Holiday Baking!

I love everything about this time of the year. I love the lights, parties, gift exchanges, anticipation, stories and most of all - I enjoy the food! It seems as if everyone I know has a special dish that they create during this special season.

My holiday baking list is seemingly a mile long. It never appears that way when Savannah and I set out to complete our baking. However, by the fifth batch of cookies, we're ready to sit on the couch and enjoy a few cookies, buckeyes and chocolate cherry bars.

Though we have a lot treats to choose from - we seem to favor chocolate chips cookies. Savannah and I make several batches of them and change the recipe a bit for each. Some are made with white chocolate chips and others are a combination of peanut butter chips with chocolate chips. The kids love to make one large, gingerbread man, chocolate chip cookie! I love it. It reminds me of the large chocolate chip cookies my college roommate and I would get at the mall.

Chocolate Chips Cookies:

Ingredients

:: 3/4 cup granulated sugar

:: 3/4 cup packed brown sugar

:: 1 cup softened butter (Use butter not margarine! Your cookies will bake much better.)

:: 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

:: 1 teaspoon almond extract (I began adding this a few years ago - love it!)

:: 1 egg

:: 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

:: 1 teaspoon baking soda

:: 1/2 teaspoon salt

:: 1 cup coarsely chopped nuts

:: 1 package of chips - your choice! (I switch between using semisweet, milk chocolate, white chocolate, peanut butter chips and your choice of nuts. For the white chocolate chip cookies - I do not add cocoa powder to the dough.)

Mix and Bake!

:: Preheat oven to 375ºF

:: Combine white sugar, brown sugar, softened butter, vanilla and egg.

:: Stir in flour, baking soda and salt.

:: Fold in chips and nuts.

:: Place parchment paper on cookie sheet.

:: Drop dough onto cookie sheet. I use a tablespoon to measure each cookie and round them off.

:: Bake cookies 8 to 10 minutes. I bake for 9 minutes.











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White Chocolate and Macadamia Nut Cookies

White Chocolate and Macadamia Nut Cookies

Ingredients:

•1 cup 2 Sticks Softened Butter
•3/4 cups Granulated Sugar
•3/4 cups Packed Brown Sugar
•2 whole Eggs
•1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
•2-½ cups All-purpose Flour
•1 teaspoon Baking Soda
•1 teaspoon Salt
•1 cup White Chocolate Chips
•1 cup Chopped Macadamia Nuts

Directions:

{1} Preheat oven to 375 F
{2} Chop nuts
{3} Cream butter and sugars
{4} Mix in eggs and vanilla, followed by dry ingredients
{5} Stir in your nuts and chocolate
{6} Drop rounded tablespoons onto an ungreased baking sheet
{7} Bake for 8-10 minutes or until they start to brown




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Snickerdoodle Cookie Recipe

Snickerdoodle Cookies

Ingredients:

•1 cup Shortening
•1-½ cup Sugar
•2 whole Eggs
•2-¾ cups Flour
•2 teaspoons Cream Of Tartar
•1 teaspoon Soda
•1/2 teaspoon Salt

Cinnamon/Sugar Mixture:

•2 Tablespoons Sugar
•2 teaspoons Cinnamon

Directions:

{1} Mix shortening, sugar and eggs.

{2} Sift flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, and salt.

{3} Add to egg mixture and stir well.

{4} Once it is mixed, chill in the fridge for about 30 minutes.

{5} Roll into a ball about the size of a walnut.

{6} Roll the ball in a cinnamon sugar mixture of 2 tablespoons sugar and 2 teaspoons cinnamon.

{7} Place on an ungreased baking sheet.

{8} Bake at 400 degrees for 8-10 minutes or until lightly brown.



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