What kind of cookies do you make?

[cupcake0214]

I am baking cookies with my mom for Christmas. I need some ideas. 

[keyslover]

Good old fashion sugar cookies that you cut out and frost.

I love Russian tea cakes too.

[ZoeHart]

M&M, peanut blossoms, pecan snowballs, and sugar cookies are my favorites.

[bonquiqui]

Sugar, snickerdoodles, molasses, gingerbread, peanut butter, and cream cheese cookies.

[noodleskooze]

We always made butter cookies and pizzelles.

[lilles]

Polvorones with a dot of guava jelly on top

[Dezi]

I makes these because they're H's favourite.
allrecipes.com/recipe/17165/big-soft-ginger-cookies/

I also make sugar cookies.

[cupcake0214]

Dec 6, 2015 10:50:42 GMT -5 Dezi said:

I makes these because they're H's favourite.
allrecipes.com/recipe/17165/big-soft-ginger-cookies/

I also make sugar cookies.

They look good I think I will add them.

[cuddlyevil]

Sugar cookies
Chocolate crinkle
Almond cookies

[circa1978]

Italian wedding cookies
Rainbow cookies
Giugiuleni
Pistachio cranberry biscotti
Bourbon balls
Sugar cookies
Chocolate cut outs (whatever recipe you use, add an extra egg yolk)

ETA: And I have an irrational love of spritz cookies. 

[RoxMonster]

We are making my great-grandmother's recipes: cut-out cookies with dough made from scratch and homemade icing, pinwheels, and molasses cookies. The last two are Italian cookies (my great-grandmother was from Italy). They are DELICIOUS. My grandma always used to make them for me when I was little.

I don't have the recipes yet though. My mom is mailing me my GGM's original handwritten recipes through the mail, which is really cool.

[mom2twoboys]

Chocolate chip, m&m, gingerbread and snickerdoddle.

[aliciaflorrick]

Chocolate crinkles and sugar cookies

[coribelle26]

I will make maybe 2 of these this year. But my child-free, extra time on my hands list in previous years was:

Peanut butter blossoms and/or reindeer
Pizzelles
Cracked sugar cookies
Snickerdoodles
Baklava
Caramels
Rolo pretzels
Rice Krispie treats decorated with frosting to look like presents

I feel like I'm missing a couple. I usually made about 10 things. Then my mom makes regular shaped sugar cookies, gingerbread men, spritz, chocolate chip, mint chocolate chip bars, divinity, cornflake wreaths, and regular peanut butter cookies and we combine to make badass trays.

[MrsAxilla]

I make "fancy" chocolate chip with brown butter and sea salt, peanut butter, and sugar cookies. I still haven't found an awesome sugar cookie recipe. I try a new one every year and I'm never satisfied. Anyone have one?

[pagas]

Not exactly a cookie, but I always make blackbottoms for xmas.

[Bernadine]

Dec 6, 2015 10:50:42 GMT -5 Dezi said:

I makes these because they're H's favourite.
allrecipes.com/recipe/17165/big-soft-ginger-cookies/

I also make sugar cookies.

I second these, they're delicious.  I make them every year.

I do-

Chocolate chip
Ginger cookies
Jelly thumbprint cookies
Ricotta cheese cookies
Rolo pretzels

If DSS wants to do sugar cookies this year, I could be persuaded to do a few.

[kevin arnold]

Last year for a Christmas party I made red velvet sandwich cookies filled with white chocolate frosting. They were amazing and looked very festive. And the cookies were easy because it's a cheat recipe that starts with a box of red velvet cake mix.

I rolled the edges in red & green sprinkles.



www.duncanhines.com/recipes/cookies-bars/Duncan%20Hines®/red-velvet-sandwich-cookies/

Be careful not to overbake. In fact, the batches that I took out extra early were the best. If you think they're not quite done, they're done.

Here's the frosting I made instead. It was to die for. Would also be amazing with oatmeal cookies. Or shoe leather. I added quite a bit more powdered sugar so that it would be firm.

www.myrecipes.com/m/recipe/white-chocolate-buttercream-frosting

[isabel]

These are amazing. Actually, every cookie recipe I've tried from this site is great.

www.averiecooks.com/2013/02/soft-batch-dark-brown-sugar-coconut-oil-cookies.html

eta: I also make these every year. And I'm laughing at myself because I knew I had posted this recipe here before. Turns out I rec'd both of these cookies the last two years in December.


