Christmas Cookies HELP?

Question

I need some good recipes for christmas cookies. I have a holiday party that i need to bring some to and have no idea what to make. Please help if you have any ideas. Thanks.

Answer 1

Here are some easy cookies:

Almond Macaroons

3 cups finely ground almonds
3 cups sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
8 egg whites
1/2 cup all-purpose flour

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 17 × 11 × 1-inch baking sheet; set aside. In a medium bowl, combine first 4 ingredients; mix well. Add egg whites; beat on high speed 5 minutes. Fold in flour. Drop dough by tablespoons onto baking sheet. Bake 20 minutes, or until lightly browned.

CANDY BAR BARS

3/4 cup butter
1/4 cup peanut butter
1 cup brown sugar, packed
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups quick-cooking oats
1 egg
14 ounces sweetened condensed milk, 1 can
4 cups candy bars, chopped

1.Preheat over to 350 degrees. in large bowl, combine butter and peanut butter; add brown sugar and soda and beat well. Stir in flour and oats. Set aside 1 3/4 cups of the peanut butter mixture.

2.Stir egg into remaining peanut butter mixture in bowl; pat into a 15x10-inch baking pan. Bake for 15 minutes.

3.Spread sweetened condensed milk over crust. Stir together reserved peanut butter mixture and chopped candy bars; sprinkle over all.

4.Bake 25 minutes or until golden brown. Cool and cut. Store leftovers loosely covered at room temperature.

Coconut Macaroons

1 14-ounce can sweetened and condensed milk
1 egg white
4 cups angel coconut (about 10 oz.)
1/4 cup Sue Bee Honey
1 teaspoon almond extract
1/3 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
Pinch salt
48 Maraschino cherry halves, optional

1.Combine first 5 ingredients.

2.Stir in flour, baking powder and salt.

3.Drop by teaspoonfuls on a well greased baking sheet. Lightly press a Maraschino cherry half into each unbaked cookie. Bake at 350 degrees for about 12 minutes or until coconut is lightly browned. Remove from sheet immediately and let cool on waxed paper.

DOUBLE DELICIOUS COOKIE BARS

1/2 cup butter
1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
14 ounces sweetened condensed milk, 1 can
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips, 12 ounces
1 cup peanut butter chips, 6 ounces

1.Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In 13x9-inch baking pan, melt butter in oven.

2.Sprinkle crumbs evenly over butter; pour sweetened condensed milk evenly over crumbs. Top with chips; press down firmly. Bake about 25 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool. Cut into bars. Store loosely covered at room temperature.

Harvard Squares
1/3 cup butter or margarine
1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
1 7 1/2-ounce jar Marshmallow Fluff®
1/3 cup milk
1 6-ounce package semisweet-chocolate pieces
1 3 1/2-ounce can flaked coconut
1 cup chopped walnuts

Heat oven to 350ºF. In 13" × 9" baking pan, melt butter or margarine. Sprinkle crumbs over butter. In small saucepan, over low heat, combine Fluff® and milk, stirring until smooth. Pour over crumbs. Top evenly with remaining ingredients; press down gently. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool completely; cut into 2-inch squares.

PEANUT BLOSSOMS (these take a little more time, but are worth it)

1/2 cup shortening
3/4 cup peanut butter
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1 egg
2 teaspoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cups unsifted flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
granulated sugar
1 9-ounce package Hershey kisses, About 54, unwrapped

Cream shortening and peanut butter in large bowl. Blend in granulated sugar and brown sugar. Add egg, milk and vanilla; beat well. In a separate bowl combine flour, baking soda and salt. Gradually add flour mixture to creamed mixture; blend thoroughly. Shape dough ito 1-inch balls. Roll in granulated sugar. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 375 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from oven. Immediately place an unwrapped Kiss on top of each cookie, pressing down so that cookie cracks around the edges. Remove cookie sheet. Cool on a wire rack. The cookie will be cool, but the candy will be very soft, you have to let the candy harden before storing.

Potato Chip Cookies With Pecans (yes, potato chips! Unusual, but wonderful!)

16 tablespoons butter
1/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup potato chips, crushed
1 cup pecans, chopped
powdered sugar

1.Cream together butter and sugar. Gradually add flour and mix well. Add vanilla and potato chips; mix well. Fold in nuts.

2.Drop onto ungreased cookie sheets and flatten with bottom of a drinking glass, which has been dipped in sugar. Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes.

This should give you a start. Good luck and Merry Christmas. :)

Answer 2

I think three cookies would be nice, do-able and easy.
1. The mexican wedding cookies, or snowballs or russian tea balls (all three are the same) which are a butter, nuts, flour and rolled in powder sugar after baking,
2. a chocolate chip or peanut butter cookie with a hershey kiss in the middle or
3.the magic 7 layer bars made with sweetened condensed milk
4. fudge
5. a drop sugar cookie that requires no rolling out or cutting out--just sprinkles on top, if desired.
I have all of these recipes. If you are interested, just write me, and I'll send them over. Happy Baking.

