These look delish!
How far in advance do people make holiday cookies? Any trick to storing them in a way that maximizes how long they stay fresh and not stale?

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Anonymous wrote:I'm not a big fan of cookies that don't incorporate chocolate, so my Christmas favorites were always the peanut blossoms.

I guess I balance out the universe for you. My thought is if the cookie doesn't have chocolate, its not worth making or eating

I would love to find a good sugar cookie roll-out recipe. I know it should be super easy. But everyone I've tried just seems dry.

This is my go-to recipe http://m.allrecipes.com/recipe/10402/the-best-rolled-sugar-cookies/

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not a big fan of cookies that don't incorporate chocolate, so my Christmas favorites were always the peanut blossoms.

I guess I balance out the universe for you. My thought is if the cookie doesn't have chocolate, its not worth making or eating

I would love to find a good sugar cookie roll-out recipe. I know it should be super easy. But everyone I've tried just seems dry.

I use the sugar cookie recipe from a Gourmet magazine, Dec 2005 with plugra butter. They are always super popular.

Anonymous wrote:I'm not a big fan of cookies that don't incorporate chocolate, so my Christmas favorites were always the peanut blossoms.

I guess I balance out the universe for you. My thought is if the cookie doesn't have chocolate, its not worth making or eating

I would love to find a good sugar cookie roll-out recipe. I know it should be super easy. But everyone I've tried just seems dry.

I've already started baking cookies! Not for the holidays really, but just because I thought it would be something fun to do with my toddler. I made my mom's cut-out cookie dough last night, then we rolled, cut and baked today. We'll frost and decorate tomorrow, and then my mom will get some cookies from DS for her birthday. . I LOVE cookie making in December.

Aside from family recipes (most of which I don't have electronically), these are two of my favorites:
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Coconut-Orange-Snowballs-108975
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Molasses-Crinkles-231214

Both always come out really well.

The Betty Crocker Toffee Squares. There's no toffee in them but they are a brown sugar dough with chocolate on top so they taste reminiscent of toffee. I put pecans on top. Delicious.

I'm not a big fan of cookies that don't incorporate chocolate, so my Christmas favorites were always the peanut blossoms.

I am currently in detox mode. Talk to me next week.

Dd is demanding gingerbread cookies this year. Anyone have a good recipe?

Holiday cookies
Very tasty with some milk
Best when dipped in ranch

-Flip Driscoll

I'm looking for new holiday cookie recipes for a cookie exchange. Anyone want to share their favorites?
I'll go first: usually for an exchange I make coconut jam thumbprints using Ina Garten's recipe.
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/jam-thumbprints-recipe.html