christmas cookie recipes

A cookie is a baked or cooked good that is small, flat and sweet. It usually contains flour, sugar and some type of oil or fat. It may include other ingredients such as raisins, oats, chocolate chips, nuts, etc.

christmas Cookies are most commonly baked until crisp or just long enough that they remain soft, but some kinds of cookies are not baked at all.

Cookies are made in a wide variety of styles, using an array of ingredients including sugars, spices, chocolate, butter, peanut butter, nuts, or dried fruits.

The softness of the cookie may depend on how long it is baked.christmas cookies

Cookies are often served with beverages such as milk, coffee or tea.

1) Santa Christmas Cookies

INGREDIENTS

2) Snow Man Christmas Cookies

INGREDIENTS

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
• 1/4 teaspoon coconut extract
• 3-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• Miniature semisweet chocolate chips, and green and red M&M’s minis

• FROSTING:
• 1 cup confectioners’ sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon coconut extract
• 2 to 4 teaspoons 2% milk
• Red and/or green food coloring
• Miniature milk chocolate kisses, unwrapped

DIRECTIONS Christmas cookies

1. In a large bowl, cream butter, cream cheese and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and extracts. In another bowl, whisk flour and baking powder; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Refrigerate, covered, overnight.

2. Preheat oven to 325°. Shape dough into forty-eight 1-in. balls, forty-eight 3/4-in. balls and forty-eight 1/2-in. balls. On ungreased baking sheets, place one ball of each size, side by side, for each snowman.

3.Bake 18-20 minutes or until light brown. Remove from oven; cool on pans 2 minutes. Press on chocolate chips for eyes and M&M’s for buttons. Carefully remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely.

4.For frosting, in a small bowl, beat confectioners’ sugar, extract and enough milk to reach a piping consistency. If two colors of frosting are desired, transfer half of the frosting to another bowl and tint each with a different food coloring.

5.Cut a small hole in a corner of a food-safe plastic bag; fill with frosting. Pipe scarves on snowmen. Use frosting to attach chocolate kisses for hats.Yield: 4 dozen.

3) Christmas Tree Christmas Cookies

Dessert ready in an hour! Enjoy these Christmas tree shaped cookies topped with candy sprinkles – perfect to treat a crowd.

Ingredients

Steps

1 Heat oven to 350°F. In a small bowl, mix green dough ingredients until well blended. Place dough in decorating bag fitted with small writing tip; set aside.

2 Work with half of the dough at a time; keep remaining dough refrigerated. On a lightly floured work surface, roll out dough with rolling pin to 1/4-inch thickness. Cut with 2 1/2- to 3 1/2-inch tree-shaped cookie cutter; place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets.

3 Squeeze decorating the bag to pipe green dough around the outer edge of each tree cookie; pipe dots randomly in the center. Top each dot with candy sprinkle.

4 Bake 9 to 11 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets.

4) Chocolate Chip Christmas Cookies

Just like the name says, this is the chocolate chip cookie extraordinaire! Definitely one of the favorites!

5) Thumbprint Raspberry Christmas Cookies

Steps

 6) Cranberry Orange  Christmas Cookies

“A nice thing to have around during the holidays, but don’t expect them to stay around long. These orange-flavored cranberry cookies are tart and delicious, not to mention beautiful. Not really a favorite of kids.”christmas cookies

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon grated orange zest
• 2 tablespoons orange juice
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups chopped cranberries
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
• 1/2 teaspoon grated orange zest
• 3 tablespoons orange juice
• 1 1/2 cups confectioners’ sugar

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

2. In a large bowl, cream together the butter, white sugar and brown sugar until smooth. Beat in the egg until well blended. Mix in 1 teaspoon orange zest and 2 tablespoons orange juice.

Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; stir into the orange mixture. Mix in cranberries and if using, walnuts, until evenly distributed. Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets. Cookies should be spaced at least 2 inches apart. christmas cookies

3. Bake for 12 to 14 minutes in the preheated oven, until the edges are golden. Remove from cookie sheets to cool on wire racks.

4. In a small bowl, mix together 1/2 teaspoon orange zest, 3 tablespoons orange juice and confectioners’ sugar until smooth. Spread over the tops of cooled cookies. Let stand until set.