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Christmas Cookie Favorites

  • Mary
  • December 20, 2011
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Every holiday season I pull out my stash of recipes that for some reason, I only use at Christmas time. I think it makes these cookies feel extra special. What about you; do you have any holiday favorites? If so, leave a comment and link to the recipe if it’s available! Here’s three of our family favorites.

Old Fashioned Molasses Sugar Cookies

  • 3/4 cup margarine or butter
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup molasses
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 teaspoon each cloves, salt, ginger
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 2 cups flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • Granulated sugar for rolling the cookies

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Gently melt margarine or butter in saucepan or microwave. Allow to cool, then add sugar, molasses, and egg and beat well. Mix together spices, flour and baking soda then add to first mixture. Mix well and chill thoroughly. Form into 1″ balls then roll in granulated sugar. Place on greased or nonstick cookie sheet 2-3 inches apart and bake for 8 to 10 minutes for chewy cookies. Makes about 4 dozen.

 

Peppermint Double Chocolate Chip

  • 3/4 cups margarine
  • 1 1/4 cups packed brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 1/4 Tablespoons peppermint extract
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 3/4 cup cocoa
  • 1 cup flour
  • 2 cups chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Cream together margarine and brown sugar until thoroughly combined. Next mix in egg, then the peppermint extract, salt and baking soda. Add cocoa and flour and mix. Lastly stir or mix in the chocolate chips. Drop tablespoonfuls of dough onto cookie sheet several inches apart and bake for 8 to 10 minutes (exactly 9 minutes in my oven if that helps!) for soft chewy cookies, a couple minutes more for crispy. Makes approx. 24 cookies.

 

Cannon Balls

(also knows as Snowballs, Wedding Cookies, and probably lots of other names!)

  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1/2 cup chopped pecans (other substitutions can be peanuts, Heath bar bits, peppermint chips, or whatever you like!)
  • Powdered sugar for rolling the cookies

Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Beat together butter and sugar until creamy. Add vanilla and flour and mix well. Lastly, mix in the nuts. Roll dough into 1″ balls and place on greased or nonstick cookie sheet. The cookies will not spread much so they can be placed fairly close together. Bake for 45 minutes for a flaky cookie, or slightly less for a chewy center. When cookies are removed from oven, begin rolling them in powdered sugar while still hot. After the cookies have cooled a couple minutes roll them in powdered sugar again.
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7 comments
  1. Jenelle says:
    December 20, 2011 at 8:30 pm

    Thanks for sharing! The Peppermint Double Chocolate Chip cookies look especially delicious. 🙂

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  2. marsha says:
    December 20, 2011 at 9:02 pm

    wow- all 3 recipes look great. And I agree…the peppermint double chocolate do look especially delicious.
    I am making butterfinger truffles right now(recipe from Bon Appetit magazine)

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  3. Kristy says:
    December 20, 2011 at 10:15 pm

    Yum! They all look wonderful! We have some baking to do too, so maybe we’ll add one of these as a new one for us. Thanks for sharing!

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  4. Dorian says:
    December 21, 2011 at 7:47 am

    MMMM, those first two look SO GOOD! I love choco and peppermint together. Our very, very favorite is chocolate gingerbread cookies…frosted, of course 😉

    https://www.verybestbaking.com/recipes/29550/Chocolate-Gingerbread-Boys-and-Girls/detail.aspx

    And ginger snaps, I love ginger snaps, and only seem to make them at Christmas time.

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  5. craftytammie says:
    December 21, 2011 at 5:18 pm

    i love making cinnamon crackles! they smell so good while baking, and the slightly citrus flavor is delish. https://www.craftytammie.com/2008/12/hi-there-ive-been-busy-trying-to-get.html

    Reply
  6. tara says:
    December 27, 2011 at 8:12 am

    I pinned those chocolate peppermint ones-they look yummy.

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