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Today we are starting the 12 Days of Christmas Cookies. I will be bringing you 12 different Christmas cookie recipes and pictures as the kids and I bake and eat our way to deciding which is our favorite Christmas cookie!
Please leave your FAVORITE Christmas cookie recipe in the comments for us to try!
We decided to start with an obvious Christmas cookie, the Candy Cane! These are cookies I remember my Mom making for us each year. She used almond flavoring, but traditionally they call for peppermint. If you are not a peppermint fan, consider using almond.
Make the dough and then stick it in the fridge for about an hour.
I rolled them directly on the granite because it is cold and the dough worked better. They were kinda fat, I could have made them smaller, but they were fun so big! The kids made theirs and ate them as soon as they came out. I double all my recipes, and I would suggest that on this one.
Candy Cane Cookies
Ingredients
1 cup margarine
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup confectioners’ sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon red food coloring
1/2 cup peppermint candy canes, crushed
1/2 cup white sugar for decoration
Directions
- In a large bowl, cream together the margarine, white sugar and confectioners’ sugar. Beat in the egg, vanilla and peppermint extracts. Combine the flour and salt; stir into the creamed mixture until well blended. Cover or wrap dough and chill for at least one hour.
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets. Divide dough into halves. Color one half red by mixing in the food color. Roll a small amount of each dough into a 2 inch long worm. Roll them together in a twisted rope and curve the end like a cane. Place onto prepared cookie sheets.
- Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. In a small bowl, mix together the crushed candy cane and remaining white sugar. Roll hot cookies in the sugar mixture.
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We make these every year and have since I was a child. This is my all time favorite and we too make them with almond extract. Yummy!
We are making melting snowmen sugar cookies… It’s just a plain sugar cookie topped with white frosting place a large marshmallow on top and decorate it with a face to look like a snowman 🙂 We make them every year and the kids LOVE them! They are so cute
Hi! These look very tastey. I was wondering if I could use butter instead of margarine? I know margarine is the healthier option, but I think a cookie just tastes better with butter. 🙂 Would it still be 1 cup of butter? Or maybe that Smart Balance butter cooking sticks? Thanks! I hope I can get these to turn out as pretty as yours.
You know, I actually used butter in mine. I just never have margarine I always have butter!
Super cute! My kids will love making these during Winter break while they’re waiting for Santa ;o) THANKS!!