What's your favorite Cookie that's special to the holidays?

What's your favorite Cookie that's special to the holidays?
Can you tell I'm going to bake? I'd love any ideas!

I'm going to try and do these cookies that each have an Andes mint in them. (lost recipe that's why I said try)

Then some with Coconut and Brazil Nuts.. yum

Then my favorites, it's a short cookie with pecans rolled in powder sugar...

Hmmm Date nut cookies would be good too..

[TheBurningCat]

um, us aussies dont really have cookies as such. Except for the ones on our computers that is. We have biccies

Have you ever had anzac biccies? They are nice! Best fresh when they are still bendy!

but i have been into the rum balls for the last 2 hours so i think thats all i want more of right now!


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[SPEEDO]

TollHouse Cookies!.............Yummy

[Creatures]

i love every kind of cookies
i also make them, it's awsome!
and so good!

Creatures

[draboo]

favorite kind of cookie?? does that i nclude bars?? my mom used to make date bars during Christmas. havent tasted any since that have equaled hers.

she used to also make somethings called rum balls. they had chocolate in them and were rolled into around 1" balls and had a cherry inserted in them. i ate so many of them when she was taking a nap i got severly sick and to this day if i get a taste of anything remotly near the same as those things,my stomache starts turning.

of course,wifey does her share of holiday baking,too. her specialty is swedish coffee ring. i wont go into the ingrediants here,but i do know when Christmas rolls around,we get a few calls from the neighbors who we give them to(she makes around 2 dozen of em each year)asking"are making those agian this year(hint hint)? LOL rarely does one make it through the nite to the next morning.

then there are the homade caramals dipped in chocolate(both dark and white,with the white dipped having a tough of almond flavoring in the coating) havent eaten myself sick on those(yet)

since i ve been home,i havent seen one xmas thing as of yet. just my luck she s going to WW

ohBTW,on a semi-related subject,since november 13 when is started working down state,i ve lost 10 lbs. 10 more and i ll be down to high school grad weight,that is if wifey doesnt start baking today

off to the fridge......in search of......?

..salivating brad,over and out

[TheBurningCat]

Whoa Brad. I'm hungry after eating your post!

Can you tell?!

And on another note i have lost a fair bit of wieght too. From 97 kg down to 82 kg. I'm now 4 kg under weight. My doctor has warned me! I started losing weight the moment i started dating my wonderful gf 5 months ago!

[MikeHof]

Snickerdoodles & Martha Washington balls

Martha Washington balls??/

I'm gonna whip these up now..
Chocolate Covered Cherry Cookies
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 cup butter or margarine softened
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 (10 ounce) jar maraschino cherries, drained, reserve juice
• 1 (6-ounce) package semisweet chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk
In large bowl, stir together flour, cocoa powder, salt, baking powder and soda. In mixer bowl, beat together butter or margarine and sugar on low speed until fluffy. Add egg and vanilla; beat well. Gradually add dry ingredients to creamed mixture; beat until well blended. Shape dough into 1" balls; place on ungreased cookie sheet. Press down center of dough with thumb. Drain Maraschino cherries, reserving juice. Place a cherry in the center indention of each cookie.
In small saucepan combine chocolate pieces and sweetened condensed milk; heat over low heat until chocolate is melted. Stir in 4 teaspoons of the reserved cherry juice. Spoon about 1 teaspoon frosting over each cherry spreading to cover cherry. (frosting may be thinned with additional cherry juice if necessary) Bake at 350 degrees or until done. Remove to wire rack to cool.
Makes 4 dozen cookies.
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I just did some I call big butt balls... cause they are so good you can't quit eating them and your butt gets big

[NeoStarO1]

Russian Teacakes My grandmother used to make these every christmas and they are sooooooooooooo yummy.

heehee,, that's really the name of my big butt balls.. I think.

It's a short cookie ball thingy with pecans in it and rolled in powder sugar.