Great Homemade Christmas Cookie Recipes
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Homemade Cookies Are The Greatest!
The holidays are just around the corner and suddenly everyone is scrambling to find the perfect cookie recipe to impress their family and friends. Cookies are always a big hit! They're easy to make, they make great Christmas gifts, and everyone loves them. I remember growing up with the house always filled with the delicious aroma of baking cookies this time of year.
We want to share with you a few old time cookie recipes that go way back to when they frequently had colorful names like jumbles, tea cakes, biscuits, plunkets, tarts, cry babies and more. These are the kinds of treasured cookie recipes your grandma probably has stashed away in her recipe box.
If you looking for the more common Christmas cookie recipes - not to worry - we will point you to some great Squidoo lenses on those too!
We want to share with you a few old time cookie recipes that go way back to when they frequently had colorful names like jumbles, tea cakes, biscuits, plunkets, tarts, cry babies and more. These are the kinds of treasured cookie recipes your grandma probably has stashed away in her recipe box.
If you looking for the more common Christmas cookie recipes - not to worry - we will point you to some great Squidoo lenses on those too!
Recipe For Cream Tea Cakes
This is a very old cookie recipe.
Cream Tea Cakes
These Tea Cakes were popular in many Southern homes. You will notice that many of the old recipes had no flavoring. The delectable buttery taste was considered sufficient flavor. In baking these cakes it is important to do all the greasing of pans with butter. That accentuates the buttery taste.
5 cups flour
1/2 tsp. soda
3 cups sugar
1 cup butter
1 cup cream
3 eggs unbeaten
Sift together the flour and soda. Cream the butter and sugar together. Add the eggs, one at a time and mix well. Add the flour and cream alternately. Knead to a smooth dough, adding more flour if needed. Roll thin and cut into large round cakes. Bake at 400° F. until light brown.
This recipe from Fabulous Old-Time Cookies.
These Tea Cakes were popular in many Southern homes. You will notice that many of the old recipes had no flavoring. The delectable buttery taste was considered sufficient flavor. In baking these cakes it is important to do all the greasing of pans with butter. That accentuates the buttery taste.
5 cups flour
1/2 tsp. soda
3 cups sugar
1 cup butter
1 cup cream
3 eggs unbeaten
Sift together the flour and soda. Cream the butter and sugar together. Add the eggs, one at a time and mix well. Add the flour and cream alternately. Knead to a smooth dough, adding more flour if needed. Roll thin and cut into large round cakes. Bake at 400° F. until light brown.
This recipe from Fabulous Old-Time Cookies.
Old-Fashioned Gingerbread: Making Gingerbread Men
Gingerbread Men Make Great Holiday Cookies!
Gingerbread has always been an old-time favorite of bakers everywhere. Gingerbread men are also a great holiday recipe. watch along as this baker shows you step-by-step her gingerbread recipe.
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Old Cookie Recipe For Sour Cream Cookies
New England Farmwives Have Always Been Famous For Their Sour Cream Cakes
Sour Cream Cookies
Farmwives of New England have always been famous for their sour cream cakes. This recipe is very old and very choice. It is from a hand-written cook book owned by a woman noted far and wide for her sour cream cakes.
4 cups flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. soda
1 cup butter
2 cups sugar
1 cup sour cream
2 eggs unbeaten
1 tsp. lemon extract
Sift together the flour, salt and soda. Cream the butter and sugar together. Add the eggs, one at a time and beat until light. Add the flavoring. Add the flour and cream alternately and mix into a soft dough. Handle the dough lightly while rolling it thin and cutting it into fancy shapes. Sprinkle the cakes with sugar and bake at 400° F. until pale brown.
This recipe from Fabulous Old-Time Cookies.
Farmwives of New England have always been famous for their sour cream cakes. This recipe is very old and very choice. It is from a hand-written cook book owned by a woman noted far and wide for her sour cream cakes.
4 cups flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. soda
1 cup butter
2 cups sugar
1 cup sour cream
2 eggs unbeaten
1 tsp. lemon extract
Sift together the flour, salt and soda. Cream the butter and sugar together. Add the eggs, one at a time and beat until light. Add the flavoring. Add the flour and cream alternately and mix into a soft dough. Handle the dough lightly while rolling it thin and cutting it into fancy shapes. Sprinkle the cakes with sugar and bake at 400° F. until pale brown.
This recipe from Fabulous Old-Time Cookies.
Recipe: How To Make Pineapple Tarts
These Look Delicious!
Making tarts was also a common endeavor in kitchens of yesteryear. I came across this video while surfing around YouTube. Not only do they look absolutely delicious - they don't look that hard to make. These are sure to impress this holiday season.
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Recipe For Jumbles
These Cookie-Like Pastries Date Back To The Middle Ages!
Jumbles
Jumbles are cookie-like pastries, common in England since the Middle Ages. They were commonly made in the form of rings as in this recipe. They were fairly widespread because they travelled well and could be stored for a long time. You may find many variations on the name like: Jambles, Jumbals, Jumbolds, Jambal, Jemelloe and more.
8 cups flour
1 1/2 cups melted butter
2 cups sugar
4 eggs beaten ten minutes
1 tsp. mace
1 tsp. cloves
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
Sift together the flour, sugar and spices. Pour the eggs and butter into the flour and mix well. Knead until the dough is smooth and does not stick to the hands. Form into little rings with the hands. Bake at 400° F. for ten to twelve minutes. These cookies keep well for several weeks if kept in a well-covered crock.
This recipe from Fabulous Old-Time Cookies.
Jumbles are cookie-like pastries, common in England since the Middle Ages. They were commonly made in the form of rings as in this recipe. They were fairly widespread because they travelled well and could be stored for a long time. You may find many variations on the name like: Jambles, Jumbals, Jumbolds, Jambal, Jemelloe and more.
8 cups flour
1 1/2 cups melted butter
2 cups sugar
4 eggs beaten ten minutes
1 tsp. mace
1 tsp. cloves
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
Sift together the flour, sugar and spices. Pour the eggs and butter into the flour and mix well. Knead until the dough is smooth and does not stick to the hands. Form into little rings with the hands. Bake at 400° F. for ten to twelve minutes. These cookies keep well for several weeks if kept in a well-covered crock.
This recipe from Fabulous Old-Time Cookies.
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Jewelsofawe Dec 19, 2010 @ 5:58 pm | delete
- Interesting cookie recipes!
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Auntiekatkat Dec 9, 2010 @ 4:09 pm | delete
- AAAH a jumble recipe have not had one of those since I was a kid and believe me that is almost as long ago as the day the recipe was invented. I have printed it off to make at Christmas.
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Tipi
Dec 3, 2010 @ 11:53 pm | delete
- Smells like Grandma's kitchen here! I like these old time recipes!
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janices7 Nov 26, 2010 @ 10:56 am | delete
- I'm off to bake some cookies with my Mom today (for xmas). Thanks for sharing all these great recipes.
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Wbisbill Nov 24, 2010 @ 7:54 am | delete
- Great recipe and Merry Christmas!
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mcclainl
Nov 14, 2010 @ 10:52 am | delete
- Nice lens! Baking and giving my cookies and cakes at the holidays is one of my favorite things to do.
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