Answer 3

Ginger Biscuits

Ingredients

2 oz vegan margarine
1 oz sugar
4oz flour
1 teaspoon ground ginger

Blend the margarine with the sugar until it is a smooth paste. Add the ginger and flour and blend thoroughly. If it too dry add a teaspoon of water - it should come together in a dough. Roll out on a floured surface and cut out using a cookie cutter. Place on a greased baking sheet in a 200 degree oven for 10 minutes or until golden brown.

Answer 4

Peanut Blossoms are really good. It's just peanut butter cookies with a Hershey's Kiss pushed into it. I make those alot. Homemade chocolate chip cookies are always good, and you can't really go wrong with chocolate chip.

I suggest making 2 or 3 different kinds of cookies. Recipes are alllll over the internet.

Good luck and Happy Holidays!

Answer 5

mom made cookies each and every Christmas. My mom in regulation makes some, yet specially candy. I baked some the different day, Snickerdoodles and Oatmeal Raisin Nut and No Bake Cookies besides as Sugar Cookies. next is Chocolate Chip Pudding Cookies. i do no longer do nicely with goodies so i will supply maximum away, if i will get them removed from my husband. i'm the final one in my kinfolk to lead them to. I have not any daughters to maintain on the custom and my son, isn't in a position to cook dinner/bake. My Aunt baked for our community common college for many some years. She is in her early Eighteen Nineties now, and continues to be making the No Bake Cookies. She now no longer bakes cookies by using her age. They have been the terrific nonetheless, all made with genuine butter, gentle and scrumptious.

Answer 6

You have alot of good recipes listed already but here are a few different ones that you may like. These are easy to make and are delicious.

Almond Chocolate Bars
http://giftwrapandmore.com/2006/11/26/almond-chocolate-bars/

No Bake Peanut Butter Bars
http://giftwrapandmore.com/2006/11/26/no-bake-chocolate-peanut-butter-bars/

Pumpkin Pie Squares
http://giftwrapandmore.com/2006/11/26/pumpkin-pie-squares/

Cherry Nut Balls
http://giftwrapandmore.com/2006/11/26/cherry-nut-balls/

Anzac Cookies
http://giftwrapandmore.com/2006/12/13/anzac-cookies/

Rum Balls
http://giftwrapandmore.com/2006/12/13/rum-balls/

Chocolate Rum Cookie
http://giftwrapandmore.com/2006/11/30/rich-chocolate-rum-cookie-recipe/

White Christmas (these are made with Rice Crispies)
http://giftwrapandmore.com/2006/11/28/white-christmas/

Answer 7

Here is my fave cookie recipe:

MINT CHOCOLATE TRUFFLE COOKIES

6 squares BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Baking Chocolate
3/4 cup (1-1/2 sticks) butter
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1-3/4 cups flour
1/2 tsp. CALUMET Baking Powder
1/3 cup crushed candy canes



PREHEAT oven to 350°F. Microwave chocolate and butter in large microwaveable bowl on HIGH 2 min. or until butter is melted. Stir until chocolate is completely melted. Add sugar; mix well. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing until well blended after each addition. Add combined flour and baking powder; mix well. (Dough will be very soft.) Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours or up to 24 hours.

ROLL heaping teaspoonfuls of dough into 1-inch balls. Place, 2 inches apart, on greased baking sheets.

BAKE 10 to 12 min. or until tops are set. (Do not overbake.) Immediately sprinkle with crushed candy canes. Cool 1 min. on baking sheets. Remove to wire racks; cool completely.

Happy Holidays!

Answer 8

Spritz cookies are great and easy-do you have a cookie press though?
Pilsbury has a sugar dough mix, make the mix and cut out your own Christmas designs. Enjoy!

Answer 9

These have a strong and unique taste.

Ffeffernusse (Pepper Nuts)

¾ cup butter or margarine, softened
1 cup sugar
1 cup dark corn syrup
2 teaspoons anise seeds
1 teaspoon pepper
1 teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon ground allspice
¼ teaspoon ground cardamom
¼ teaspoon ground cloves
¼ teaspoon salt
4 ½ cups flour
Sifted powdered sugar

Beat butter at medium speed until creamy; gradually add 1cup sugar, beating well. Add corn syrup and next 8 ingredients; beat at low speed until well blended. Gradually add 4 cups of flour to butter mixture, beating at low speed until blended after each addition. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a stiff dough. Cover; chill for 3-4 hours. Divide dough into 8 portions; roll each portion into a ½” thick rope. Cut ropes into 1” lengths, and place 2” apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 350 degrees for 10-15 minutes or until golden. Remove to wire racks to cool. Roll in powdered sugar.

Answer 10

Snickerdoodles are always a favorite. You can even ad sprinkles and such if you like. This site has a recipe for them.

Answer 11

just go to the store and see wat kind of cookies stuff they have there usually the have some dough in rolls where all u have to do is cut them and put them on a cookie sheet and bake