Anonymous
Post 12/14/2022 15:52     Subject: Re:The worst Holiday Cookies
Anonymous wrote:Anything that baker has decided to make healthier by reducing/removing sugar or fat. No thank you to weird cardboard applesauce cookies.


Hahaha! Right? I mean just skip the cookies! I kid you not--one year my mother proudly announced that Christmas dinner would be "LOW FAT!" What?!
Anonymous
Post 12/14/2022 15:49     Subject: Re:The worst Holiday Cookies
Anonymous wrote:I'm half-German & generally love German baked goods but the Christmas fare...? A big bunch of Weihnachten misses.

Stollen (v. dry fruit cake) - Blech
Lebkuchen (spice cookies) - Blech
Pfeffernusse (more spice cookies) - Blech

And also all hard to make. You know you've gotten it right when it's a dry as a desert.


Ah, but zimtsterne, vanillekipferl, and spritzgebäck! And I know anise is not for everyone, but the springerle, too.
Anonymous
Post 12/14/2022 15:48     Subject: Re:The worst Holiday Cookies
Anonymous wrote:I'm half-German & generally love German baked goods but the Christmas fare...? A big bunch of Weihnachten misses.

Stollen (v. dry fruit cake) - Blech
Lebkuchen (spice cookies) - Blech
Pfeffernusse (more spice cookies) - Blech

And also all hard to make. You know you've gotten it right when it's a dry as a desert.


Actual German here. If your Stollen is dry, it's not made right or it's old. Ditto for Lebkuchen, but you have to like spice. German sweets are generally far less sweet than American ones, so they are often not as well liked by Americans raised on more sweet desserts.

Anonymous
Post 12/14/2022 15:47     Subject: Re:The worst Holiday Cookies
Anonymous wrote:My kids like the pb blossoms, and I like the idea of them, but don't like how the Hershey's kiss hardens once they're cool. I also like to make small cookies, and it's hard to do that with the pb blossoms. This year I'm going to use the regular recipe but swap ganache in for the kiss and see how that goes.

I thought peanut butter blossoms are already on the smaller side, but I guess it depends on the cookie to kiss ration. Most of the ones I've had, the cookie portion is a fairly small ring around the candy.
Anonymous
Post 12/14/2022 15:46     Subject: The worst Holiday Cookies
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Peanut butter blossoms, the ones with the Hershey kiss smooshed on top.

The minute someone tells me they make these every year I know they are not a good baker.


What cookies do you dislike receiving?




What cookies do you make, OP?


Biscotti- cranberry pecan
Amaretti
macarons
Italian 7 layer
pecan sandies
jam thumbprints


made thin mints one year



I’ll take a peanut butter blossom over a jam thumbprint every day of the week! Yuck!
Anonymous
Post 12/14/2022 15:46     Subject: Re:The worst Holiday Cookies
Anonymous wrote:I'm half-German & generally love German baked goods but the Christmas fare...? A big bunch of Weihnachten misses.

Stollen (v. dry fruit cake) - Blech
Lebkuchen (spice cookies) - Blech
Pfeffernusse (more spice cookies) - Blech

And also all hard to make. You know you've gotten it right when it's a dry as a desert.


We get gifted stollen every year. One of my kids said " I don't get it, who would steal this?"
Anonymous
Post 12/14/2022 15:45     Subject: The worst Holiday Cookies
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Those are fighting words, OP! Peanut butter blossoms is the TOP holiday cookie in our household. We already made, and ate, two batches 🤣


Funny we received one in a box of cookies and while a few people in the house have broken off a piece to try/eat no one had eaten the entire thing. Sweet yet flavorless.


They didn’t have peanut butter flavor? Honestly most people are crappy bakers, even if it’s a simple recipe.
Anonymous
Post 12/14/2022 15:42     Subject: Re:The worst Holiday Cookies
I'm half-German & generally love German baked goods but the Christmas fare...? A big bunch of Weihnachten misses.

Stollen (v. dry fruit cake) - Blech
Lebkuchen (spice cookies) - Blech
Pfeffernusse (more spice cookies) - Blech

And also all hard to make. You know you've gotten it right when it's a dry as a desert.
Anonymous
Post 12/14/2022 15:38     Subject: The worst Holiday Cookies
No cookie really ever comes close to a good chocolate chip (or chocolate chip w/ walnuts). Usually regret whatever holiday cookie I try. Just not worth the calories.
Anonymous
Post 12/14/2022 15:29     Subject: Re:The worst Holiday Cookies
Anonymous wrote:My kids like the pb blossoms, and I like the idea of them, but don't like how the Hershey's kiss hardens once they're cool. I also like to make small cookies, and it's hard to do that with the pb blossoms. This year I'm going to use the regular recipe but swap ganache in for the kiss and see how that goes.


How about making smaller versions with a chocolate chip instead of a kiss?
Anonymous
Post 12/14/2022 15:22     Subject: The worst Holiday Cookies
Anything with coconut in or on them, or nuts in or on them or raisins or other fruit in or on them. I don't want any of that. Also no to fudge.
Anonymous
Post 12/14/2022 14:49     Subject: The worst Holiday Cookies
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I baked something like 25 different cookies last year, a dozen or so the years before that. The worst ones are always the ones with mascarpone in it. Last year, it was the Cannoli mascarpone cookies, that I had SO much hope for. A very close second would be Russian Tea Cakes/Mexican wedding cookies.

I love wedding cookies, and will happily pay the price of having powdered sugar get everywhere to enjoy one.


Same. I love those and my mom always makes them. My kids won't eat anything with nuts so I never make them myself.

One of my favorites as well. Also love thumbprint cookies, especially with apricot or raspberry jam. Biggest dislike is macaroons or anything with anise or marzipan.

I’m impressed with those of you making macarons at home. I’m content to buy them from one of the many nice French bakeries around here.
Anonymous
Post 12/14/2022 14:43     Subject: The worst Holiday Cookies
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Peanut butter blossoms, the ones with the Hershey kiss smooshed on top.

The minute someone tells me they make these every year I know they are not a good baker.


What cookies do you dislike receiving?




What cookies do you make, OP?


Biscotti- cranberry pecan
Amaretti
macarons
Italian 7 layer
pecan sandies
jam thumbprints


made thin mints one year



Ah, pretty cookies that no one actually enjoys.


wow no one enjoys macarons? Interesting. they seem to be sold all over the place for $$$


DP. I like macarons, but the fillings are often cloyingly sweet, and awful. Since the cookie itself is fairly mild, it's the filling that makes or breaks it. I enjoy baking them, though; more as a technical challenge than because I enjoy eating them.


+1 They’re pretty to look at, but the filling is usually too sweet. (And I have a huge sweet tooth.)


This! The filling usually ruins it.
Anonymous
Post 12/14/2022 14:40     Subject: Re:The worst Holiday Cookies
Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure if they count as cookies but the "truffles" made with crushed Oreos and cream cheese.
I can't eat more than 1/4th of one, it's just too rich for me.


These are an abomination. They remind me of peak Pinterest times.
Anonymous
Post 12/14/2022 14:37     Subject: Re:The worst Holiday Cookies
My kids like the pb blossoms, and I like the idea of them, but don't like how the Hershey's kiss hardens once they're cool. I also like to make small cookies, and it's hard to do that with the pb blossoms. This year I'm going to use the regular recipe but swap ganache in for the kiss and see how that goes.