I am looking for new ideas for Christmas cookies and candies, any one have any favorites to share?

Answer 1

My favorite cookies are Oatmeal Chocolate Chip w/ Walnuts...

INGREDIENTS
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup packed light brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
3 cups quick-cooking oats
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
DIRECTIONS
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
In a large bowl, cream together the butter, brown sugar, and white sugar until smooth. Beat in eggs one at a time, then stir in vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt; stir into the creamed mixture until just blended. Mix in the quick oats, walnuts, and chocolate chips. Drop by heaping spoonfuls onto ungreased baking sheets.
Bake for 12 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

They are not super christmas-y but they are yummy!!

Answer 2

Not really a candy or cookie, but a favorite that I always enjoy making and eating as well as giving away...

Cheese Straws:
1 lb of sharp cheedar cheese grated and soft
1 stick butter,soft
2 cups flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 - 3/4 tsp cayenne pepper

Mix cheese and margarine. Add dry ingredients and mix everything together. Fill cookie press and form the straws on an ungreased cookie sheet using the star disc. Bake at 350 for 8 - 10 minutes or until golden. ( You can also roll them out and cut with a knife if you don't have a cookie press.. it just makes a prettier design.)

Answer 3

These are called crinkles, we've been making them for years, they're spicy molasses cookies, very Christmas-y.

Crinkles

Ingredients:
3/4c Shortening
1c brown sugar (packed)
1 egg
1/4c molasses
2 1/4c sifted flour
2tsp baking soda
1/4tsp salt
1/2 tsp cloves
1tsp cinnamon
1tsp ginger

Directions:

Mix first four ingredients thoroughly, sift remaining ingredients and stir into first ingredients. Chill dough (1-2 hours) then roll into balls the size of large walnuts. Dip tops in sugar. Place 3inches apart on greased cookie sheet. Sprikle each cookie with 2 or 3 drops of water to give a cracked surface. Bake at 375 for 10-12 minutes until set (but not hard).

Hope that helps! Merry Christmas!

Answer 4

My kids have a lot of fun making these with me.

Berlinerkranzer (Berlin Wreaths)

1 ½ cups butter shortening (like buttery Crisco)
1 cup sugar
2 teaspoons grated orange rind
2 eggs
4 cups all-purpose flour
1 egg white
2 tablespoons sugar
Red candied cherries
Green citron

Mix shortening, 1 cup sugar, rind, and eggs thoroughly. Stir in flour. Chill dough. Heat oven to 400 degrees. Break off small pieces of dough, about 6” long and ¼” thick. (If rich dough splits apart or seems crumbly, let it warm or work in a few drops of liquid until the dough sticks together.) Form each piece into a circle, bringing one end over and through in a single knot. Leave ½” end on each side. Place on ungreased baking sheet. Beat egg white until frothy; gradually beat in 2 teaspoons of sugar; brush tops with this meringue. Press bits of red candied cherries on center of knot for holiday berries. Add little jagged leaves cut out of green citron. Bake 10 to 12 minutes, or until set but not brown. Makes about 6 dozen 2” cookies.

Answer 5

These are my absolute favorite Christmas cookie.

CHOCOLATE SNOWBALL COOKIES

1 & 1/4 cups of butter, softened
2/3 cup of sugar
1 teaspoon of vanilla
2 cups of flour
1/8 teaspoon of salt
1/2 cup of unsweetened cocoa
2 cups of finely chopped pecans
confectioners sugar

In a large bowl cream together the butter and sugar. Add vanilla to butter mixture and cream well. In another bowl sift flour, salt and cocoa together. Gradually beat flour mixture into the butter mixture, beat well. Blend in the pecans. Refrigerate dough for at least 1 hour. Roll dough into balls** and place on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake in a 350 degree preheated oven for 20 minutes. Allow cookies to cool 2-3 minutes on baking sheets to set. Carefully slide cookies onto wire racks to cool. Roll cooled cookies in sifted confectioners sugar.

**Dough balls should measure 1 to 1 1/8 inches across. Cookies will flatten out slightly and measure 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 inches when baked. A heaping teaspoon makes a good measure. Smaller size cookies will yield approx. 80 cookies, larger size approx 60.

Answer 6

A swiss recipe with a name you can't spell
, I call them "schoko-kisses"
recipe says 40 pieces, but I always get 30 lol

100 gr Schocolate half-bitter, melted +let it cool a little
mix 100gr powder sugar+ 200gr rather fine grinded almonds + mix them with the schocolate.
Add 1/2 -1 tea spoon of neskafee disolved in 2 tble spoon hot water into the almond- mix.

Add spoon by spoon 2 egg-whites stif beaten.
The "dough" is rather moist, As a test flour your hands and try to form a little ball in the size of a cherry.
If dough tooo moist add some almonds!
Always we "floured" hands form cherry-balls.
On a bake tray with bake paper. When you finish press half of a whole almond on the top.
Baked in reheated oven 150 Celcius for 10-12 minutes. They come out soft but harden when cooled. When totally cool store them in tin cookies box.
They are wonderful chewsy with a nice flavour -and the first out of 5 sorts that they go. This year I had to bake them for a second time already!

Answer 7

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Answer 8

Quick and easy,,,pretzel knots on a baking sheet lined with foil

Unwrap "Rolos" and center one on each pretzel. put in 275 degrees oven for a few minutes ( just long enough to soften the Rolo)

Take out of the oven and softly smash a pecan half in the center of each

We refer to these as " poor mans' Turtles"

Haven't found anyone who doesn't enjoy these.!!

Answer 9

I HAVE A GREAT HAND-ME-DOWN RECIPE FOR COOKIES ! THEY ARE CALLED COOKIE POPS !
ALSO MY FRIEND JESSICA HAS ONE FOR RED LICORICE CANDY WE RECENTLY POSTED AT OUR
YAHOO GROUP CALLED HOMESWEETHOMECOOKS
SO GO TO IT AND CLICK ON THE FILES TAB AND YOU WILL HAVE ALL THAT YOU NEED OK?
MERRY CHRISTMAS !!!
ALWAYS
KG

Answer 10

http://www.recipesforvegans.co.uk/christmas.html