RoughCollie Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 (edited) First: JEAN IN NEWCASTLE: DO NOT READ THIS THREAD!!!! (I'm hoping to sneak it past you.) Please list the Christmas cookies and other baking you do. Just the recipe name will do for now, but you know others will be asking for them, so be prepared to cough up the recipes. Cookies: Russian teacakes (a/k/a Mexican wedding cookies) Date nut cookies (hermits with dates, pecans, raisins) Sugar cookies Lebkuchen (usually buy, trying to find the perfect recipe) Gingerbread People (eggless recipe, kids love them) Peanut butter cookies Chocolate chip cookies Oatmeal cookies Cakes/Breads: Stollen (sometimes I buy, sometimes I bake) Layer cake made in special Christmas-shaped pan Pumpkin bread Please, list what you make. I'd like some ideas to try. Thanks, RC Edited November 9, 2008 by RoughCollie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueridge Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 (edited) This is a great list with links to every cookie recipe Mrs. Claus cooks each holiday season! I plan to make as many as I have the energy to attempt! What a treasure to have a freezer stuffed with cookies!! :drool5: Enjoy~ Ginger http://www.northpole.com/Kitchen/Cookbook/cat0001.html Edited November 9, 2008 by Blueridge forgot something:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie12345 Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 Mmm. Just shoot me now! :drool: We do: Russian Tea Cakes Spritz Jelly diagonals Cream Cheese cookies (walnut filling) And whatever else the kids beg for, like peanut butter kisses. The only other baking I do for Christmas is Bulla, a Swedish coffee bread that, imo, is a pain in the butt to make but SO worth it! Okay, some years I also make chocolate truffles, but that's an even bigger pain. Growing up, there were about a dozen different cookies on the list, but I finally learned to quit wasting my time on the ones that weren't favorites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1bassoon Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 Every year, I bake a batch of Cranberry-Pear Bread to give as gifts. It is my absolute, all time favorite! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane in NC Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 I make loads of Moravian Sugar Cakes (a yeasted coffee cake) as gifts for neighbors and friends. Pecan tartlets are an anticipated gift by one friend. Put Russian tea cakes on my list as well as whatever kind of cookies I am in the mood to bake. And although you did not list candy making, I will mention making caramels since that is one of my main holiday production numbers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty ethel rackham Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 Hey, no fair bringing up Christmas when we haven't even had Thanksgiving yet. I just cannot have that panic attack yet while I am still panicking about what I have to do this month. I am avoiding almost all retail outlets because I need to avoid all the Christmas stuff for a couple more weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angela in ohio Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 I make sugar cookies, chocolate cookies with red & green mint M&Ms, Russian teacakes, spritz (with almond,) candy cane cookies (the best kind of Chrstmas cookies!,) and peanut butter kisses. I also make fudge, peppermint bark, and Oreo truffles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Once Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 Orange Cranberry Muffins Ginger Crunch Shortbread I usually do less baking not more at Christmas. Maybe this year I will enlist dd to do most of it. If you want to talk main meals...I have a whole list of those. We have traditions for the whole week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandellie4 Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 Oooh-oooh! Recipe? Sandy Every year, I bake a batch of Cranberry-Pear Bread to give as gifts. It is my absolute, all time favorite! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Virginia Dawn Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 Sugar cookies, chocolate peppermint crinkles, molasses crinkles, snickerdoodles, chocolate chip cookies, cranberry bread, gingerbread, pretzel candy, chocolate pecan drops, Sometimes I make fruit cake with crushed pineapple, dried apricots, raisins and pecans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astrid Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 Homemade Cracker Jacks Mashed Potato Candy ("Needhams" for those of you who remember them) Toffee Creamsicle Fudge Truffles Chocolate Dipped Brownies (all homemade) several other kinds of cookies/candy that I cannot remember right now! astrid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JenneinCA Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 