Post by wanderingenough on Dec 13, 2015 20:36:06 GMT -5
I did some cookies with some girl friends a couple weekends ago to give to neighbors. My contribution was peppermint chocolate chip cookies using those Andes Mint chips. One friend made these awesome Reese cup peanut butter cookies. I had to pack them up and get them out of the house.
I'm going to do some more baking before my parents come to town for Christmas. I'm thinking chocolate lace cookies and fudge.
So far my plans are to start baking cookies this week and freeze them, and make the pie Christmas Eve so it can chill over night. I've never made the pie before so I may do a trial run this week to make sure it works/tastes good. Plus...I really want some chocolate pie like crazy right now.
1: Brownie Crackle Cookies but I will add candy cane pieces to the tops (couldn't find a pic)
Post by wanderingenough on Dec 13, 2015 21:53:29 GMT -5
Do you have a good snicker doodle recipe to share? Those are my h's favorite.
Funny story, I made some with a premade mix a couple weeks ago and he was all "whose recipe was that? They were so good" Ummm....the Pillsbury Dough Boys.
Do you have a good snicker doodle recipe to share? Those are my h's favorite.
Funny story, I made some with a premade mix a couple weeks ago and he was all "whose recipe was that? They were so good" Ummm....the Pillsbury Dough Boys.
These are requested often by all my husband's brothers, so I assume they're pretty good beyond just my own taste buds. It's one base recipe that I modify for the M&M cookies, Snickerdoodles, etc.
Sugar Cookie Base
2 1/4 cups Flour
1 teaspoon Baking powder
1/2 teaspoon Baking soda
1/2 teaspoon Salt
1 1/2 cups Sugar
For Snickerdoodles: 1 tsp Cream of Tarter
4 oz Cream Cheese
1/3 C. Baileys Irish Liquor (optional)
6 tablespoons unsalted Butter, melted
1/3 cup Vegetable oil or coconut oil
1 large Egg, at room temperature
1 tablespoon Vanilla extract
1: Preheat oven to 350 F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper, or use air sheets
2: In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cream of tarter and salt.
3: Combine sugar and cream cheese in a large bowl. Pour the warm butter over the cream cheese mixture and whisk to combine. Whisk in the oil then the egg and vanilla extract. Add in Baileys if using. Mix until smooth.
4: Fold the dry ingredients into the wet. Add more flour if too sticky. (If using any add-ins, When the dry ingredients are partially incorporated, add to the dough). Continue mixing until a soft dough comes together.
5: Use a cookie scoop to drop on baking sheet. Flatten with the bottom of a cup. (If making snickerdoodles, roll in sugar/cinnamon/nutmeg mix before flattening). Dough will be stickier than normal cookie dough, but should still flatten smooth.
6: Bake the cookies, 1 tray at a time, for about 10-12 minutes, or until the edges are set. The tops will be puffy and slightly cracked.
I did most of my holiday baking already. I did a cookie exchange last weekend. I don't do much baking for Christmas as we don't host. But I usually bake 3-4 different kinds of cookies and give them out to friends. (I make small gift bags with 2-3 of each kind of cookie in them so that each person gets 10-12 cookies.)
My FIL ate all the cookies I gave MIL in our cookie exchange so I might make some more of those for him tomorrow.
Edit: my cookie exchange cookies were chocolate chip, and my other cookies were; shortbread, trail mix cookies, peanut butter cookies, and chocolate chip.
Post by HoneySpider on Dec 14, 2015 10:48:56 GMT -5
I'm baking cookies this week, normally I do 6 kinds and we give a lot out/take them with us places. This year my mom is coming to bake with me and we're going to just do normal batches and split them - we're going to her house for Christmas so I don't need to bring any there. DH will take some in to work and we'll have a few here.
We're making: 1. Polish cookies - fillings are peanut butter, prune butter, and walnuts 2. Pizzelles 3. Mint chocolate chip (they have some stupid name, but sound like what wanderingenough makes) 4. Chocolate cherry cordials 5. Cornflake wreaths 6. Linzer tarts