Made with red hot cinnamon candies or maraschino cherries, baking powder, shortening, sugar, lime gelatin, eggs, almond extract, flour, salt
Method: oven
Time: over 5 hours
Christmas Cookies
Bring back old Christmas memories or make new ones with these delicious holiday cookie recipes. Cookie cut outs and sugar cookies can be decorated in festive ways. Buttery spritz are always a favorite. Don't forget the kid-favorite - candy cane cookies!
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Maple Yule Logs
Made with powdered sugar, brown sugar, egg, salt, flour, maple flavoring, margarine
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Christmas Mice Cookies
Made with red cinnamon candies, sugar, margarine, peanut butter, brown sugar, egg, vanilla extract, all-purpose flour, baking soda, peanut halves
Method: oven
Time: 2-5 hours
Yule-Log Cookies
Made with pecans, butter, powdered sugar, vanilla extract, flour, salt
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Clothespin Cookies
Made with milk, butter or margarine, flour, eggs, sugar, salt, candied red cherries, candied green cherries, ricotta cheese
Method: oven
Time: over 5 hours
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Christmas Ribbon Cookies
Made with green food coloring, flour, baking powder, salt, butter, sugar, egg, vanilla extract, red food coloring, candied cherries
Method: oven
Time: over 5 hours
Icebox Shortbread
Made with candied cherries, butter, icing sugar, egg yolks, vanilla extract, flour
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Butter Cookies for Cookie Press
Made with baking powder, flour, butter, sugar, egg, vanilla or almond extract
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Cake Mix Christmas Cookies
Made with powdered sugar, nuts, cake mix, eggs, shortening, water
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Christmas Nut Thins
Made with pecan halves, vanilla extract, butter or margarine, sugar, eggs, flour, salt, pecans
Method: oven
Time: under 30 minutes
Cardamom Shortbread Stars
Made with all-purpose flour, butter, sugar, cardamom, salt, confectioners' sugar
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Cherry Chocolate Candy-Topped Cookies
Made with white chocolate-striped candy kisses with almonds, milk chocolate candy kisses with almonds, white cake mix, oil, almond extract, rum extract, eggs...
Method: oven
Time: under 30 minutes
Frosted Anise Cookies
Made with sugar, eggs, flour, baking powder, salt, anise extract, light cream or half-and-half, butter, powdered sugar
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Candied Fruit Christmas Cookies
Made with candied cherries -- cut up, bleached raisins -- cut up, vanilla extract, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, flour, eggs, shortening, sugar
Time: over 5 hours
Candy Cane Puffs
Made with candy canes, white chocolate, vanilla extract, all-purpose flour, salt, butter, confectioners' sugar, egg, peppermint extract
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Shortbread Spritzer Cookies
Made with decors or colored sugar or chopped nuts, food coloring, butter, flour, sugar, baking powder, vanilla extract, almond flavoring, egg, milk
Method: oven
Time: under 30 minutes
Spritzgeback (Pressed Hazelnut Cookies)
Made with ground hazelnuts, all-purpose flour, unsalted butter, sugar, eggs, almond extract, vanilla extract
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Almond Bark Cookies
Made with peanuts, almond bark, peanut butter, rice krispies cereal, miniature marshmallows
Method: microwave
Time: under 30 minutes
Mint Melt-Away Cookies
Made with sugar, vegetable oil, confectioners' sugar, soda, butter or margarine, vanilla extract, eggs, peppermint candy canes, all-purpose flour, salt
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Cornflake Christmas Wreaths
Made with non-stick cooking spray, margarine, red cinnamon candies, marshmallows, green food coloring, corn flakes cereal
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Christmas Spirit Butter Cookies
Made with cookie decorations, cream of tartar, soda, confectioners' sugar, margarine, egg, vanilla extract, all-purpose flour
Method: oven
Time: 2-5 hours
Special Christmas Cookies
Made with sour cream, sugar, eggs, butter or margarine, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, baking powder, all-purpose flour
Time: 1-2 hours
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