FREE Recipes: Great Holiday Cookie Recipes!
It’s that time of year again, when even the “never-really bakers” like me bake cookies… for the holidays! Home-baked cookies make great holiday gifts. They’re also a wonderfully easy dessert to serve to guests and party goers. And have you ever participated in a cookie swap? What fun!
So, here’s a few cookie recipes to get you started…
Almond Crescents
Ingredients:
1 cup powdered sugar
1 cup whipping (heavy) cream
2 eggs
3 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 (7 ounce) package almond paste (7 or 8 ounces)
3/4 cup butter or margarine — softened
Easy Glaze — (recipe follows)
EASY GLAZE
1 cup powdered sugar
6 teaspoons milk (6 to 7 teaspoons)
Directions:
Mix powdered sugar, whipping cream and eggs in large bowl with spoon. Stir in flour, baking powder and salt (dough will be stiff). Cover and refrigerate about 1 hour or until firm.
Heat oven to 375º. Break almond paste into small pieces in medium bowl; add butter. Beat with electric mixer on low speed until blended. Beat on high speed until fluffy (tiny bits of almond paste will remain).
Roll one fourth of dough at a time into 10-inch circle on lightly floured
surface. Spread one fourth of almond paste mixture (about 1/2 cup) over circle. Cut into 12 wedges. Roll up wedges, beginning at rounded edge. Place on ungreased cookie sheet with points underneath. Repeat with remaining dough and almond paste mixture. Bake 14 to 16 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely.
Drizzle with Glaze.
EASY GLAZE: Mix ingredients until smooth and thin enough to drizzle.
Butterscotch-Oatmeal Crinkles
Ingredients:
2 cups packed brown sugar
1/2 cup butter or margarine — softened
1/2 cup shortening
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 eggs
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups old-fashioned or quick-cooking oats
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup granulated or powdered sugar
Directions:
Heat oven to 350º. Grease cookie sheet. Beat brown sugar, butter,
shortening, vanilla and eggs in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in flour, oats, baking powder and salt.
Shape dough into 1-inch balls; roll in granulated sugar. Place about 2
inches apart on cookie sheet. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until almost no
indentation remains when touched lightly in center. Immediately remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.
Chocolate-Bourbon Balls
Ingredients:
1 (9 ounce) package chocolate wafer cookies, finely crushed (2 1/3 cups)
2 cups finely chopped almonds
2 cups powdered sugar
1/4 cup bourbon
1/4 cup light corn syrup
Powdered sugar
Directions:
Mix crushed cookies, almonds and 2 cups powdered sugar in large bowl. Stir in bourbon and corn syrup.
Shape mixture into 1-inch balls. Roll in powdered sugar. Cover tightly and refrigerate at least 5 days to blend flavors.
So, there you have it… 3 wonderful holiday cookie recipes! Enjoy…
Happy cooking,
Kathi
