I want to make some christmas cookies and i need some good recepies if you all can help me i would really appreciate it alot. One thing i do not want to make is anything with fruit or raisin in it i don't like them at all. I know one thing i do want is one with those hersheys kiss in it i think it is a penute butter cookie. Oh one more thing if you can help where can i get cookie cutters at for christmas cookies? Sorry one more thing is the refrigerated dough from like nestles or pillsbury good for christmas cookies or not? Thanks for anyone who can help me..i know im asking alot... ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
11-02-06, 06:36 AM Sherasi Hey Sammy, I was waiting to see if anyone would give you some good answers here. But I will post the couple cookies that really go well with my family.
First one is very simple.
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients:
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon salt 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened 3/4 cup granulated sugar 3/4 cup packed brown sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 large eggs 2 cups (12-oz. pkg.) NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels 1 cup chopped nuts
Directions:
PREHEAT oven to 375° F.
COMBINE flour, baking soda and salt in small bowl. Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract in large mixer bowl until creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in morsels and nuts. Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheets.
BAKE for 9 to 11 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.
PAN COOKIE VARIATION: Grease 15 x 10-inch jelly-roll pan. Prepare dough as above. Spread into prepared pan. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown. Cool in pan on wire rack. Makes 4 dozen bars.
SLICE AND BAKE COOKIE VARIATION: PREPARE dough as above. Divide in half; wrap in waxed paper. Refrigerate for 1 hour or until firm. Shape each half into 15-inch log; wrap in waxed paper. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.* Preheat oven to 375° F. Cut into 1/2-inch-thick slices; place on ungreased baking sheets. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely. Makes about 5 dozen cookies.
* May be stored in refrigerator for up to 1 week or in freezer for up to 8 weeks.
FOR HIGH ALTITUDE BAKING (5,200 feet): Increase flour to 2 1/2 cups. Add 2 teaspoons water with flour and reduce both granulated sugar and brown sugar to 2/3 cup each. Bake drop cookies for 8 to 10 minutes and pan cookie for 17 to 19 minutes.
My family ADORES these peanutbutter cookies. I have had this recipe book since I was about 8 years old and I used to make them as a child myself. Smile I posted this a while back here on Answerpool. Smile
Combine shortening and peanutbutter and blend. Add granulated and packed brown sugar and cream into the peanubutbutter mixture. Add egg and vanilla, beat until smooth batter. Add flour, salt and baking soda. Mix until smooth.
Scoop teaspoons of batter into cookie sheets, flour fork and press into cookie for criss-crossing. Bake 10 minutes.
Serves 100 cookies
Sammy, you asked about the peanutbutter/hershey kiss cookies?
Instead of flattening the cookie-sized dough balls, leave in a ball, roll in sugar and then bake.
After these cookies come out of the oven, just push an unwrapped Hersheys Kiss in the center of each cookie so that it can adhere as the cookie cools. Don't worry if the edge crack a bit as you push the Kiss into the center. Just don't push so far down that the Kiss breaks the cookie apart.
They are very good that way, too.
These two recipes are dead easy to make and are quite delicious.
Sher
This message has been edited. Last edited by: Sherasi, 11-02-06 06:55 AM 11-02-06, 06:39 AM Sherasi You can get cookie cutters at any Wal-mart and similar store. But also those little specialty bake shops would have many varieties of them. Some can be quite expensive, so just get one or two of the sort you KNOW you will use.
Also, those pre-made refrigerated doughs are alright for a quick treat, for a special snack for the Holidays, that wouldn't be my first choice to make and present. But as a last resort, it would be quite handy to do.
