Also, I thought I'd share a few more recipes over here - I was baking up a storm this weekend and made five different types of goodies for co-worker holiday packages for DJ and I... here are two more of the recipes I made --
Peanut Butter Cup Cookies
Ingredients:- 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1/2 cup peanut butter [creamy, for sure!]
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 40 miniature Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, unwrapped [keep in mind, this is probably two bags -- especially if you have a husband who opens the bag and steals a few... I ran out of them and added m&ms to the leftovers just so they'd have a little something special going on] [also, unwrap early, or you'll be running around like a crazed person while the peanut butter cookies are in the oven trying to get them done in time]
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
- Sift together the flour, salt and baking soda; set aside.
- Cream together the butter, sugar, peanut butter and brown sugar until fluffy.
- Beat in the egg, vanilla and milk.
- Add the flour mixture; mix well.
- Shape into 40 balls and place each into an ungreased mini muffin pan.
- Bake at 375 degrees for about 8 minutes.
- Remove from oven and immediately press a mini peanut butter cup into each ball. [they won't look done, at least mine didn't - but they are, don't overcook! 8-10 minutes should be plenty]
- Cool and carefully remove from pan.
Recipe from allrecipes.com
Gingerbread Stars
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup margarine
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup molasses
- 1 egg yolk
- 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 teaspoon ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
Instructions:
- In a large bowl, cream together the margarine and sugar until smooth.
- Stir in molasses and egg yolk.
- Combine the flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, and nutmeg in another bowl,
- Blend flour mixture into the molasses mixture until smooth.
- Cover, and chill for at least one hour.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough out to 1/4 inch thickness. Cut into desired shapes with cookie cutters. Place cookies 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
- Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, until firm.
- Remove from cookie sheets to cool on wire racks.
- Frost or decorate when cool.
Recipe from allrecipes.com
yum. I'm hungry just looking at those pictures...
they're easy & fun holiday cookies, so get to baking!
6 comments:
umm yuuummm those look sooo gooood! i love christmas cookies. i saw the recipe for the peanut butter cup cookies on the back of a reese's package and have been thinking about making then for some christmas presents. they sure look good.
Gained 10 lbs just looking at the pictures...
Can I pay you to just come make cookies at my house so I can pretend that I did it myself? ;)
The peanut butter cups look DELISH! And of course gingerbread is the essence of Christmas! So glad you linked up!! :)
yummy yummy! both look good... but i'm craving everything gingerbread lately! :)
Those look super yummy :)
xoxo
Samantha
betterblondesam.blogspot.com
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