Looking for Favorite Holiday Cookie Recipes for Christmas Gifts – Share Your Best!
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strivingsinner
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Peanut butter fudge! Use equal parts peanut butter to store bought cake icing ( in the little tubs). Mix in bowl and melt in microwave ! line a square dish with wax paper. Leave sides of paper over sides of dish ! Pour the VERY HOT mixture in the lined dish and chill for several hours in fridge! When its set lift out of dish using the waxed paper edges and set out on counter and cut in small pieces! Very soft rich fudge! You can use vanilla icing for true peanut butter or chocolate icing for chocolate peanut butter fudge!
spiritualgnosis
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anthonyprice
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Butterscotch Haystacks, peanut butter cookies with a Reese cup in the middle, pretzel with rollos topped with an almond, peanut butter cornflakes, fudge, rice crispy treats (can use any flavor of Rice Krispies), corn flake wreaths
Sweet Potato Cookies
1 stick of salted butter, softened
⅔ cup light brown sugar
⅔ cup granulated white sugar
½ cup of mashed sweet potato
½ teaspoon of cinnamon
½ teaspoon of vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon of nutmeg
2½ cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon of baking soda
½ teaspoon of salt
Directions to Make Sweet Potato Cookies
Preheat oven to 350°F.
In a large bowl, beat softened butter and sugars with a hand mixer
until combined.
Add mashed sweet potato, cinnamon, nutmeg, and vanilla and beat until well incorporated.
In another bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt.
Add flour mixture into wet mixture in 2-3 batches, beating with a hand mixer () to combine into a dough.
Using a two teaspoon measuring spoon or cookie scoop, roll into 1-inch balls. Press lightly with your thumb in the center of the cookie.
Transfer to baking sheets lined with parchment or a baking mat ().
Bake 8-10 minutes, until starting to brown at the edges.
Cool 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack.
Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting
1/2 stick of salted butter, slightly softened
4 oz. cream cheese, softened
1-2 teaspoons of vanilla extract
1 heaping teaspoon of cinnamon
2 cups of powdered sugar
Directions to Make Cream Cheese Frosting
Add softened Cream Cheese, softened butter, and Vanilla Extract to a mixing bowl.
Add 1-2 teaspoons of vanilla.
Mix the cream cheese, butter, and vanilla together on medium speed until they are fully incorporated (about 2 minutes.)
Add the powdered sugar and the cinnamon to the bowl.
Mix cream cheese/butter mixture with powdered sugar and cinnamon until the icing is light and fluffy.
Using a piping bag or
decorating tool
, pipe a dollop of icing onto the center of the cookie.
1 stick of salted butter, softened
⅔ cup light brown sugar
⅔ cup granulated white sugar
½ cup of mashed sweet potato
½ teaspoon of cinnamon
½ teaspoon of vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon of nutmeg
2½ cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon of baking soda
½ teaspoon of salt
Directions to Make Sweet Potato Cookies
Preheat oven to 350°F.
In a large bowl, beat softened butter and sugars with a hand mixer
until combined. Add mashed sweet potato, cinnamon, nutmeg, and vanilla and beat until well incorporated.
In another bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt.
Add flour mixture into wet mixture in 2-3 batches, beating with a hand mixer () to combine into a dough.
Using a two teaspoon measuring spoon or cookie scoop, roll into 1-inch balls. Press lightly with your thumb in the center of the cookie.
Transfer to baking sheets lined with parchment or a baking mat ().
Bake 8-10 minutes, until starting to brown at the edges.
Cool 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack.
Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting
1/2 stick of salted butter, slightly softened
4 oz. cream cheese, softened
1-2 teaspoons of vanilla extract
1 heaping teaspoon of cinnamon
2 cups of powdered sugar
Directions to Make Cream Cheese Frosting
Add softened Cream Cheese, softened butter, and Vanilla Extract to a mixing bowl.
Add 1-2 teaspoons of vanilla.
Mix the cream cheese, butter, and vanilla together on medium speed until they are fully incorporated (about 2 minutes.)
Add the powdered sugar and the cinnamon to the bowl.
Mix cream cheese/butter mixture with powdered sugar and cinnamon until the icing is light and fluffy.
Using a piping bag or
decorating tool
, pipe a dollop of icing onto the center of the cookie.
hippihillbobbi
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Homemade microwave peanut brittle