan.
- Pour hot cream over the chocolate and whisk until smooth. Stir in rum.
- Cover and refrigerate about 1 hour or until firm.
- Place 1 teaspoon of chocolate mixture on top of each cookie.
- Smooth to form a dome shape.
- Refrigerate about 1 hour or until firm.
- Line cooled baking sheets with waxed paper.
- In the top of a double boiler over hot water, melt the remaining 4 ounces of chocolate with the shortening. Allow to cool for 3 minutes.
- Set cookie on a fork and spoon the melted chocolate over the cookie until completely coated. Place on waxed paper.
- Refrigerate until chocolate sets, about 2 hours.
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Black Walnut Cookies
Ingredients
1 cup butter or margarine
1 cup dark brown sugar
1 large egg
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon maple flavoring
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 1/2 cups chopped black walnuts
1 cup butter or margarine
1 cup dark brown sugar
1 large egg
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon maple flavoring
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 1/2 cups chopped black walnuts
- Beat together butter and sugar until creamy.
- Beat in egg and add maple flavoring.
- Add in flour and baking soda, then add baking powder dissovled in a couple drops of water.
- Add nuts and mix well.
- Divide dough into thirds and roll into logs.
- Refrigerate until firm (about
1 hour.)
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (205 degrees C).
- Slice logs into thin cookies.
- Bake for 9 minutes or until light brown in color.
Chocolate Ginger Shortbread
Ingredients
2 ounces bittersweet chocolates, chopped
1 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup instant dissolving sugar (also known as fruit/berry sugar or superfine sugar)
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 pinch salt
1 cup chopped crystallized ginger
2 ounces bittersweet chocolates, chopped
1 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup instant dissolving sugar (also known as fruit/berry sugar or superfine sugar)
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 pinch salt
1 cup chopped crystallized ginger
- Preheat oven to 300 F.
- In heatproof bowl over saucepan of hot (not boiling) water, melt chocolate, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat and let cool.
- Meanwhile, in bowl, beat butter with sugar until fluffy. Stir in chocolate and vanilla.
- Add flour and salt; stir until blended.
- Mix in chopped crystallized ginger.
- Divide into 4 equal parts and chill 2 hours or
until firm.
- Turn onto lightly floured work surface and roll out to 1/4" thickness.
- Cut with cookie cutters and place cookies on baking sheets lined with parchment paper.
- Bake 30 minutes or until firm to the touch. Remove from oven and let cool for 2 minutes, then
remove to wire racks to cool completely.
- Store in an airtight container at room temperature.
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- spacer spacer Nov 28, 2008 @ 2:11 am
- Hello there. Nice lens! Probably you would be interested in my lens about christmas eggnog too. I think Christmas can't be without it. Check it out!
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- only1bub only1bub Nov 27, 2008 @ 11:24 pm
- Nice page - good variety of recipes here! I think I might try the almond cookie strips.
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