Filed under Cooking on December 3rd, 2008:
Top Christmas Cookie Recipes for Holiday Baking
You can’t get through November and December without getting your holiday baking on. Some people like fruit cake and others are all about the pumpkin pie, but there’s one dessert that everyone likes to munch on this time of year – cookies. We have provided you with what we think are the best cookie recipes below. Make sure to use these on December 4th for National Cookie Day as well. And, if you have a great holiday recipe, let us know about it in the comments.
Photo by: Bethany King
The Best Rolled Sugar Cookies from AllRecipes.com
- 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
Mix butter and sugar until smooth and then beat in eggs and vanilla. Stir in flour, baking powder, and salt. Cover and chill for an hour to overnight.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Roll out dough on floured surface to 1/4 or 1/2 inch thick. Cut with cookie cutter. And place on an ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake for 6 to 8 minutes and let cool completely before decorating. Sugar cookies are the best christmas cookies for decorating.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe from FoodNetwork.com
- 1 stick of unsalted butter(softened)
- 3/4 cup packed dark brown sugar
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 (12-oz) bag semisweet chips or chunks
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon fine salt
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Whisk butter, sugars, eggs and vanilla together in a large bowl until smooth. In a separate bowl mix flour, baking soda, and salt. Stir dry ingredients into the wet ingredients. Stir in chocolate chips.
Scoop out tablespoons of dough and roll into balls. Place on the cookie sheet 2 inches apart from each other. Bake 12 to 16 minutes depending upon how chewy or crunchy you like them.
Peanut Butter Blossoms Recipe from Hersheys
- 48 Hershey’s Kisses (unwrap them)
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 3/4 cup Reese’s Creamy Peanut Butter
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1/3 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose four
- 1 teaspoon salt
- granulated sugar for rolling dough in
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Beat shortening and peanut butter in a large bowl and add sugars. Add egg, milk, and vanilla. In a separate bowl stir flour, baking soda and salt together. Stir the dry mixture into the wet mixture.
Shape dough into 1 inch balls and roll in granulated sugar. Place on ungreased cookie sheet and bake for 8 to 10 minutes. As cookies come out, immediately place an unwrapped kiss in the center of cookie. Then, let them cool completely.
Gingerbread Kids Recipe By FamilyFun.com
- 4 1.2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tbsp. ground cinnamon
- 2 tsp. ground ginger
- 1/4 tsp ground cloves
- 1 1/4 tsp. baking soda
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 large eggs
- 1/4 cup molasses
- M&M’s and icing for decoration
In one bowl, sift and combine flour, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and baking soda. In a second bowl blend butter and sugar, and add one egg at a time. Then sir in molasses. Slowly add the mixture from the first bowl to the second.
Split dough in half, and chill for 2 hours or until firm. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. On a floured surface, roll out dough into 1/4 inch thickness and cut out with cutters. Place on greased cookie sheet 1 inch apart and bake for 10 minutes. Wait until they are cooled before decorating.
More Cookie Recipes
While these holiday cookies are great for snacking on around your home, they also make great gifts for those on your holiday gift list. For more great cookie recipes, check out the links below: