chirstmas cookie recipes

Easy Gingerbread Cookies Recipe

November 14th, 2008 at 12:00am Under Distinctly Christmas Cookies+ General+ Spice and Gingerbread Cookies

A fun way to get into the holiday season: let the kids help with the cookie cutter and then decorate! Also make edible tree ornaments!

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Ingredients

1 5.9 oz. pkg. butterscotch pudding mix
3/4 C. butter
3/4 C. firmly packed brown sugar
1 egg
2 1/4 C. all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 Tbs. ground ginger
1 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon

Directions

Cream pudding mix with butter and sugar; add egg, and blend well. Combine flour, baking soda, ginger, and cinnamon; blend into pudding mixture. Chill dough for 1 hour or until firm. Roll dough on a floured board to about 1/4 inch thickness and cut with cookie cutter. Place on greased baking sheets; use a straw to make a hole in the top of the cookie for hanging on the tree, if desired. Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes. Remove from oven and cool on wire rack. Decorate if desired.

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Reindeer Ginger Pops Recipe

October 8th, 2008 at 01:25pm Under Distinctly Christmas Cookies

These cute ginger cookies are fun to make and are delightful party favors for a child’s holiday or birthday party.

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Ingredients

1 package Betty Crocker® gingerbread cake and cookie mix
1/3 C. lukewarm water
28 small pretzel twists
28 wooden sticks with rounded ends
1 oz. semisweet baking chocolate
1/2 tsp. shortening
56 white oval-shaped licorice candies
28 red cinnamon candies

Directions

Mix gingerbread mix (dry) and lukewarm water until dough forms. Cover and refrigerate about 15 minutes or until dough is easy to handle. Wrap dough in plastic wrap, leaving ends open. Roll dough into log about 7 inches long. Pinch along top of log and plastic to form one corner of triangle. Roll log over; pinch again to form second corner. Roll log over; pinch again to form third corner. Straighten sides of log to form a triangular-shaped log. Close ends of plastic wrap; refrigerate at least 2 hours.

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