Lemon Bread Chocolate Chip Cookies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer3141 Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 I make holiday treat trays for Thanksgiving and Yule every year. I just started the chocolate covered cherries and the blackberry truffles today. They both freeze well. And the cherries need a few weeks to set anyway. There will be my triple-nut caramel bars, some sort of fudge, chocolate covered caramels, lemon bars, a classic sugar cookie of some kind, something with coconut, and Rice Krispie holiday trees. I try to make two or three things a week from now until the first week or so of December. I need something good with coconut because I've got THREE bags leftover from last year in my freezer. And I'm thinking about molasses taffy this year. Jen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoughCollie Posted November 9, 2008 Author Share Posted November 9, 2008 Great. Keep the ideas coming. I forgot that I want to make fruitcake, fudge, and chocolate truffles. Also, I have a cookie shooter thing that my sister gave me years ago. Do the cookies in the recipes that come with it taste good, or do any of you have an alternative? I am going to try to make a lot of this ahead, and freeze it. This has been my resolution for 14 years, and I have never accomplished it, not even once. Thanks, RC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheryl in NM Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 (edited) I make: Fudge Peanut Brittle Sugar cookie cut outs Almond cookies Candy Cane Cookies Applie Pie Pumpkin Pie Chocolate Cream Pie Fruit Bread of some sort I used to make Spritz cookies, but I broke the gun and haven't got another one. Edited November 9, 2008 by Cheryl in NM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFSinIL Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 RebeccaC emailed me and told me to add to this list...ok, I make about 17 or more different types each season (some in advance if they are freezable) then a day or so before Christmas I take cookies out of the freezer and with the tons unfrozen assemble cookie trays for relatives, neighbors, the folks who put on the Christmas Children's Choir in which the girls sing, and RebeccaC ;) Last year I made: (I keep a list each year, mark which ones were great and which were bleah, I ahve lists for the past ten years!!) Date-filled nut things Almond pretzels Nurenburger (honey fruit things) iced sugar cookies Andes mint cookies (had to do this one three times as we keep eating them!!) Iced lemon drops Brandy balls Peanutbutter kisses Cherry-filled chocolate drops with choc.cherry icing Iced chocolate drops Gingersnaps Russian teacakes Coconut chewies Pignoli (pinenut-studded marzipan cookies!!!) Cardamom butter cookies with espresso/chocolate drizzled on top YUM!!! Chocolate sparkles orange cranberry cookies mocha butterballs more gingersnaps with candied ginger in them This year I will drop some of the above and do: praline butter cookies kolachy chocolate-filled walnut drops pistachio coins lemon-cheese pressed cookies 9althogh my cookie press gives me fits!@!!) Benne drops (sesame seed) and whatever else seems interesting. Oh - and I usually end up with extra egg whites so have meringues, too to use up the whites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebeccaC Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 RebeccaC emailed me and told me to add to this list...ok, I make about 17 or more different types each season (some in advance if they are freezable) then a day or so before Christmas I take cookies out of the freezer and with the tons unfrozen assemble cookie trays for relatives, neighbors, the folks who put on the Christmas Children's Choir in which the girls sing, and RebeccaC ;) Last year I made: Date-filled nut things Almond pretzels Nurenburger (honey fruit things) iced sugar cookies Andes mint cookies (had to do this one three times as we keep eating them!!) Iced lemon drops Brandy balls Peanutbutter kisses Cherry-filled chocolate drops with choc.cherry icing Iced chocolate drops Gingersnaps Russian teacakes Coconut chewies Pignoli (pinenut-studded marzipan cookies!!!) Cardamom butter cookies with espresso/chocolate drizzled on top YUM!!! Chocolate sparkles orange cranberry cookies mocha butterballs more gingersnaps with candied ginger in them This year I will drop some of the above and do: praline butter cookies kolachy chocolate-filled walnut drops pistachio coins lemon-cheese pressed cookies 9althogh my cookie press gives me fits!