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| crafter |
Posted - Sep 25 2009 : 06:14:23 AM
What kind of Christmas Cookies does everyone like to make? |
| 25 L A T E S T R E P L I E S (Newest First) |
| ceejay48 |
Posted - Oct 09 2009 : 09:45:13 AM
Always, Scotch Shortbread with finely chopped pecans (I use brown sugar instead of white). Five Chip cookies, Oatmeal Toffee cookies, peanut clusters and my favorite recipe of fudge. ALWAYS, Walnut Crunch topped pumpkin pie!!!!
CJ
...from the barefoot farmgirl in SW Colorado...sister chick #665 |
| Rivergirl_2007 |
Posted - Oct 09 2009 : 06:13:14 AM
Since a lot of my gifts are cookies and candy, along with canned sauces, etc., I make several types of cookies and am always searching for new "tried and true" recipes. I always start with my basics - chocolate chip made with a biscuit base, snickerdoodles, uncooked chocolate drops, spritz butter cookies, and of course, sugar cookies. Then I start through my recipe box, cookbooks etc. I try to make different ones each year unless something gets a request or response, then I will repeat it. You have all listed some great cookies. and I will be searching for recipes. By the way, what are Russian Teacakes? Will you share that recipe. I will start making cookies in November and freezing them for Christmas. |
| geminidream62 |
Posted - Oct 06 2009 : 1:05:53 PM
Since losing weight I don't bake as much anymore but the kids always want me to make them a gingerbread house and usually I do a few boys and girls from the batch too. (I use the Martha Stewart recipe...so spicy and good!) These days I make a lot of sugar free cookies like the Splenda gingerbread, sf oatmeal/cranberry cookies and a pretty good knockoff of the Starbucks Cranberry Bliss bar. Used to always make Russian Teacakes, spritz, frosted cut-out sugar cookies, divinity and fudge.
We are having a bake sale at work to raise money for our Christmas party so I'm looking forward to some fattening baking again.
Molly
http://geminisdream.blogspot.com/ |
| Lainey |
Posted - Oct 06 2009 : 09:42:33 AM
I usually do snickerdoodles, peanut butter with hershey kisses, chocolate chip, and various other kinds. I've been in a cookie baking mood for a while now and made some the other night.
Farmgirl Sister #25
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| Bonnie Ellis |
Posted - Oct 05 2009 : 7:01:43 PM
My husband and I are diabetic, but I love to bake. I make biscotti, scones,chocolate stained glass cookies, molasses ginger cookies, springerle, peppermint bark and lots of cut out cookies, both thin molasses ones and vanilla. I have one pig I just giggle at when I bake them, his legs get crossed every time he is baked. I collect cookie cutters and this is the time I love to use them. Unfortunately, I love to eat these kind of cookies too so I have to watch how much. It's hard to deny yourself at holiday time.
Bonnie Ellis
grandmother and orphan farmgirl |
| laurzgot |
Posted - Sep 28 2009 : 6:58:58 PM
I make lots of different kinds of cookies. Scottish shortbred, I also have the snowflake design cookie cutters that I make a butter cookie then put a white glase and top with white large sugar chrystals.Pecan tarts ( butterry small tart filled with pecans similar to a pecan pie, sugar cookies,Kholacky, rasberry filled sugar cookies that are sandwhiched with another cookie with cutout in the center,snowball cookies and choc.dipped butter cookies.
Laurie
suburban countrygirl at heart |
| chaddsgirl |
Posted - Sep 28 2009 : 07:50:34 AM
Dawn, I'm so glad you posted the Kolacky recipe! Thank You!
The lady who lived across the road from my grandmother for almost 40 years used to make them. Every Christmas she would bring over a huge plate full of Kolacky, Baklava, and all kinds of other goodies. She passed away a few years ago and we miss her very much. It will be nice to be able to make some of her cookies and remember her at Christmas time.
