silliness7 Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 If you could only have 1 Christmas cookie what would it be? What is your absolute, must-have, it is not Chrismas without this cookie, cookie? And can you share/link the recipe? I need some new ideas. :001_smile: My all-time favorite is the Mexican Wedding Cookie. This is the recipe I use. http://familyfun.go.com/recipes/mexican-wedding-cookies-681933/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mrsjamiesouth Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 Snickerdoodles:001_smile: http://www.joyofbaking.com/Snickerdoodles.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeefreak Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 Peanut. Butter. Blossoms. :drool: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairfarmhand Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 we make gingerbread cookies with red-hot cinnamon candies on them...sounds weird but they are FABULOUS! They are very labor intensive, so we only make them around Christmas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter's Moon Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 Sugar cookie with hardened icing on top. In Christmas colors, of course! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 Chocolate Crinkles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherry in OH Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 nut tassies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfunnybunch Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 If I could only eat one Christmas cookie, I would just fall over in despair. That's all. (My favorites are gingerbread cookies. And sugar cookies. And those little cookies with the Hershey's kiss pressed in. And shortbread fingers with peppermint flavoring. And....) Cat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 Oatmeal, chocolate chip, coconut, pecan raisin cookies. The recipe is the same one found on the inside of the lid of Quaker oatmeal. I add 1/2 to 3/4 cup of each extra. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katemary63 Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 Sugar cookie with hardened icing on top. In Christmas colors, of course! :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TanuvasaMama Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 If I could only eat one Christmas cookie, I would just fall over in despair. That's all. (My favorites are gingerbread cookies. And sugar cookies. And those little cookies with the Hershey's kiss pressed in. And shortbread fingers with peppermint flavoring. And....) Cat :iagree::iagree::iagree: I don't believe in cookie descrimination. All cookies are welcome and highly encouraged here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newlifemom Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 My mom's sugar cookie with nutmeg. Doesn't need icing. It's good enough by itself. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 we make gingerbread cookies with red-hot cinnamon candies on them...sounds weird but they are FABULOUS! They are very labor intensive, so we only make them around Christmas. :iagree: They're also good w/ cream cheese frosting, or--my new favorite as of last year--pumpkin butter. :svengo: (Now, this is assuming that the chocolate is taken care of in some other form. Not to be neglected, as that would result in the derailment of Santa & all that is good.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celticmom Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 Buckeyes and Martha Washingtons. My mother and I seek out carob chips to make these since we can no longer have chocolate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorMama Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 I just love sugar cookies. No icing necessary, I'll happily eat them as soon as they're cool enough not to burn me horribly. ;) The real challenge is making enough that some actually last long enough to get decorated. :lol: I'm also a gingerbread fan. Once I get started it's hard to stop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katemary63 Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 We have to make all these. It isn't a choice. :D Cut-out iced sugar cookies Toffee Bars w/ crushed pecans on top Mexican Wedding cookies Haystacks Peanut Butter Blossoms Ted's Favorite Cookies Ted's Favorite Cookies 1 cup brown sugar 1 cup light corn syrup 1 cup peanut butter 1 tsp vanila 6 cups crisp rice cereal 1 pkg milk chocolate chip In large dutch oven on low/ med heat melt sugars together, add peanut butter and stir till well combined and shiny. DO NOT BOIL or your cookies will be dry and hard. Add cereal, stir to combine, dump into a greased pan and spread evenly. (I use my oven's broiler pan bottom for this. It's bigger then a 9X13 but not as big as a cookie sheet. Works perfectly.) Dump chips on top and pop into 300 degree oven till melted. Spread over cookies. Cool and cut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn in OH Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 Snowballs/Russian Tea Cookies. Love them! I make sugar cookies all the time. We seem to only have the snowballs at Christmas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardening momma Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 My Mom's butter cookies with frosting. I like these much better than frosted sugar cookies. Old Faithful Butter Cookies 1 lb. butter (4 sticks) 6 cups flour 1 cup sugar 2 eggs 1 tsp. baking powder 1 tsp. vanilla 1 tsp. almond flavoring Mix butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla and almond flavoring until creamy. Add flour and baking powder. Roll out and cut with cookie cutters. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. Do not grease pans. Cool & frost cookies. Makes about 7 dozen cookies. Frosting: I don't have exact amounts, as we always made it from scratch without a recipe. But it's basically 1 stick softened butter or margarine, vanilla (about 1 tsp.), powdered sugar, milk & food coloring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belacqua Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 :iagree::iagree::iagree: I don't believe in cookie descrimination. All cookies are welcome and highly encouraged here. Heh. Same here. And as I get only one, I presume my cookie, whatever kind it might be, will be absolutely enormous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 Snowballs/Russian Tea Cookies. Love them! I make sugar cookies all the time. We seem to only have the snowballs at Christmas. Yes! I love these! I don't know how to make them but fortunately one of my neighbors does and includes them on her Christmas cookie plate every year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlebug42 Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 These are the ones I am not allowed to forget. I didn't take them last year to an annual gathering and I am lucky they let me in the door. They are called Amazing Butterscotch Crispies. http://www.food.com/recipe/amazing-butterscotch-crispies-cookie-117424 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2cents Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 Fruitcake cookies. I LOVE them! Not very many people I know like them as much though. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perry Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 Chocolate Crinkles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 Don't make me choose! No! Okay, shortbread. If I had to choose. But don't tell all the other cookies. Especially not the peanut blossoms. They'd be hurt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsBasil Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 The peanut butter cookies that are rolled in sugar and have a Hershey Kiss popped in the middle. We call them Shove-A-Kiss cookies at our house, but no one has a clue what I'm talking about so I describe them as above. In my version the cookie part is very peanut buttery and still soft. They are great all the time, but when the chocolate part is still warm and melt-y they are even better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatieJ Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 Russian Tea Cakes or whatever name you want to call them. It is the first Christmas cookie I remember making and we called them Butterballs as that was their name in my Mom's old cookbook. I take them to a cookie exchange every year and someone always wants me to bring in the extras! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamapjama Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 Mexican Wedding Cookies and Eggnog Logs. Ok that's two but way too hard to choose. Oh, and then there were these yummy chocolate covered cherry cookies I think I read about here last year that were amazing..... and... and.....:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angela in ohio Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 Russian tea cakes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smrtmama Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 Old-fashioned shortbread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diane1 Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 peanut butter marshmallow squares Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcjlkplus3 Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 snickerdoodles and chocolate crinkles are the time intensive ones here that only get made at Christmas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medieval Mom Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 (edited) Absolutely, without a doubt, Pepperkaker. I'm sure Christmas would continue to come without them, but I'm not willing to take the chance. ;) This recipe is close. I add the grated zest of a small orange, too. Yum! Edited November 24, 2010 by Medieval Mom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali in OR Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 The two that I will make for sure: The Andes Mint cookies (recipe from here a couple of years ago) Sugar cookies--an old C&H recipe with lemon juice in them. I roll them in white decorating sugar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurie4b Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 Molasses crinkles (or gingersnaps--the recipes are almost the same) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizzyBee Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 Raisin Filled, my mom's recipe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisy Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 Pfeffernusse. My recipe is in some christmas cookie thread on this board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ereks mom Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 I mix up the dough and then we roll & cut & decorate. ER, in particular, thinks it's not Christmas if we don't make these cookies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeckyFL Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 I guess it would be the Christmas sugar cookie recipe from my mom. They are not soft, but on the crunchy side with a hint of nutmeg. We don't frost them but decorate with everything from colored sugar to red hots, raisins even for buttons on snowmen, colored decorating candies, etc. before we put them in the oven. Am I allowed to say what else I really can't be without? Snickerdoodles and M&M cookies :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justamouse Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 (edited) the cookies from The Joy of Cooking-the ones with the hardened icing on top. OMG, I never thought I would like them and I *glom* them. Edited November 24, 2010 by justamouse i needed to capitalize a proper noun... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathleen in VA Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 Pecan Tassies. My sil sends these every year and they are always the first ones gone from the tin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathleen in VA Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 Pfeffernusse. My recipe is in some christmas cookie thread on this board. I found it: http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?t=66733&highlight=Pfeffernusse I love these, too!! Thanks for the recipe.:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 (edited) Peanut. Butter. Blossoms. :drool: Yep. My mom makes the original kind, with the milk as one of the ingredients, but I think they are too hard, so I just make a pb cookie and add in a kiss. I don't like the kind with "hugs" (the kisses that are white choc and milk choc swirled). Oh, and my secretly favorite way of eating them is to have one that is still pretty warm--the kiss melts, except for the very tip. You take the tip and use it to smear the chocolate around the circle of peanut butter cookie, and then eat it. And now I have officially revealed entirely too much personal information. Edited November 24, 2010 by Chris in VA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie in CA Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 My dh's family is Dutch, and it's a rite of passage to learn to make the special family recipe. They are expected every Christmas, and though they're extremely time-consuming to make, it's fun to gather together with other ladies to make them. They require a pizelle iron to make, or a waffle-cone maker, though I make mine on an electric iron from Holland that's made especially for the purpose of making these cookies. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroopwafel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perry Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 The Andes Mint cookies (recipe from here a couple of years ago) Ohhh, that reminds me of saltine toffee. How could I have forgotten that?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laundrycrisis Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 Holly cookies, made with corn flakes, green colored marshmallow and butter goo, and red hots. http://www.christmas-baking.com/holly_cookies.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK_Mom4 Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 Gingerbread cookies. Made with Grandma's Old Fashioned Blackstrap Molasses and brown sugar. We mixed up a double batch of these this morning (thank goodness for my Kitchen Aid) and the whole house smells AMAZING from them baking.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisabelle Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 Sugar cookie with hardened icing on top. In Christmas colors, of course! :iagree: They're so simple, but so perfect...and so expensive if you buy them rather than make them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikeBookBread Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 Sugar cookie with hardened icing on top. In Christmas colors, of course! Yep! With sprinkles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silliness7 Posted November 24, 2010 Author Share Posted November 24, 2010 we make gingerbread cookies with red-hot cinnamon candies on them...sounds weird but they are FABULOUS! They are very labor intensive, so we only make them around Christmas. Do you use a gingerbread man type recipe and just press red-hots in them? I love gingerbread. I get tired of decorating them. This sounds intriguing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silliness7 Posted November 24, 2010 Author Share Posted November 24, 2010 Sugar cookie with hardened icing on top. In Christmas colors, of course! How do you do hardened icing? I use frosting from a can. :glare: I need help. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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