Gingerbread Cookies

1 C Granulated Sugar
1 C Grandma's Molasses
3/4 C Unsalted Butter
1/2 C Hot Water
2 Eggs
1 Tbsp. Baking Soda
1 Tbsp. Ground Cinnamon
1/2 Tbsp. Salt
1 1/2 Tbsp. Ground Ginger
6 C All-Purpose Flour

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Combine first four ingredients, rinse molasses out of cup with the hot water. Add the eggs and mix.
Add the rest of the ingredients and mix well. Refrigerate dough until firm.
Roll out and cut with a cookie cutter. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.

It gets tough to combine all the flour even with a stand mixer, so I usually end up dumping it onto the counter and hand kneading it after the last cup of flour is in. Also, you don't want to over or under bake. Rule of thumb for me is to set the timer, then take a look when it goes off. If the tops are still glossy looking, bake for an extra minute or two. If they're matte, they're ready to take out.

[dove]

My favorite to make during this time of year is oatmeal toffee.

I might get motivated to make some today

[latte]

These cranberry orange cookies are really good! Made them yesterday for a get together and they were eaten pretty quickly.

www.yourhomebasedmom.com/cranberry-orange-cookies/#_a5y_p=2818753

[dirtyred]

I am the crazy cookie lady--I have a HUGE list that I pick from.

Soft gingersnaps
cherry-chocolate shortbread
malted milk cookies
toffee brickle cookies
pecan pie cookies
egg nog snickerdoodles
chocolate ginger cookies
birthday cake cookies
palmiers
fig filled cookies
black forest cookies
butterscotch cookies
cappucino bars
lemon curd thumbprints
meringues
macaroons
rum balls
honey orange cookies
dark chocolate apricot
florentines
spritz cookies
lebkuchen (for my husband; he's the only one who eats these)
gooey butter cookies
British oat cookies

I do two types of cut outs:  Martha Stewart's Ideal Sugar cookie (it uses brandy) and chocolate gingerbread

[panicfoot]

Chocolate krinkle cookies.

[kevin arnold]

Dec 6, 2015 11:45:48 GMT -5 dirtyred said:

gooey butter cookies

Recipe?

[lissaholly]

I adore almonds crescents and pecan logs. Nutty shortbreads:

www.marthastewart.com/339064/pecan-logs

www.marthastewart.com/313189/almond-crescent-cookies

Buckeyes always go fast too!

[lucky513]

I made brown sugar,chocolate, chocolate chip, cranberry oatmeal cookies last night

[olive]

Ginger molasses
Shortbread
Frosted sugar cookies

Not cookies but Christmas staples in our house:
Nanaimo bars
Butter tarts
Lemon bars

[isabel]

Dec 6, 2015 11:10:21 GMT -5 MrsAxilla said:

I make "fancy" chocolate chip with brown butter and sea salt, peanut butter, and sugar cookies. I still haven't found an awesome sugar cookie recipe. I try a new one every year and I'm never satisfied. Anyone have one?

www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/emeril-lagasse/snickerdoodles-recipe.html

This is my all-time favorite snickerdoodle recipe. It works well as a sugar cookie, just omit the cinnamon.

eta: I've also been meaning to try these... Another snickerdoodle recipe, but I bet it would be good as a sugar cookie. It's similar to the other recipe, but there are a couple minor changes and I think these bloggers are pretty great. I bet the cookie is delicious. MrsAxilla

whiteonricecouple.com/recipes/snickerdoodle-cookies/

[MrsAxilla]

Dec 6, 2015 12:56:13 GMT -5 isabel said:

Dec 6, 2015 11:10:21 GMT -5 MrsAxilla said:

I make "fancy" chocolate chip with brown butter and sea salt, peanut butter, and sugar cookies. I still haven't found an awesome sugar cookie recipe. I try a new one every year and I'm never satisfied. Anyone have one?

www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/emeril-lagasse/snickerdoodles-recipe.html

This is my all-time favorite snickerdoodle recipe. It works well as a sugar cookie, just omit the cinnamon.

eta: I've also been meaning to try these... Another snickerdoodle recipe, but I bet it would be good as a sugar cookie. It's similar to the other recipe, but there are a couple minor changes and I think these bloggers are pretty great. I bet the cookie is delicious. MrsAxilla

whiteonricecouple.com/recipes/snickerdoodle-cookies/

Thanks!  I saved both links.  I had no idea snicker doodles were just sugar cookies with some extra flavoring.  

[MixedBerryJam]

Shortbreads
Molasses crinkkles
Chocolate Chip
Peanut butter blossom
Hazelnut cyclops cookies
Chocolate crackle cookies
Butter cookies
Almond cookies
BLondies & Brownies
Hermits