A person is a success if they get up in the morning and get to bed at night and in between does what they want to do. Bob Dylan |
| countrygal56 |
Posted - Sep 27 2009 : 10:12:35 AM
The Pumpkin Ribbon Bread sounds sooo yummy!
Barb
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| Cheryl |
Posted - Sep 27 2009 : 08:10:50 AM
I make sugar cookies and my niece decorates them for me. By the end of the day we are both full of cookies!
Cheryl, Farmgirl Sister #48
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| ddmashayekhi |
Posted - Sep 27 2009 : 07:35:01 AM
Here you go Gail,
Kolacky
1 cup butter
1 8 ounce package of cream cheese
1 tablespoon milk
1 tablespoon sugar
1 egg yolk
Cream together then add the dry ingredients.
1 1/2 cup flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
Mix thoroughly and chill for 4+ hours. Roll out half of the dough on a lightly floured surface and cut into circles. Put them on a cookie sheet. Put a thumbprint in the middle of each cookie and fill with a generous teaspoon of favorite filling. I use Solo apricot, cherry, prune and poppyseed. Bake at 400 for 10-15 minutes, until top is slightly browned. Let cool on baking sheet 5 minutes & transfer to cooling rack. Once fully cooled, before serving sprinkle a light dusting of powdered sugar on top. You can skip the powdered sugar if you want, I do.
I've used this recipe my whole life and it is delicious. As I said before, it wouldn't be Christmas without them!
Dawn in IL |
| GailMN |
Posted - Sep 27 2009 : 06:12:37 AM
Dawn -would you share your recipe for kolacky's. I am in Minnesota, my husbands paternal grandmother made the best kolaches I have ever had. She died several years ago and unfortunately her recipe died with her. She was a wonderful lady of Czech heritage and an awesome cook. Thank you.
Farmgirl Sister #506
Aim high; shoot for the moon and if you miss it, grab a star. |
| GailMN |
Posted - Sep 27 2009 : 06:10:55 AM
Dawn -would you share your recipe for kolacky's. I am in Minnesota, my husbands paternal grandmother made the best kolaches I have ever had. She died several years ago and unfortunately her recipe died with her. She was a wonderful lady of Czech heritage and an awesome cook. Thank you.
Farmgirl Sister #506
Aim high; shoot for the moon and if you miss it, grab a star. |
| ddmashayekhi |
Posted - Sep 26 2009 : 09:29:23 AM
The recipes look great! Thanks for sharing them. I always keep an eye out for new holiday recipes.
I love to make frosted sugar cookies, kolacky's, creme-de-minte filled chocolate cookies, and cranberry nut filled tarts. It wouldn't be Christmas without any of them.
Dawn in IL |
| 4HMom |
Posted - Sep 25 2009 : 9:31:29 PM
Thank you thank you thank you Ingrid! Looks fabulous...I can't wait to try it. :)
"Be the change you want to see in the world" -Gandhi |
| Cabinprincess |
Posted - Sep 25 2009 : 8:14:52 PM
I love to make all kinds. I have these snow flake cookie cutters and you cut out the snowflake first then use these littler cut outs to make them even more intricate. I outline them with white and fill them in with baby blue icing and put little silver balls on them. They are so pretty and fun to give away. I eat all the Mexican Wedding cookie myself. LOL
Smiles, Melody June
God's gift to you are your talents, your gift to Him is how you use them. |
| Ingrid |
Posted - Sep 25 2009 : 6:50:21 PM
Here is the butter tart recipe.
Make your pastry for your tarts, I use my regular pie pastry for it.
1 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup butter
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla.
Cream the above ingredients and then add 1 cup raisins and 1/2 cup walnuts. Bake until crust is light and top is brown. Heat the oven to 350.
