What's Your Favorite Christmas Cookie?
Vote in our poll and share your favorite cookie memories and recipes in the comments!
It's beginning to taste a lot like Christmas!
And one of the best tastes of Christmas is Christmas cookies.
Some of us are spending the last days before Christmas in the kitchen, baking cookies and making other treats like chocolate bark and quick breads.
So far, I've gotten the Russian teacakes, molasses-spice cookies and cranberry-orange cookies baked. The peanut blossoms, snickerdoodles and chocolate-cherry-almond bark are still to come.
Let's talk about your favorite sweet treats of the season. Vote for your favorite in our poll.
Have another favorite cookie? Is there one your grandmother made that you still remember with a bit of drooling? Share your memories and recipes in the comments.
Mindy Davis
2:14 pm on Thursday, December 22, 2011
Here's an unbelievably easy "cookie": Remember-3 ingredients, at 300 for 3 minutes!
You will need waffle style pretzels (I believe Hannover makes them), a bag of Rollo's and some pecans. Be sure to use parchment or foil on your cookie sheet. Bake the pretzels with a rollo on each one for 3 min. When they come out of the oven, put a pecan on top of each rollo, and push it down just a bit. They are SO easy, and SOOO good!!! Happy Holidays to all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Debbie Palmer
3:42 pm on Thursday, December 22, 2011
I've never made those, but I will now!
Kaye Spector
6:16 pm on Thursday, December 22, 2011
wow. love this idea.
Matt Fredmonsky
2:22 pm on Thursday, December 22, 2011
My wife makes those every year. Delicious!
Melissa Hebert
3:54 pm on Thursday, December 22, 2011
I'm making peanut blossoms tonight. They're so tempting when the kiss on top is still soft from the heat of the cookie.
Rachel Abbey McCafferty
12:36 am on Friday, December 23, 2011
Those got my vote! Would buckeyes be considered more of a candy? They're definitely my favorite Christmas dessert at any rate. I'll be making a bunch of them on Christmas Eve!
Morgan Day
11:09 am on Friday, December 23, 2011
I agree with Rachel about the Buckeyes. My mom makes them every year for Christmas and they're always great.
Amanda Harnocz
5:36 pm on Thursday, December 22, 2011
My aunt makes these awesome Christmas cookies where raspberry jam is sandwiched between two cinnamon sugar cookies. She puts frosting on the top with two red hot candies and paints on holly leaves. Labor intensive but soooo tasty!
Kaye Spector
6:29 pm on Thursday, December 22, 2011
Looooove spritz cookies -- tiny butter cookies with sprinkles. Miss them terribly since I stopped eating butter.
Kristina Bunnell
11:02 pm on Thursday, December 22, 2011
my pumpkin cookies!
Kate Spirgen
9:16 am on Friday, December 23, 2011
That sounds delicious! Would you share the recipe? I want to try them!
Lisa
11:17 pm on Thursday, December 22, 2011
Chocolate-peppermint cookies! Made them tonight for the first time and they're going to be a holiday tradition for sure! Easy and really tasty! I got the recipe from cooking.com.
Kristina Bunnell
9:58 am on Friday, December 23, 2011
Sure! Pumpkin cookies:
2.5 cup flour
1tsp baking powder
1tsp baking soda
2tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
1/2 tsp ground cloves
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 c softened butter
1 1/2 c white sugar
1cup canned pumpkin
1 egg
1tsp vanilla extract
-preheat 350
-combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, ground cloves, and salt in a bowl
-cream together white sugar and butter
-add pumpkin, egg, and vanilla-beat till creamy
-mix in dry ingredients
-drop by tablespoons onto cookie sheets (the dough is really sticky, but they cook up sooo soft and chewey)
bake 15-20 minutes
Sometimes I ice them with cream cheese icing, but most the time we just eat them plain--so good both ways!
Kate Spirgen
11:20 am on Friday, December 23, 2011
Mmmm nutmeg, cinnamon AND cloves? I can't wait to try them. Thanks for posting the recipe!
Kristina Bunnell
11:35 am on Friday, December 23, 2011
Speaking of buckeyes-I love them, but have never tried to make them. If someone wanted to post their's I would appreciate it!
Morgan Day
12:01 pm on Friday, December 23, 2011
When I go home to my parents' this weekend I'll see if my mom has one — unless someone beats me to posing a recipe. Pretty sure she just wings it though!
Jessica Roblin
2:51 pm on Friday, December 23, 2011
I'm a sucker for sugar cookies. Nothing beats homemade frosting! I see why everyone likes Buckeyes, but I'm not a pb fan.
Cory Shaffer
4:17 pm on Saturday, December 24, 2011
My mom made the most amazing pecan-maple-bourbon balls I've ever had this year.
Easy. Peasy. Lemon. Whiskey.
Pecan Pie Truffles
2 1/2 c pecans-toasted and finely chopped
1 c graham cracker crumbs
1 c dark brown sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
2 Tb. maple syrup
1/4 c bourbon
1 tsp. vanilla
7 oz dark chocolate
Stir together everything but chocolate. Form into balls. Freeze. Melt chocolate and dip. Refidgerate until firm.