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This was the extent of my holiday cookie baking. After about an hour and a half I had 3-4 dozen cookies and I was ready to be done. Russian tea cakes and gingerbread (my mom had given me a packet of Betty Crocker-very good, by the way).I know many of you spend hour upon hour (sometimes-day upon day) baking cookies and I really admire you. But that's just not me. I think it has something to do with my small kitchen and small family-or perhaps I'm just lazy.
So, how long do you spend making cookies for Christmas and what are your favorite kinds to make?
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well tonight i'm making sugar with Rainey and then I'm going to make about 5 others throughout the week (choc. chip with xmas m&m's, oreo balls, 7 layer, vanilla flakes, peanut butter (but I need your no flour recipe) and another candy called yuumy chocolate squares. Oh and I'm making spicy pretzels and ranch oyster crackers. I may get in some russian tea cakes too.And I don't even have a family. will post recipes and pics on my blog.
Wowzer Kimmie! You're good.
Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies
1 cup peanut butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg
(I added a teaspoon vanilla too)
Mix together and make balls and do the fork thing and bake in a 350 degree preheated oven for about 8 minutes or until lightly golden brown. In other words-keep checking them!
hmmmm let me think.
Store bought ones, the german kind!
Store bought is good enough for me! What's the German kind like?
well, where do i begin? pbutter blossoms, vanilla flakes, sugar, buckeyes, chex mix...and i am relying on your russian teas and jessies tassies....ya know....i share you share wink wink
They are the round gingerbread tasting ones. Soft with icing sugar on the outside. I have a weakness for them and save them for Christmas
And Jodie-I'm relying on a few of yours-don't let me have too many though. I surely don't need them.
Melissa-I like soft gingerbread-they sound good!☺
your cookies look very nice in the quart jars... nice idea!!
I don't make a lot of cookies at Christmas either. This year our church group did a cookie exchange, so I made 10 dozen of one kind and got 10 dozen different ones in return. It was fun to see what everyone made and not a lot of mess on my end - one mess/one kind of cookie. My all time favorite cookie, though is my chocolate chip cookies - I make those all the time for the guys.
The boys and I will do sugar cutout cookies. They use almost every cutter they can get their hands on and by the way I kind of collect cookie cutters so you can just imagine how many shapes I have. It's fun and they decorate however they want. I may make a few others,, depending on work schedule. If I don't have time just baking these with the boys will make me happy!!!
Oh, and your Russian tea cakes look lovely in the jars!!! They are your specialty. I don't do many other kinds because the kids just like my special ones so why bother. I would love to watch Angela's Ashes again since I have read the book. I'm a sap for poor Irish folk. Must have some bloody Irish in me. Who knows?
I have been looking and looking through my recipes tonight. I just don't feel like making any this year, oh pooh. I LOVE Russian Tea cakes, mmm.
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