Enjoy
Give thanks to yourself everyday for all the wonderful things you do! |
| lovelady |
Posted - Sep 25 2009 : 4:37:56 PM
I usually make Russian Teacakes, biscotti, sugar cookies, chocolate crinkle cookies, molasses ginger cookies, and other cookies I randomly find and decide to make. I also make peanut clusters, peppermint bark, buckeyes, fudge, toffee and last year I found a recipe for these layered bars that had a shortbread base, then a caramel layer, and was topped with a thick chocolatey layer. So so good! Will definitely make those again, but they have to be cut small because they are rich! |
| 4HMom |
Posted - Sep 25 2009 : 1:48:30 PM
Ohhhh Sarah...sounds yummy! Thanks for sharing!
Ingrid, would you be willing to share your recipe for butter tarts?
Thanks
"Be the change you want to see in the world" -Gandhi |
| crafter |
Posted - Sep 25 2009 : 1:16:15 PM
sounds sooooo yummy- I think I will try it this wekend! Thank you for the recipe! |
| chaddsgirl |
Posted - Sep 25 2009 : 12:51:09 PM
Here's the recipe girls and you didn't even have to wait til Monday!!! The recipie recommends using regular sized loaf pans, which I have done. But I prefer to use the miniature loaf pans for gift giving sized loaves.
Also, I substitute as many organic ingredients as possible.
Pumpkin Ribbon Bread
Filling:
6 oz. cream cheese, softened
1/2 C. sugar
1 T. flour
1 egg
2 t. grated orange peel, opt.
Pumpkin Batter:
1 C. canned pumpkin
1/2 C. oil
2 eggs
1 1/2 C. sugar
1/2 t. salt
1/2 t. ground cloves
1/2 t. cinnamon
1 2/3 C. flour
1 t. baking soda
1 C. chopped pecans
Preheat to 325° F.
Beat together the cream cheese, sugar, and flour in a medium bowl. Add egg and mix well. Add orange peel and stir. Set aside.
Combine pumpkin, oil and eggs in a large bowl. Stir in sugar, salt, cloves, and cinnamon. Mix well. Stir in flour and baking soda. Blend in pecans.
Pour half the batter into a greased and floured 9 X 5 loaf pan. Spread cream cheese mixture over batter carefully. Add remaining batter, spreading to cover cream cheese mixture.
Bake for 90 minutes or until golden brown and a toothpick tests clean.
Cool in pans 10 minutes on a wire rack. Remove from pans and cool loaf on rack.
Makes 12 to 15 servings.
A person is a success if they get up in the morning and get to bed at night and in between does what they want to do. Bob Dylan |
| lulu bell |
Posted - Sep 25 2009 : 11:37:29 AM
Oh that pumpkin ribbon bread sounds great. I also love the idea of ghosting since things get crazy at Christmas time. Karen |
| Ingrid |
Posted - Sep 25 2009 : 11:21:50 AM
I make shortbread, sugar cookies, butter tarts, ginger cookies, speculaas, cranberry bread, and lots of pies. This year my kids want to make homemade chocolates, haven't done that in years but it should be fun.
Give thanks to yourself everyday for all the wonderful things you do! |
| Sitnalta |
Posted - Sep 25 2009 : 11:12:12 AM
Usually, I don't make too many Christmas cookie, but some of our favorites are Chocolate No Bakes, Snickerdoodles, sugar cookies, and Rice Krispy treats. :)
hugs
Jessie
People are like stained-glass windows.
They sparkle and shine when the sun is out,
but when the darkness sets in,
their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.
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| chaddsgirl |
Posted - Sep 25 2009 : 11:01:02 AM
LOL!! I will be happy to get the recipe for you guys. Stand by for recipe on Monday.
Pumpkin Ribbon Bread is pumpkin bread with a cream cheese filling. It is VERY good!
A person is a success if they get up in the morning and get to bed at night and in between does what they want to do. Bob Dylan |
| crafter |
Posted - Sep 25 2009 : 09:58:24 AM
I was thinking the same thing- I would love to have that recipe too!
I make a pumpkin cranberry bread this is yummy. My daughter and I do "ghosting" each year for friends and the families she babysits for and I like to add a small loaf to each pumkin bucket- with other treats. I figure then they always know where it came from!
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