what is your favorite homemade christmas cookie ?

Question

What is the recipe?

i am being forced to make homemade cookies for my son's school they are having a cookie exchange. I never make cookies and I don't eat cookies ,my son does not really like cookies but I am going to make something. All your answers are good and I am having a hard time deciding which one to pick for best answer. I will let the voting decide.

Answer 1

the recipe is=gingerbreadman
that my favorite
6 cups all purpose flour
1 3/4 cups sugar
2/3 cups shortening
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
1 tablespoon ground ginger
2 teaspoons double-acting baking powder
1 1/4 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 eight-ounce container sour cream
2 eggs
To prepare dough: Into large bowl, ,measure 3 1/2 cups flour and remaining ingredients. With mixer at low speed, beat until well mixed, constantly scraping bowl with rubber spatula. With hand, knead in remaining 2 1/2 cups flour to make a soft dough. Wrap dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate 2 hours or until dough is not sticky and is of easy kneading consistency.

To roll dough: Keep refrigerated until ready to use. Working with half of a batch at a time on a lightly floured work surface with lightly floured hands, knead dough until smooth. Then on a greased and floured 17" x 14" cookie sheet, with lightly floured rolling pin roll dough to 3/16" or 1/8" thickness. You can use dowels ofthe same size at either side of the dough on the cookie sheet to help create a uniform thickness. (For easy rolling, place cookie sheet on a damp cloth to prevent it from slipping.)

To cut and bake dough: Make your pattern pieces of heavy cardboard. Lay them on the dough and using a sharp knife use as many pieces as you can from the rolled dough on your cookie sheet, leaving at least 1/2" inch between the pieces. Remove scraps and reserve for re rolling. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. (Place cookie sheet in the refrigerator if there is room while the oven preheats. Bake until golden brown and very firm when lightly touched with your finger. Remove cookie sheet from oven and cool on wire rack 5 minutes. Carefully remove the baked pieces from cookie sheet and place on wire rack to cool completely.

Note: If you need to do some trimming do it while the cookie dough is warm out of the oven.

You may need to make several batches of dough to complete your project, but don't multiply and try to do it all at once...the process just doesn't work that way.

Answer 2

My favorite christmas cookie is the basic sugar cookie decorated with w/e, Santa Claus, reindeer, etc.

The Best Rolled Sugar Cookies

INGREDIENTS

* 1 1/2 cups butter, softened
* 2 cups white sugar
* 4 eggs
* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
* 5 cups all-purpose flour
* 2 teaspoons baking powder
* 1 teaspoon salt

DIRECTIONS

1. In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Stir in the flour, baking powder, and salt. Cover, and chill dough for at least one hour (or overnight).
2. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Roll out dough on floured surface 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick. Cut into shapes with any cookie cutter. Place cookies 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
3. Bake 6 to 8 minutes in preheated oven. Cool completely.

Answer 3

Clove Cookies, i know this sounds weird but they are soooooo yummy!

CLOVE COOKIES

1/2 c. melted butter
1 c. sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
1 egg
1 c. flour
1 tsp. ground cloves

Stir butter and sugar together; add vanilla. Beat in egg until mixture is smooth. Stir flour and cloves together; blend with butter mixture. Drop by teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart onto lightly greased sheets. Bake at 350 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool slightly before removing from baking sheets. Yields 4 dozen.

Answer 4

candy cane:

1 c. sugar
1 c. butter, softened
1/2 c. milk
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. peppermint extract
3 1/2 c. flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. red food coloring

TOPPING:

2 tbsp. crushed peppermint candy
2 tbsp. sugar

Mix sugar, butter, milk, egg, vanilla and peppermint extract. Stir in flour, baking powder and salt. Divide dough into halves. Tint 1 half with food color. Cover and refrigerate at least 4 hours.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Take 1 teaspoon dough from each half and shape each into 4 inch rope by rolling back and forth on floured surface. Place 1 red and 1 white rope side by side; press together lightly and twist. Place on ungreased cookie sheet, curving down top of cookie to form handle of cane. Bake for 9 minutes and immediately sprinkle with topping mixture.

