Favorite Christmas Cookie Recipes
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Baking Christmas Cookies
Bake a little sweet snack for your family and friends. Cookies are a favorite Christmas gift to give to the neighbors I always find such interesting cookies and new favorites. Do you swap your Christmas cookie recipes with friends and family?
We are sharing several favorite cookie recipes that you could use for gifting or hosting a cookie exchange. A recipe exchange is fun for bridal showers too.
Mini Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cup Cookie Muffins
Looking for a different spin on cookies? These peanut butter chocolate chip cookie muffins may be perfect for you. These mini muffin cookies are the perfect party snack food.
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Chocolate Chip Pretzel Cookies
Enjoy chocolate chunk pretzel cookies with gooey chocolate chunks and crunchy, salty pretzel bits. Perfect sweet & salty combo.
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Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
Holiday classic: chocolate crinkle cookies-bites of fudgy goodness! A crackled, powdered sugar coating and brownie-like center.
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Fun Hot Cocoa Cookie Cups
Dive into the deliciousness of "Hot Chocolate Cookie Cups" in our latest video! Learn how to make these gooey delights that blend the best of hot cocoa and cookies – it's a sweet treat you won't want to miss!
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Old Fashioned Molasses Crinkle Cookies
Savor the timeless joy of Old-Fashioned Molasses Crinkle Cookies. Our foolproof recipe guarantees chewy perfection with every delightful bite!
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Best Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies
Soft and chewy peanut butter blossom cookies topped with a melty chocolate kiss. Perfect for the holidays or any time.
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Old Fashioned Peanut Butter Cookies
Get perfect peanut butter flavor with these old fashioned peanut butter cookies. Soft on the inside & crispy on the outside.
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Pecan Nut Ball Cookies
Delicious pecan nut ball cookies. Perfect for your Christmas cookie exchange
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Decorating PIzzelle Cookies
Pizzelle cookies are light like waffle cones & come in many flavors. You can up the game on your cookies by decorating them more.
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Classic Shortbread Cookie Recipe
Bake a delicious classic shortbread cookies recipe that delivers ultimate flavor and texture. Get ready to bake delicious treats for your holiday gifts.
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Easy Homemade Thin Mint Cookies
Treat your family to no fuss thin mint cookies with our easy, 3-ingredient recipe. See our simple video tutorial too!
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White Chocolate Chip Cranberry Cookies
Discover how to make delicious cranberry white chocolate cookies that are perfect for any occasion. Try the recipe and impress your guests!
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Do Christmas Treats Count as Cookies?
I love all sorts of Christmas treats. Homemade are the best kind of gifts, espeically if it’s from the family baker or the friend who makes amazing dishes and shares. Some, but not all treats count as cookies.
Tips for Baking Cookies:
- Read the Recipe: Read the entire recipe so you know what you will be doing, you have the tools and ingredients and the amount of time to make the cookies.
- Measure Accurately: Use measuring cups and spoons. This will ensure you are using the correct portions. Especially imporant to not have too much flour or enough in the cookies.
- Chill Dough: This allows you to shape the dough easily. You can also bake softer cookies
- Freezing Dough: This allows you to bake cookies as many as you want, versus an entire batch. Giving you cookies longer and ‘portioned’
- Room Temperature Ingredients: Use room temperature butter to easily mix with sugar and cream the butter. Room temperature eggs also mix evenly and give a nice texture.
- Don’t Overmix: Mix only to combine. Over mixing with give you tough harder cookies.
- Preheat the Oven: Check that the oven is up to temp before putting the cookies in the oven, prevents over baking.
- Line Baking Sheet: Line you baking sheets with parchment or silicone mats to prevent sticking and make cleanup easier.
- Rotate Baking Sheets: Halfway through baking, rotate cookie sheets for even browning.
- Set Timer: Check your cookies a minute or two before the suggested bake time to prevent overbaking, especially on first batch.
- Cool cookies: Let the cookies cool on a wire rack. If they cool on the baking sheet, they will continue to bake.
- Customize: If you want to next level the cookies, add spices, extracts, different chips, nuts to enhance the flavor. Zests also can be great in cookies.
Let me know in the comments what your favorite kind of cookie is and what christmas cookie recipes I’m missing, so I can add to this list.
