CHRISTMAS COOKIE CRAZE. created by Andrea Skweres

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2 CHRISTMAS COOKIE CRAZE created by Andrea Skweres

3 Overview Do you find it a pain-in-the-patootie to make a bazillion cookie recipes during the crazy holiday season? I sure do! This is my saving grace way to put together an amazing Yes, I did it all! kind of holiday cookie plate. We are calling it Christmas Cookie Craze and we hope you and your family enjoy making these adorable, fun, creative, tasty and super easy Christmas cookies for you to share (or just enjoy yourselves - we definitely won t tell anyone).

4 We give you 2 similar recipes (with just a little tweaking- the good kind - to make them taste different) and lots of creative ideas to get your holiday juices flowing. You can get 10 different cookies made in a morning...baked, frosted, done! The basic differences between the 2 recipes: Recipe 1 - Butter, Sugar, Vanilla, Almond Recipe 2 - Butter, Shortening, Powdered Sugar, Vanilla, a little salt See, they are similar but result in different tasting cookies with different textures. So here we go...

5 Recipe 1 1 cup butter 1 cup granulated sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract ½ teaspoon almond extract 1 egg 2 teaspoons baking powder 3 cups flour Recipe 2 ½ cup butter ½ cup shortening 1 ½ cup powdered sugar 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 1 egg 2 teaspoons baking powder 2 ½ cup flour 1 teaspoon salt

6 Each recipe can be split into 5 separate bowls for 5 different cookies per recipe.

7 Dough Directions: 1. Preheat Oven to 350F. 2. Line baking sheets with parchment paper. 3. In a mixer: combine butter, shortening, and sugar. Cream on medium high until fluffy - about 2 minutes. 4. Add vanilla, almond, and eggs. Beat until everything is combined. 5. In a separate bowl: mix flour, salt and baking powder. 6. Reduce speed to low and add flour mixture 1 cup at a time and mix until combined. 7. DO NOT CHILL! (This is the best part!) 8. Bake 7-8 minutes - depending on the size of your cookies and how your oven bakes :) 9. Let cookies cool on sheet for about 3 minutes then transfer to a wire rack. 10. Let cool completely before icing. *Store cookies in a container at room temperature for up to 7 days UNFROSTED. Cookies can be frozen for up to 2 months. When you are ready to use them, no need to thaw, just place them in the oven and bake 9-10 minutes. ENJOY IMMENSELY!

8 Peppermint Blossom Cookies Recipe 1 Makes 12 x 2-inch round cookies Extra Ingredients: Sprinkles Hershey Candy Cane Peppermint Kisses Steps: 1. Take bowl of core ingredients 2. Roll into balls. 3. Roll in sprinkles. 4. Bake. 5. While still warm, press a Hershey Kiss into each.

9 Notes: For extra pizazz, you could add ¼ teaspoon peppermint extract to dough. You could also add food coloring to the dough. Switch it up and add your fave Hershey kiss - - caramel, dark chocolate, Hugs, etc.

10 Melting Snowman Cookies Recipe 1 Makes 6 x 4-inch round cookies Extra Ingredients: Baking Cocoa Mini Peanut Butter Cups White Chocolate Mambo Candy Mini Chocolate Chips

11 Steps: 1. Take bowl of core ingredients. 2. Add 1-2 Tablespoons of baking cocoa and mix well. 3. Roll into balls then flatten. 4. Bake and cool. 5. Cut orange Mambo candy into carrot-nose triangles. 6. Cut each peanut butter cup in half for a snowman hat. 7. Heat white chocolate in microwave for 30 seconds at a time. 8. Stir and repeat until melted. 9. Use a spoon to drizzle white chocolate over cookie. 10. While chocolate is still warm press in: mini peanut butter cup cut side down for the hat mini chocolate chips for the eyes orange Mambo candy carrot-nose

12 Chocolate Reindeer Cookies Recipe 1 Makes 12 x 4-inch triangle cookies Extra Ingredients: Baking Cocoa Chocolate Covered Pretzels Mini Chocolate Chips M&Ms

13 Steps: 1. Take bowl of core ingredients. 2. Add 1-2 tablespoons of baking cocoa and mix well. 3. Roll between pieces of parchment paper to ¼-inch and use a pizza cutter to cut into triangles. 4. Bake. 5. While still warm press in: Mini chocolate chips for eyes Chocolate covered pretzels for antlers Red M&M for nose

14 Slice & Bake Christmas Tree Cookies Recipe 1 Makes 12 x 3-inch triangle cookies Extra Ingredients: Green Food Coloring Sprinkles

15 Steps: 1. Take bowl of core ingredients. 2. Divide dough into thirds. 3. Dye one third of the dough green. 4. Roll between parchment paper to ¼-inch and cut out small Christmas trees with a mini Christmas tree cookie cutter. 5. Stack all of the trees together. 6. Take remaining two parts of dough, roll to 1/4 -inch sheets and wrap around the green trees. 7. Roll the cookie log until smooth and uniform. 8. Roll in sprinkles. 9. Slice and bake. (REMEMBER- NO CHILLING REQUIRED!) Notes: This is the time to be creative and use whatever mini cookie cutters you d like. Wouldn t these be cute with a red stocking, yellow angel, blue snowman, etc?

16 Slice & Bake Spiral Cookies Recipe 1 Makes 12 x 3-inch round cookies Ingredients: Food Coloring Sprinkles

17 Steps: 1. Take bowl of core ingredients 2. Divide dough in half. 3. Dye each half a different color. 4. Roll each between parchment paper to ¼-inch. 5. Layer the doughs and then roll up to form a spiral. 6. Roll the cookie log in sprinkles. 7. Slice and bake. (REMEMBER - NO CHILLING REQUIRED!)

18 Notes: We went for a Who-ville type cookie (bright teal and purple with a large snowflake sprinkle in the center). A traditional red and green swirl rolled in Christmas sprinkles would look beautiful on any holiday cookie plate, too.

19 Candy Cane Cookies Recipe 2 Makes 6 x 5-inch candy cane cookies. Extra Ingredients: Red Food Coloring Granulated Sugar

20 Steps: 1. Take bowl of core ingredients. 2. Divide dough in half. 3. Dye one half of the dough red. 4. Pinch off a quarter-sized piece of each color. 5. Roll each into a rope. 6. Roll lightly together 7. Slowly twist them to make the cookie look like a candy cane. 8. Bake. 9. While still warm, sprinkle sugar over the top of each.

21 Cut-out Cookies with Eggnog Icing Recipe 2 Makes 12 x 4-inch cookies Extra Ingredients: Food Coloring Sprinkles EGGNOG ICING RECIPE ¼ cup powdered sugar ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract 1 teaspoons eggnog (or milk, cream, etc) food coloring

22 Steps: 1. Mix icing ingredients above and whisk until smooth. 2. Take bowl of core ingredients. 3. Roll between parchment paper to ¼-inch. 4. Use cookie cutters to cut dough into shapes. 5. Bake. 6. **Let cool completely before icing.

23 Notes: Dye your dough. Dye your icing (although it s really a lovely cream-colored icing all on its own). Decorate to your heart s content. These are my favorites! They just scream, Christmas!

24 Iced Thumbprint Cookies Recipe 2 Makes 12 x 2-inch round cookies Extra Ingredients: Sprinkles ICING RECIPE ¼ cup powdered sugar 2 teaspoons corn syrup ¼ teaspoon vanilla or almond extract a dash of milk food coloring

25 Steps: 1. Mix icing ingredients above and whisk until smooth. 2. Take bowl of core ingredients. 3. Roll into balls. 4. Roll in sprinkles. 5. Use thumb to make an indentation in the center of each. 6. Bake. 7. While still warm, press thumb in again to reinforce the indentation. 8. When cooled, fill the thumbprint with icing. Notes: Change your sprinkles. Change your food coloring. For chocolate lovers, try adding 1 tablespoon of baking cocoa to the dough, roll in chopped nuts or chocolate jimmies then fill with caramel sauce or melted chocolate. YUMMO!

26 Grinch Cookies Recipe 2 Makes 4 x 5-inch round cookies. Extra Ingredients: Green Food Coloring Red Heart Sprinkles

27 Steps: 1. Take bowl of core ingredients. 2. Dye the dough green. 3. Roll into balls then flatten. 4. Bake. 5. While still warm, press 1 red heart sprinkle in center of cookie.

28 Spritz Cookies Recipe 2 Makes 12 x 2-inch spritz cookies Extra Ingredients: Food Coloring Sprinkles Colored Sugars

29 Steps: 1. Take bowl of core ingredients. 2. Dye the dough with food coloring. 3. Use Spritz Cookie Press. 4. Bake. 5. While still warm, use sprinkles or colored sugars to decorate.

30 Notes: More Who-ville for us. We chose orange spritz flowers. So cute! Change the food coloring. Change the cookie design. Classic Christmas cookie!

31 Easy-Breezy-Lemon-Squeezy Aldi Shopping List (pretty much everything is in the first aisle) - You re welcome! Quantity Product Price Aisle 1 Mini Peanut Butter Cups $ Chocolate Covered Pretzels $ M&Ms $ Sugar - Granulated $ Shortening $ Powdered Sugar $1.29 ($1.09 on sale) 1 1 Vanilla Extract $ Corn Syrup $ Flour $ Salt $ Baking Powder $ Baking Cocoa $ While Chocolate $ almond bark or $1.49 chips 1 1 Mini Chocolate Chips $ Sprinkles 1 Colored Sugars 1 Food Coloring multi 6-in-1 = $2.99 individual = $ seasonal 1 - seasonal 1 - seasonal 1 Almond Extract $ seasonal 1 Butter - Unsalted $2.69 dairy 1 Eggs $2.59 dairy 1 Hershey Candy Cane Peppermint Kisses $2.85 last - seasonal Mambo candy (you ll only need

32 1 the orange) $0.69 checkout

33 I hope you thoroughly enjoyed the Christmas Cookie Craze as much as I enjoyed making it. Creating these recipes and process has saved me so much time in the kitchen and I know it will help you as well. Have a very blessed Christmas!

NEBRASKA. Family Magazine 15 BEST CHRISTMAS COOKIES. IN NEBRAsKA

NEBRASKA. Family Magazine 15 BEST CHRISTMAS COOKIES. IN NEBRAsKA NEBRASKA Family Magazine 15 BEST CHRISTMAS COOKIES IN NEBRAsKA Spritz Cookies Connie from Holdrege This is a family recipe that I made for my dad. He loved them! 1 pound (2 cups) butter creamed 1 ¼ cups