@!!) Benne drops (sesame seed) and whatever else seems interesting. Oh - and I usually end up with extra egg whites so have meringues, too to use up the whites. These are the absolute BEST cookies ever! My family would so do without the cookie tradition if it were not for JFS The Queen of Baking:party: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krista in LA Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 peanut blossoms, pumpkin cookies, chocolate crinkles, decorated sugar cookies, chocolate covered pretzels and oreos, almond bark, and pumpkin bread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJB Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 Here goes: Mexican Wedding Cakes Cherry Drops Sugar Cookie Santas Cornflake wreaths Fudge Soft Cocoa Cookies Peppermint Bark Gingerbread boys and girls Brandy Snaps And an assortment of breads (pumpkin, banana nut, poppyseed, sometimes cherry nut) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinkInTheBlue Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 Date-filled nut things Almond pretzels Nurenburger (honey fruit things) iced sugar cookies Andes mint cookies (had to do this one three times as we keep eating them!!) Iced lemon drops Brandy balls Peanutbutter kisses Cherry-filled chocolate drops with choc.cherry icing Iced chocolate drops Gingersnaps Russian teacakes Coconut chewies Pignoli (pinenut-studded marzipan cookies!!!) Cardamom butter cookies with espresso/chocolate drizzled on top YUM!!! Chocolate sparkles orange cranberry cookies mocha butterballs more gingersnaps with candied ginger in them This year I will drop some of the above and do: praline butter cookies kolachy chocolate-filled walnut drops pistachio coins lemon-cheese pressed cookies 9althogh my cookie press gives me fits!@!!) Benne drops (sesame seed) and whatever else seems interesting. Oh - and I usually end up with extra egg whites so have meringues, too to use up the whites. In your spare time, since I'm sure you have so much of it, could you manage to whip up a quick and dirty cookbook of all this??? These sound fabulous and I'd really love several new and cool cookies and such this year to bake. Please, please, pretty please? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Florida Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 The things I've done that have gotten the most positive feedback, though are: Pumpkin muffins or bread Banana bread Chocolate chip cookies Ginger snaps Whole wheat bread with some kind of combination of pecans, walnuts and sunflower seeds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmkclscroggins Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 Every year we make these: iced sugar cookies mocha nut balls ( one of my favorites!) peanut butter blossoms peanut brittle fudge peanut butter cookies turtles ( pecans, caramel & chocolate) I think we need to do a WTM cookie recipe blog thing! Melissa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyR Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 Biscotti Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge Cherry Winks Hershey Kiss Peanut Butter Cookies Butter Balls Thumbprints Ricotta Cheese Cookies Spritz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tina Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 Can't exactly remember last year's list... Danish pastry spritz Grandma's almond ice box cookies sugar cookies (for kids decorating party) Kay's ginger cookies (a molasses cookie with some changes) chocolate-orange biscotti chocolate crinkles peanut butter cookies a peanut butter biscotti would be good... pecan crescents I want to try white chocolate-cashew coffee biscotti this year. Cardamon cake is good, too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A home for their hearts Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 Things I make are Pumkin roll Sugar Cookies Seven Layer Cookies Peanut Butter Blossoms Things my family make Hard Tack Candy Peanut Brittle Sugar Cookies Buckeyes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeschoolmom Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 Thumbprint cookies Nutball cookies Sugar cookies Fruitcake (sans alcohol) Poppy seed cake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharon H in IL Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 Breads: pumpkin bread Cookies: sugar cookies That's it, folks. I am a simple gal. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 I'm making my fantabulous Batik Cake, as is tradition. You can find the recipe "In the Kitchen" social group. Great stuff, weighs about 2 kg all up. First time I made it, I had to weigh it on the bathroom scales! Funny reading this thread. We have no tradition of baking bikkies for Christmas, over here. I suppose if we had Christmas in the middle of winter we'd be looking for excuses to have the stove on and warming the house up too. :) Rosie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Closeacademy Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 Sugar cookie cut-outs (betty crocker bag mixes) with homemade icing which I tint various colors Peanut Butter fudge Chocolate fudge we may make divinity or truffles this year Chocolate or vanilla dipped pretzels and marshmallows Biscuits and gravy (Christmas morning tradition and dh actually cooks this) :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 This week starts my baking with: Oatmeal/cherry cookies, snickerdoodles and ginger snaps. For the rest of the holidays: Ande mint cookies, southern kisses, gingerbread men and women, painted sugar cookies, pumpkin cookies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThelmaLou Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 (edited) My most commonly holiday baked goods (don't necessarily do each one every year) fudge baklava pumpkin cookies Homemade caramel corn oreo truffles peanut butter truffles saltine toffee pumpkin cranberry bread ginger snaps cranberry oatmeal cookies gingerbread men white velvet cutouts orange balls candy cane snowballs dipped pecan spritz almond sugar cookies pecan pie banana cake spiced sugar nuts pecan caramel candies (pretzles rolos, pecans) puppy chow peppermint bark For meals, my traditional favorites that I bring to my family gathering: Strawberry Pretzel Salad Pioneer Woman's cinnamon rolls (brunch) Sweet Potato Cassserole Spinach Cranberry Salad Green Bean Casserole The biggest day of meal preparation happens the day before Christmas Eve for my husband's Polish side of the family: All of the ladies get together to make the world's largest supply of pierogis stuffed with either potatoes and onions, plain potatoes, or saurkraut. Edited November 10, 2008 by ThelmaLou Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFSinIL Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 Aside from cookies, I also make my own mincemeat and make a pie for everyone else to eat (I hate mincemeat!), cinnamon rolls for breakfast, a big birthday cake since it is His birthday, after all ;) (and my son with autism loves him some chocolate cake!), and usually another pie or something. We also buy lots of those long hard pretzels and dip them in melted almond bark and sprinkle on chopped nuts, crushed peppermints, sprinkles, etc. Some of these are wrapped in plastic wrap and decorated with ribbons and become mroe gifts for relatives from the kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellifera Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 Cookies: Peppernuts, Sugar Cookies, Spritzer, Butter Cookies, Molasses Cookies Cakes:Lafayette Gingerbread Cake Pies: Hogwatch Pork Pie Drinks:Smoking Bishop, Hot Spiced Apple Cider (with rum) There are more, but I can't remember all of them at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFSinIL Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 I started a new thread in which we should all share ONE of our favorite recipes. I hoping to see some of your recipes...Ricotta Cheese cookies? Oreo truffles? Hard Tack candy? Batik cake? Mashed potato candy? Ginger Crunch? Moravian Sugar cake? Bulla? RECIPES!!!!!!!!!!!! I shared pignoli in the other thread... PS - what is a Smoking bishop? Sounds Monty Pythonish.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellifera Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 what is a Smoking bishop? Sounds Monty Pythonish.... It's the drink that Scrooge takes Cratchitt to have at the end of the Christmas Carol. Here's Dickens' "Smoking Bishop" recipe: • Take six Seville oranges and bake them in a moderate oven until pale brown. If you cannot procure any bitter Seville oranges, use four regular oranges and one large grapefruit. • Prick each of the oranges with five whole cloves, put them into a warmed ceramic or glass vessel with one-quarter pound of sugar and a bottle of red wine, cover the vessel, and leave it in a warm place for 24 hours. • Take the oranges out of the mixture, cut in half and squeeze the juice, then pour the juice back into the wine. • Pour the mixture into a saucepan through a sieve, add a bottle of port, heat (without boiling), and serve in warmed glasses. • Drink the mixture, and keep Christmas well! (Note: Paul McClowsky of The Dark Horse Inn in Philadelphia recommends bringing the mixture to a boil, then simmering for an hour, adding brandy, brown sugar and orange juice.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tina Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 Oh, I forgot a favorite! Ritz crackers put together sandwich style with peanut butter, then dipped in melted chocolate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brigitte Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 Can we get recipes posted on the WTM recipe blog? Please. I make white chocolate dipped pretzel rods with sprinkles, white chocolate peppermint bark, pizzelles, and some other things I can't think of. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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