Consolidated "Christmas Baking" thread
 

Mmmm. Like I need cookies in our house right now.

I have made gingerbread, sugar, a lemon poppy seed shortbread, chocolate crinkles, biscotti and hopefully panforte if I can get my act together.

Very few consumed by us, mostly given away.

How about you?

Butter cookies...lots and lots of butter cookies.

I also like chocolate chip.

Did I mention butter cookies?

Usually it is chocolate chip. But we're not consistent in terms of having it every Christmas. :p

#1 on the list is always going to be chocolate chip. But as far as "Christmas" cookies go, sugar cookies are good. Can't stand gingerbread though. I don't even like the way that smells. So, my wife usually doesn't bake those at all.

Definitely sugar cookies with buttercream frosting (lots of Crisco and powdered sugar)! My mother has a recipe that has been passed down for about 4 generations now..... yum!^

I generally do sugar cookies with buttercream frosting and christmas sprinkles. Yummy!

Here's my favourite:

Christmas Cookie Ingredients:
1 cup of water lemon juice
1 tsp baking soda 4 large eggs
1 cup of sugar 1 cup nuts
1 tsp salt 2 cups of dried fruit
1 cup of brown sugar
1 bottle Jack Daniel's Whiskey

Sample the Jack Daniel's to check quality.

Take a large bowl, check the Jack Daniel's again, to be sure it is of the highest quality, pour one level cup and drink.

Turn on the electric mixer...

Beat one cup of butter in a large fluffy bowl.

Add one teaspoon of sugar...

Beat again.

At this point it's best to make sure the Jack Daniel's is still OK, try another cup ...
just in case.

Turn off the mixerer thingy.

Break 2 leggs and add to the bowl and chuck in the cup of dried fruit....
Pick the frigging fruit off floor... Mix on the turner.

If the fried druit gets stuck in the beaterers just pry it loose with a drewscriver.

Sample the Jack Daniel's to check for tonsisticity.

Next, sift two cups of salt, or something....

Who giveshz a sheet.

Check the Jack Daniel's.

Now shift the lemon juice and strain your nuts.

Add one table.

Add a spoon of sugar, or somefink...
Just whatever you can find.

Greash the oven.

Turn the cake tin 360 degrees and try not to fall over.

Don't forget to beat off the turner.

Finally, throw the bowl through the window, finish the Dack Janiels and make sure to put the stove in the dishwasher.

CHERRY MISTMAS

My favorite of all time are Danish brown cookies, which I learned to make a long, long time ago. I have the recipe and the story behind them on my blog.

Moving put a crimp in my baking, though, so I haven't made them this year. When I do get to baking, it'll be various types of shortbread, in shortbread pans that I've been accumulating. I love shortbread!

favorite to make? :D none?

now eating > sugar cookies especially for the holidays

chocolate chip are always good, but i must admit i prefer otis spunkmeyer to any other variety, whether bought or homemade etc.

I usually do two versions of butter cookies

1) softer dough for using in the cookie press
2) less soft dough (more flour, sugar and egg but the same amount of butter as the previous) for cuttouts decorated with royal icing

Also chocolate chip cookies with chips & M&Ms, macaroons & White Trash (yes, terribly Un-PC but its been called that for as long as I can remember).

White Trash
Corn & Rice Chex (or Crispix)
Cheerios
M&Ms
Peanuts
Mini Pretzels

Coat it all in melted white chocolate chips and spread out over wax paper to harden. Break up the larger bits and enjoy!!

There's a newer recipe out there similar to this called "Puppy Chow" that involves peanut butter and milk chocolate to coat.

My two favorites are Mexican Wedding Cookies (seems odd, since I am neither Mexican nor celebrating a wedding) :p and Apricot Rugelach. I also enjoy butter cookies. For me, Christmas cookies are all about the butter.

Madeleines. There are never enough.

Lebkuchen (particularly as tree decorations) and stollen (certainly not as tree decorations).

However, as I can't make them very well, I end up getting them from my local Aldi, where they get them from people who can.

agreed, whipping up a batch for Sunday, chocolate and lemon.

Tradition with my partner is vanilla kipferl.