One of my favorite things about Christmas is making and eating Christmas cookies. In years past, my mom would have a cookie exchange with her co-workers, and we would end up with a large assortment. The best part of the cookie exchange is assembling a large plate of cookies and contemplating which ones to eat first. Now that she is retired, I usually would bring home a variety of cookies and my sister would make some too. This year I didn't contribute to our annual cookie tray, but I still made my usual five types to take to my in-laws. The selections for this year:
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| Classic Peanut Butter (Recipe from The Joy of Cooking) |
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| First Federal Credit Union Holiday Cookies--This particular recipe came as an advertisement to join their credit union. There are pecans, chocolate chips and caramel chunks in the mix. |
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| Classic chocolate chip (Recipe from The Joy of Cooking). These are the best chocolate chip cookies I have ever made. |
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| Christmas Spritz (Recipe from Betty Crocker's Cooky Book). These were not a hit--Too plain and too almondy. I thought they were delicious. |
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| The fully assembled cookie selections. My mom sent coconut cookies (white cookies far left), mint chocolate chip (green cookies, center left), and chocolate caramel thumbprint (brown cookies, center) |
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| Close-up Christmas Spritz |
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| My mom's cookies |
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| I also made chocolate truffle cookies (front, center). |
Next year, I'm sticking to the classics (peanut butter, chocolate chip, sugar), and I may make a wild card. I may even try making cookies for dogs, especially since our pug seemed to enjoy her giant peanut butter bone from her stocking this year:
But that depends on if she's a good girl this year, Santa may already be planning to bring her a lump of coal...
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