Favorite Christmas cookies??

RE: Favorite Christmas cookies?? (claracamille)

Sun, 09 Dec 2012 22:58:59 GMT

Mexican wedding cookies are my faves. If U have a Fresh Market near you, they have th e best Mexican wedding cookies with a touch of lemon. Also. you can get a few in a package so I will not pig out!

RE: Favorite Christmas cookies?? (Foodbme)

Sat, 08 Dec 2012 22:32:12 GMT

felix4067

Hepcat

plb
What happened to the remove post option? I just noticed that the message I'm replying to was from 2004.

Why remove it? On a message board your question stands for everyone to see and anyone can elaborate upon it.

Primarily because after eight years of inactivity on the thread, most people have long since moved on and the person being addressed won't see the response.

Don't jump to erroneous conclusions!
I've seen people show up after years of inactivity.

RE: Favorite Christmas cookies?? (Foodbme)

Sat, 08 Dec 2012 22:27:54 GMT

Any Cookie with Anise in it is my favorite cookie at Christmas time

RE: Favorite Christmas cookies?? (Hepcat)

Sat, 08 Dec 2012 20:54:45 GMT

So I hit the Hot Oven Bakery for a dozen ice box cookies today. Here's how they looked:

We certainly took care of them pretty quickly let me tell you that!

RE: Favorite Christmas cookies?? (ann peeples)

Sat, 08 Dec 2012 17:27:35 GMT

Love poppy seed bread!

RE: Favorite Christmas cookies?? (Tdybr27)

Sat, 08 Dec 2012 11:53:31 GMT

sugar cookie cutouts, spritz cookies, and while it's not a cookie.. Poppy Seed Bread. YUM YUM YUM!!!

RE: Favorite Christmas cookies?? (love2bake)

Sat, 08 Dec 2012 10:52:43 GMT

Those cute little pressed cookies in the shapes of wreaths, camels, etc., spell Christmas to me. No one seems to make them at any other time of year, even though there are many other "molds" that can be used in other seasons.

RE: Favorite Christmas cookies?? (ann peeples)

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 21:33:53 GMT

Belle-LOVE pecan lace........

RE: Favorite Christmas cookies?? (ann peeples)

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 21:33:46 GMT

Belle-LOVE pecan lace........

RE: Favorite Christmas cookies?? (BelleReve)

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 17:09:40 GMT

sugar cookies
I'll second sand tarts, sometimes called cocoons when rolled
chocolate chip meringue cookies

pecan lace - these are my favorite, very large, paper-thin with finely chopped pecans, chewy

pfefferneuse- Kristi, I've never found them to be too dry, just love all the spices in them

Italian fig cookies (cucidati) these I associate more with St. Joseph's Day, but a co-worker brought some to work that her sister's family had made and they were wonderful

RE: Favorite Christmas cookies?? (Hepcat)

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 11:45:38 GMT

Doesn't matter. This thread will now show up at the top of the page and any interested parties will/can respond.

RE: Favorite Christmas cookies?? (felix4067)

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 00:05:42 GMT

Hepcat

plb
What happened to the remove post option? I just noticed that the message I'm replying to was from 2004.

Why remove it? On a message board your question stands for everyone to see and anyone can elaborate upon it.

Primarily because after eight years of inactivity on the thread, most people have long since moved on and the person being addressed won't see the response.

RE: Favorite Christmas cookies?? (Hepcat)

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 00:03:00 GMT

plb
What happened to the remove post option? I just noticed that the message I'm replying to was from 2004.

Why remove it? On a message board your question stands for everyone to see and anyone can elaborate upon it.

RE: Favorite Christmas cookies?? (chewingthefat)

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 17:25:08 GMT

I love Butter cookies with the raw sugar on top.

RE: Favorite Christmas cookies?? (plb)

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 16:23:41 GMT

Farfromhome

When I was a kid my grandmother made these little pecan cookies that were to die for and I have no idea what they are called and have never found a recipe that duplicates them. They literally melted in your mouth and had finely chopped pecans. My other grandmother made really good sugar cookies that she would painstakingly decorate with colored frosting and little candies. I usually make oatmeal chocolate chip with nuts, sugar cookies and snickerdoodles for the holidays.

Were they like these? I'm addicted to them.
http://www.archwaycookies.com/products/cashew-nougat-2/
Edit - What happened to the remove post option? I just noticed that the message I'm replying to was from 2004.

Re:Favorite Christmas cookies?? (Hepcat)

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 15:11:34 GMT

The icebox cookies which are made with slices of maraschino cherries and walnuts from Hot Oven Bakery on Bloor Street West in Toronto:

Hot Oven Bakery

RE: Favorite Christmas cookies?? (jerseygirl127)

Sun, 21 Nov 2004 08:51:47 GMT

Favorite Christmas Cookies?? that's easy-- ALL OF THEM............hahahaha

anything that tastes good and can bring me back to childhood memories-- and Christmas cookies have a MAJOR way of doing that.. is good to me...

GOOD TOPIC.......
Thanks.