I really hate those sugar cookie 'dough logs' that Pillsbury has, though. I'd stick with the Toll House chocolate chip cookie versions, myself. 11-02-06, 08:52 AM Georgia85 Sammy, I have an easy recipe for a no bake cookie...go figure...lol
CHOCOLATE OATMEAL COOKIES 2 c. sugar 1/2 c. milk Pinch salt 1/2 c. peanut butter 1/2 c. cocoa (I like Hershey's powdered cocoa) 1/2 stick butter 3 c. oats (I just buy a canister of Quaker Oats - don't use instant oatmeal) 1 tsp. vanilla
Boil sugar, cocoa, milk, butter and salt for 1 minute. Remove from heat and add peanut butter, oats, and vanilla. Stir well. Use a tablespoon to place dollops of mixture out on waxed paper. It will harden to form delicious cookies Big Grin
That's about the extent of my "baking" skills but at least I tried Razz 11-06-06, 01:28 AM samantha OMG these sound soo soo good thanks you guys! I am printing them. Smile 11-06-06, 03:11 AM Sherasi Sammy, you got me going and I baked about 6 dozen of the peanubutter ones and half of those I made into the Blossoms. I am making Christmas cookies early this year and I froze them all yesterday. Smile (In case things start rolling with Jaden early this year Wink Razz Big Grin)
I plan to make the chocolate chip cookies sometime within the next few weeks. Smile
Glad to have helped Sammy.
By the way, that peanut butter cookie recipe is how my mom increased it 5 times. You could cut all the ingredients in half or so if you don't want to make quite so many.
This way:
Peanut butter cookies:
1/2 cups butter/shortening 1/2 cups smooth/chunky peanutbutter 1/2 cups granulated sugar 1/2 cups packed light brown sugar 1 eggs 1/2 teaspoon vanilla 1 cup flour 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
This makes many less, but if you don't want to have a huge amount of work it might be the better bet. On the other hand, with 5 brothers, you have a lot of appetites on your hands. LOL 11-06-06, 03:29 AM Sherasi EASY SUGAR COOKIES
1 c. white sugar 1/2 c. brown sugar 1 c. shortening 1 egg 2 tsp. cream of tartar 2 c. flour 2 tsp. soda 1 tsp. salt 1 tsp. vanilla
Mix sugars and shortening together and add beaten egg, followed by cream of tartar, flour, soda, salt and vanilla. Roll into 1/2 inch balls, roll in sugar and bake for 10-12 minutes at 350 degrees on ungreased cookie sheet. They flatten by themselves. Makes about 5 dozen. 11-06-06, 09:30 AM Georgia85 Sher, what is cream of tartar and where would one find it in the grocery store?
See, this is why I don't cook - I don't where to find the ingredients! Big Grin 11-06-06, 11:46 AM Sherasi You find it in the same place you would find baking soda, salt, sugar, etc.
quote: "What is Cream of Tartar?
Cream of tartar is the potassium salt of tartaric acid that’s left on the inside of wine casks once grapes have fermented.
Why is it used in baking?
It is used to stabilize and add volume to beaten egg whites in angel food cake, meringues for pie and meringue cookies. It lends a creamier consistency to candy and frostings. Cream of tartar can be used to make baking powder. Simply combine 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar with 1/4 teaspoon baking soda and 1/4 teaspoon cornstarch to yield one teaspoon baking powder."
"What is cream of tartar and how does it work? Its technical name is acid potassium tartrate, and it is derived from a crystalline acid deposited on the inside of wine barrels as the wine ferments. It is known as an acid salt, that is, an acid that has been partially neutralized to leave a weakly acidic salt.
11-06-06, 01:16 PM Georgia85 Actually I've heard of Cream of Tartar, seen it in recipes, but always thought it was referring to Tartar Sauce which I love with fried shrimp but do not find appealling in my cookies. So I've always stayed away from recipes that called for it. Is it a liquid form or it it really cream? 11-06-06, 01:51 PM DorianGreyed Tartar crystallises in wine casks during the fermentation of grape juice. This crude form (known as beeswing) is collected and purified to produce the white, odourless, acidic powder used for many culinary and other household purposes, such as:
* Stabilising egg whites, increasing their heat tolerance and volume; * Preventing sugar syrups from crystallising; * Reducing discolouration of boiled vegetables; * Frequent combination with baking soda (which needs an acid ingredient to activate it) in formulations of baking powder
When cream of tartar is added to water, a suspension results which serves to clean coins very well. The solution loosens surface dirt and grime on the coins. Then, the dirt can be wiped off quite easily.
Cream of tartar and vinegar combine to make a powerful cleaning agent used to clean encrusted pots, pans and stove tops. - Wikipedia -------- Cleans coins, crusty pots, and makes great cookies! What more could you ask from something scraped from inside a wine barrel?
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