Answer 5

My favorite are 7 layer Cookie Bars.....

INGREDIENTS
1/2 cup unsalted butter
1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs (I prefer using fresh grahams and grind in the blender)
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1 cup butterscotch chips
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
1 1/3 cups shredded coconut

DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).
Place butter in 13 x 9 inch pan and melt in oven. Swirl to coat bottom and sides with butter.
Spread crumbs evenly over bottom of pan. Layer chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, and nuts over crumbs. Pour condensed milk over nuts. Sprinkle coconut over condensed milk.
Bake until edges are golden brown, about 25 minutes. Let cool.

Answer 6

ALMOND ROCA

1 lb. butter - no substitutes
1 c. sugar
1 c. brown sugar
6 oz. almonds, coarsely chopped
12 oz. chocolate chips
Walnuts, finely chopped

Melt butter over medium heat. Add sugars to melted butter. Stir constantly until mixture reaches hard crack state. Remove from heat. Immediately add almonds and pour into lipped buttered cookie sheet.
Spread 6 ounce chocolate chips on top of mixture with spatula as they melt. Sprinkle with walnuts. Cool in refrigerator. Turn onto waxed paper. Melt remaining chips and pour on 2nd side of the almond roca. Sprinkle with remaining walnuts. When cooled break into chunks.

Answer 7

I have 2
Pampered Chef All Occasion Cookies


1 pound (4 sticks) butter or margarine, divided (do not use vegetable oil spreads)
2 3/4 Cups (11 oz.) Flour
1 pkg. White Cake Mix

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In small batter bowl, microwave 2 sticks of the butter on HIGH 1 minute or until melted. Using a knife, slice remaining butter into 1/2-inch pieces; add to melted butter, tossing to coat. Allow butter to stand 3-5 minutes or until softened.
Meanwhile, accurately measure flour into large bowl. Add cake mix to flour; blend well to break up any large lumps. Whisk butter until smooth and free of lumps. If necessary, return butter to microwave for 10-20 seconds or until creamy and pourable. Do NOT melt completely. Pour butter, all at once, into dry ingredients; thoroughly scrape butter bowl. Using spoon, mix until dry ingredients are incorporated and dough is smooth. (If dough is too stiff to stir, knead until smooth by hand.) Shape dough, bake and decorate as desired.

Drop cookies: If desired, stir 1/2 to 1 cup (any combination) of the following ingredients into the dough: chocolate morsels or miniature candy-coated chocolate pieces; toffee bits; chopped nuts or candies; or dried fruit. Using Small Scoop, drop level scoops of cookie dough onto flat baking stone, 2 inches apart. Yield: 7 dozen cookies

and
Mexican Wedding Cakes (aka Russian Tea cakes)
1 cup butter
1/2 cup white sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 teaspoons water 2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup chopped almonds, pecans or walnuts
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar

DIRECTIONS:
1. In a medium bowl, cream the butter and sugar. Stir in vanilla and water. Add the flour and nuts, mix until blended. Cover and chill for 3 hours.
2. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
3. Shape dough into balls or crescents. Place on an unprepared cookie sheet and bake for 15 to 20 minutes in the preheated oven. Remove from pan to cool on wire racks. When cookies are cool, roll in confectioners' sugar. Store at room temperature in an airtight container.

Answer 8

Oh, that is difficult! One comes to mind, a light buttery cookie with lots of powdered sugar and some ground nuts inside, I think it's called Pfeffenuf (spelling I know is wrong) but pronounced "feff in oof", I think it's German or Scandinavian.

Answer 9

Macadamian nut Cookies,,,,,,from Hawaii

Answer 10

Gingerbread cookies or white chocolate macadamia nut cookies top my list!