How to Make Chirstmas Cookies
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How to Make Chirstmas Cookies
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Recipe:
1 cup Butter
1 cup Sugar
2 1/2 cups All-Purpose Flour
1 Large Egg
1 teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract
1 teaspoon Baking Power
1/4 teaspoon Salt
Red colored sprinkles
Green colored sprinkles
Hershey Candy Cane Kisses
Recipe:
No-Bake Peanut Butter Haystacks
1 Cup smooth peanut butter
11 oz butterscotch chips
4 cups chow mein noodles
1 cup roasted peanuts (optional)
Insturctions:
Melt peanut butter and chips together
Mix in noodles and roasted peanuts
Scoop and place onto wax paper and allow to cool at room tempature
Recipe:
Gammy’s No-Bakes
1/4 lb butter
2 cups sugar
4 TBL cocoa
1/2 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups oats
1/2 cup peanut butter
Instructions:
Bring butter, sugar, cocoa, and milk to a full boil for 4 minutes, stir constantly.
Add vanilla, sir in oats and peanut butter and quickly spoon onto wax paper.
Recipe:
Sugar Cookies
1 lb butter
2 cups sugar (cream with butter)
2 eggs, beaten
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup sour cream
2 tsp
6 cups flour
Instructions:
Roll out thick, bake at 350 for 8-9 minutes
Recipe:
Sugar Cookie Icing
2 cups sifted confectioners’ sugar (Must be sifted)
1 tablespoon milk (add more if needed for poper spreading consistency
1 tablespoon light corn syrup
1/4 tsp almond extract OR vanilla extract
Food coloring
Instructions: Blend it
Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
Recipe:
1 pkg. devils food cake mix
2 slightly beaten eggs
1 TBL milk
1/2 cup solid shortening
Powdered Sugar
Instructions:
Combine all ingredients expect sugar, mix well.
Roll into wallnut sized balls, then in powdered sugar
Place onto cookies sheet and bake at 375 for 8 minuets
Recipe:
Alfajores
1 (14 oz) can sweetebed condensed milk
3 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoom salt
1/4 cup powdered sugar
1/2 cup (1 stick) softened butter
1/2 cup vegetable shortening
4 egg yokes
1/2 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon grated lemon zest
Instructions:
1) Preheat oven to 350
2) Shake can of condensed milk well; pour into a large pie plate. Bake for an hour or until milk has caramelized and set aside to cool.
3) In a large bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, sale, and sugar. Add margarine and shortening, blend with fork. Add egg yolks, milk, and lemon zest and mix
4) Divide dough into 4 portions. Place one inbetween wax paper; roll it out until dough is 1/4-inch thick. Line a cooking sheet with waxed paper, cut dough with a 2-inch round cookie cutter. Place each circle on cookie sheet.
5) Bake at 350 for 10 minutes.
6)When cookies have cooled spread dulce de leche on one cookie and top it with another to make a sandwhich cookie. Sprinkle powdered sugar on top
Recipe:
Sandies
1 cup Butter
1/3 cup granulated sugar
2 tsp milk
2 tsp vanilla
2 cup sifted all-purpose flour
1 cup chopped pecans
Powdered sugar
Instructions
Preheat oven to 325
Cream butter and sugar, add milk and vanilla, mix.
Blend in flour and nuts; chill for 4 hours
Roll into balls and bake at 325 for 20 minutes.
Let cool for 20 minutes then roll in powedered sugar
Snickerdoodles
Recipe:
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup shortening
1 1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp cream of tartar
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
2 TBL sugar
2 tsp cinnamon
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 400
Mix butter, shortening, sugar, and eggs. Blend in flour, cream of tartar, bakind soda, and salt.
Roll into balls and roll into cinnamon and sugar mix.
Place on baking sheet and bake for 8-10 minutes.
Recipe:
Oreo Balls
36 Oreo Cookies
12 oz Candy melts
8 oz cream cheese
1 TBS coconut oil
Sprinkles (optional)
Instructions
Line baking sheet with parchment paper
Crunch oreos until fine, no large chunks
Mix oreos and cream cheese; then roll into 1” balls. Place on the prepared baking sheet
Melt candy melts then add coconut oil
Dip Oreo balls into the chocolate and drop the sprinkles on them
Let chill
Soft & Chewy Ginger Molas- ses Cookies
Recipe:
1/3 cup unsalted butter softened
2/3 cup light brown sugar packed
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 large egg
1/4 cup dark molasses
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
For Cookie Dough Coating (before baking)
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Instructions:
In large mixing bowl beat the margarine with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds.
Add the brown sugar, baking soda, ginger and ½ teaspoon cinnamon; beat until combined.
Beat in egg and molasses.
Beat in as much of the all-purpose flour and whole wheat flour as you can with the mixer.
Stir in remaining flours with spoon.
Cover and chill cookie dough for 1 hour.
To Prepare for Baking
Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine ¼ cup granulated sugar and ½ teaspoon cinnamon. Set aside.
When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350°F.
Spray cookie sheet with nonstick cooking spray; set aside.
Using a dough scoop or tablespoon, shape dough into 1-inch balls.
Roll dough balls in cinnamon and sugar mixture.
Place dough balls about 2-inches apart on cookie sheet and repeat with remaining dough.
Bake at 350°F for 10-11 minutes or until set and tops are cracked.
Remove cookies from pan and cool on cooling rack.
Peanut Butter Cookies
Recipe:
1 cup creamy peanut butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg
Instructions:
Stir to mix.
Spread to desired cookie size on cookie sheet and score with fork. - Bake at 350 for 10-11 min (or until the cookies are slightly golden brown around the edges), rotating halfway through bake.
Sprinkle with salt after removing from oven.
MagicBarsCookie
Recipe:
Box of fudge brownie mix
Bag of chocolate chips
Bag of coconut
Bag of butterscotch chips
Can of sweetened condesnsed milk
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350
Grease a 13/9 baking dish
Prepare brownie mix as directed on the box
Layer 1/2 of the brownie mix as the first layer
Add layer of chocolate chips (about 1/2 bag)
Add layer of coconut (about 1/2 bag)
Slowly pour condesnsed milk evenly over coconut
Top with butterscotch chips (1/2 bag)
Bake for 25-35 minutes, until golden brown
Pecan Snowball Cookies
Recipe:
1 cup softened butter
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1/4 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
2 1/4 cups flour
1 cup finely chopped pecans
1 cup powdered sugar
Instructions:
Preheat oven 350
Cream butter and powdered sugar, then add salt vanilla, flour, and pecans.
Roll into balls, place on baking sheet and bake for 11 minutes, let cool then roll in powdered sugar.
