What is your favorite holiday cookie/treat recipe?

Question

Something sweet or savory that will have everyone hooked!

Answer 1

♥ Egg Nog Cookies ♥

2 1/4 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
1 and 1/4 cups white sugar
3/4 cups salted butter, softened
1/2 cup eggnog
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
2 large egg yolks
1 Tbsp ground nutmeg


Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Mix well with wire whisk and set aside. Cream sugar and butter with electric mixer until forms a grainy paste. Add eggnog, vanilla, and egg yolks and beat at medium speed until smooth. Add flour mixture and beat at low speed just until combined -- do not over mix! Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto un-greased baking sheets -- 1 " apart. Sprinkle lightly with nutmeg. Bake for 23-25 minutes or until bottoms turn light brown -- transfer to cool, flat surface immediately.

Answer 2

My favorite holiday recipe is Apple Crisp. Usually a winter holiday kinda thing. It tastes amazing with vanilla ice cream. Here is the recipe: 1 c. sugar 2 tsp. lemon juice 1/4 c. water 1/2 tsp. cinnamon 6 peeled and sliced large apples 3/4 c. flour 1/4 tsp. salt 6 t. butter Combine 1/2 c. sugar, lemon juice, water and cinnamon in bottom of small baking pan. Slice in apples. Blend remaining 1/2 c. sugar, flour, salt and butter until crumbly. Spread over apples and pat smooth. Bake at 375 degrees for 40-50 minutes, until apples are tender and crust is browned. Serve hot with ice cream. This is a good recipe for apple crisp if you don't like the over-sugary oatmeal taste. It's basically a rectangular apple pie, but healthier (no lard). ^^BETTER THAN APPLE PIE THOUGH!

Answer 3

White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies Recipe
Hawaiian Cookie

Ingredients:
3/4 c. unsalted butter, slightly softened
1/2 c. light brown sugar, packed
8 oz. white chocolate
1 1/2 c. all-purpose flour
3/4 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
3 tbsp. granulated sugar
1 lg. egg
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1/2 c. coarsely chopped macadamia nuts, preferably unsalted


Directions:
Place butter in a heavy medium-sized saucepan over medium low heat and heat until butter boils and bubbles very gently, but steady. Adjust heat and simmer 4 to 5 minutes until golden, stirring frequently. Immediately remove pan from heat and stir in brown sugar. Pour into a large mixing bowl and refrigerate 50 to 60 minutes. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease baking sheets and set aside. Grate 3 ounces of the chocolate. Coarsely chop remaining chocolate. Set the two aside separately. Thoroughly stir together flour, baking powder, soda and salt, set aside. Remove bowl from refrigerator and beat cooled mixture until lightened. Add in egg and vanilla. Beat in dry ingredients. Add grated chocolate, 1/2 of chopped chocolate, and nuts, stir until well combined. Roll dough into generous 1 1/2 inch balls. Dip top of each ball into remaining white chocolate, pressing lightly to imbed some of pieces in the dough. Space balls, chocolate-studded tops up, about 2 1/2 inches apart on baking sheets. Press down balls just slightly with heel of hand. Place on center oven rack and bake 9 to 11 minutes or until just tinged with brown. Be careful not to overbake. Let stand 4 to 5 minutes. Using a spatula, transfer cookies to wire racks to cool. Store in airtight container for 3 to 4 days. Yield: 25 to 27 (3 1/4 inch) cookies.

Answer 4

These are my favorite things for the holidays.

Creamy Spinach Dip

1 cup mayonnaise
1 pkg vegatable recipe mix
1 pkg (10 ounces) frozen chopped spinach
thawed & squeezed dry
1 container (16 ounces) sour cream

Combine all ingredients.
Chill 2 hours.

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No Bake Cookies

2 cups sugar
1/2 cup milk
1 stick butter
1/2 cup peanut butter
4 tablespoons cocoa
3 cups oats
1 teaspoon vanilla

Boil sugar, milk, butter and cocoa for 1 1/2 minutes (until all the sugar is melted).
Start timing when mixture comes to a boil.
Remove from heat.
Add peanut butter, oats, and vanilla.
Mix until blended.
Drop by spoon fulls onto waxed paper to set and cool.


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Corn Flake Candy

1 2/3 cup Corn Syrup
1 2/3 cup sugar
Boil until sugar is melted, remove from heat, then add
1 2/3 tablespoon vanilla
2 1/2 cup peanut butter

In a big pan that is coated with butter, put in 10 cups Corn Flakes.
Pour the above mixture over the Corn Flakes and stir with a large spoon that is coated with butter.
Stir until Corn Flakes are covered. Spoon out on wax paper and let cool.

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Sugar Cookies
1 cup butter, unsalted
1 cup white sugar
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
In a bowl, cream the butter and sugar. Beat in the eggs and vanilla.
In a second bowl, combine and mix well the flour, baking powder, and salt. Stir flour into butter mixture 1 cup at a time. Chill dough for 3 to 4 hours.
Roll out dough and cut into shapes with cookie cutters or a knife. Brush with milk and sprinkle with colored sugar. Bake on a sheet pan or a parchment lined sheet pan in a preheated 350 degree F oven for 10 to 15 minutes depending on the size of the cookie. Remove cookies to a rack to cool completely.

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Easy Rum Balls
2 1/2 c. vanilla wafers, crushed
1 c. chopped nuts, finely
1 c. powdered sugar
1 1/2 tbsp. cocoa
Dash of salt
1/2 c. rum or brandy or orange juice or bourbon
2 1/2 tbsp. light Karo

Mix thoroughly and form into small balls. Roll in powdered sugar and wrap in wax paper.

Answer 5

mini quiches

1 cup of cream
4 eggs
1 spring onion
1 carrot
i grated zuchini
1/2 brown onion
1 sliced tomato to put on the top salt and pepper
1/2 tea spoon butter
pastry
1 cup cheese

just mix it all together put it in the pastries and cook for 25mins
they will turn out awesome... you put the tomato and a sprinkle of spring onions on top just b4 u cook it and u have red n green on top for a lil xmas thing

Answer 6

well, i always always make these sugar cookies.
they are pillsbury and you buy them in a grocery store.
they have several different kinds of designs in the middle, but i normally can only find the ones with christmas trees on them.
i would look at the grocery store where they sell dairy products.
they are so good and i have had them since i was a kid.

Answer 7

Buckeyes