RE: Favorite Christmas cookies?? (jvsmom)

Tue, 16 Nov 2004 18:25:50 GMT

My favorites didn't start out as Christmas cookies, but every time I made them I got such a great response, I eventually started making them to give as Christmas gifts, so now whenever I make them my kids always say "It smells like Christmas in here." They're little shortbread-type cookies with milk chocolate chips, dusted with confectionary sugar. When made right (not overcooked), they literally melt in your mouth. I usually make the first batch on Thanksgiving night, and by about the week before Christmas I'm making 2 or 3 batches a day, between the gifts and the ones my kids snag off the cooling rack before they make it into the gift tins.

Another favorite is a recipe I discovered a few years back - Again, a butter cookie, but with mint extract and red or green food coloring, and a Hershey's kiss on top. They came out sooooooo good, and also got raves, but after 2 or 3 years I lost the recipe and couldn't make them any more. BUT - this summer, while doing a serious kitchen clean out, EUREKA! I found the recipe. So I'm excited about bringing those back into our Christmas tradition.

RE: Favorite Christmas cookies?? (tsores)

Tue, 16 Nov 2004 17:27:22 GMT

Being of a non-Christian persuasion there aren't a lot of Christmas cookies around my house. But when I was a kid, my best buddy's mom used to bake a truck load of them. They all seemed to be butter cookies that she would squeeze through a frosting tube (?) and then decorate with various sprinkles, etc. They were so good, we couldn't stop eating them. She would get so mad when we ate so many. But, wait, isn't that a compliment?

RE: Favorite Christmas cookies?? (Mark in Ohio)

Tue, 16 Nov 2004 16:42:07 GMT

[:P] Probably my grandmother's Date Pinwheels when they were still soft and warm from the oven...

RE: Favorite Christmas cookies?? (Danmel)

Tue, 16 Nov 2004 16:17:47 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by Farfromhome

When I was a kid my grandmother made these little pecan cookies that were to die for and I have no idea what they are called and have never found a recipe that duplicates them. They literally melted in your mouth and had finely chopped pecans. My other grandmother made really good sugar cookies that she would painstakingly decorate with colored frosting and little candies. I usually make oatmeal chocolate chip with nuts, sugar cookies and snickerdoodles for the holidays.

Were those pecan cookies round and covered in powedered sugar? because I have a repcie for cokkies like that that really do just melt in your mouth- Let meknow if you want it.

RE: Favorite Christmas cookies?? (emsmom)

Tue, 16 Nov 2004 15:55:38 GMT

Something else that we like to have each year. We go to Winston Salem, NC which is a couple hours drive from our house and buy Moravian cookies is several different flavors-We also like to get the tea cakes which are baked fresh in their brick ovens. Its a nice little trip especially if you stop at Tanglewood to see the Christmas Light Displays.

RE: Favorite Christmas cookies?? (mek)

Tue, 16 Nov 2004 15:46:22 GMT

Lebkuchen from Nuernberg.

RE: Favorite Christmas cookies?? (twodales)

Tue, 16 Nov 2004 14:54:04 GMT

Linzer hearts, pecan tarts, almond crescents and Swedish stars.

Speaking of Swedish and bakeries. The Swedish Bakery on Clark St. in Chicago has very good baked goodsb, especially the Swedish cookies.

RE: Favorite Christmas cookies?? (Tristan Indiana)

Mon, 15 Nov 2004 11:15:32 GMT

My mom's datenut pinwheels will always be my favorite treat for the holidays. A reasonably close second would her Kris Kringles.

RE: Favorite Christmas cookies?? (emsmom)

Mon, 15 Nov 2004 11:09:38 GMT

My sister, my mother and I all have certain cookies that we make each year. We have fruit cake cookies, peanut butter cookies, Oatmeal Raisin
cookies, cranberry nut cookies, and chocolate oatmeal peanut butter cookies, plus a nut roll and several kinds of fudge. Also, I like to make nutty logs, which are a snickerdoodle type rolled in powdered sugar while they are hot out of the oven.

RE: Favorite Christmas cookies?? (Farfromhome)

Mon, 15 Nov 2004 04:53:31 GMT

When I was a kid my grandmother made these little pecan cookies that were to die for and I have no idea what they are called and have never found a recipe that duplicates them. They literally melted in your mouth and had finely chopped pecans. My other grandmother made really good sugar cookies that she would painstakingly decorate with colored frosting and little candies. I usually make oatmeal chocolate chip with nuts, sugar cookies and snickerdoodles for the holidays.

RE: Favorite Christmas cookies?? (Jennifer_4)

Mon, 15 Nov 2004 00:40:11 GMT

A dear old man who used to live on my street in my hometown made the most wonderful persimmon cookies with walnuts and raisins.. I've never been able to duplicate them...they just don't taste the same.. thanks for the memories, Sully.. rest in peace my friend.

RE: Favorite Christmas cookies?? (BT)

Sun, 14 Nov 2004 22:57:26 GMT

They aren't Christmas cookies--just my favorite cookies that I make at Christmas and whenever I crave them: oatmeal chocolate chip with pecans (or walnuts).

RE: Favorite Christmas cookies?? (jeepguy)

Sun, 14 Nov 2004 19:33:30 GMT

I remember the Anise flavored cookies with the red and green sugar, but my favorite of all were the little Chrome ball bearings that we always used. Still can't believe we ate something that was dipped in chrome.