Issue #44 Christmas Cookie Recipes
This month: Christmas Cookie Recipes
In this issue of the Breakfast and Brunch Express, find my favorite Christmas cookie recipes, including Russian Teacakes, date pinwheels, peanut butter cookies and more. Also links for Christmas brunch menus.Hello Everyone!
For this
month's newsletter,
I thought I would share a few of my all-time
favorite
Christmas cookie recipes with you. These recipes get made almost every
year in our home. Don't settle for purchased bakery cookies, they
really are just not as good as homemade.Don't worry, I also have links to some Christmas brunch menus listed below, but around this time of year cookies seem to be just about everywhere.
And since you need a little bit of sweet to balance out the savory, there is no reason in my book why some yummy Christmas cookies won't fit the part for your holiday brunch. Find recipes below for Russian Teacakes, date pinwheels, peanut butter cookies, and butter spritz.
I will be doing my baking this weekend. I know many of you have quite a head start, but there will still be plenty enough time for some baking yet.
So make some of your favorite cookies to serve with your Christmas brunch.
Enjoy your Christmas and holiday season!
Happy Eating!
Laura Warnke
***The next issue of this newsletter is scheduled for January 13, 2009.
November Pie Server Contest Results
I wanted to thank everyone that took the time to write down their thoughts and place an entry into last month's contest. The wining entry from last month's pie server contest goes to Tracy K. from Georgia. Here is her entry:
This Thanksgiving I am thankful for my family. I know, it sounds cliché, but it’s true. I have family all over the country, and yet we talk, and we laugh, and we gather together over the years to just be together. We gather to celebrate the milestones of life - marriages, anniversaries, babies. We gather to remember and reminisce during the heartbreak’s of divorce, tragedies and death. There is nothing more important than being there for family and for that I am thankful. This year, we moved away from family and they are coming to visit for Thanksgiving. Hooray!
Christmas Cookie Recipes
Russian Teacakes
1 cup soft shortening or butter
1/2 cup confectioner's sugar (aka. powdered sugar)
1 teaspoon vanilla
2-1/4 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 c. nuts, chopped
Mix first three ingredients. Blend rest in. Chill until dough is firm. Roll into 1" balls. Bake at 350 degrees on an ungreased cookie sheet for 10 minutes. Roll in confectioners sugar immediately and then again when cool.
Date Pinwheels
1 cup shortening or butter
3 eggs
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
2 cups brown sugar
4 cups flour
Cooked date filling made from 1 package dates
Mix well and roll 1/4" thick. Spread with date filling and roll like a jelly roll. Chill hard or freeze and slice thin, approx. 1/4". Bake until brown at 350 degrees.
Peanut Butter Cookies
Note: These are delicious but very delicate. They do not travel well unless packed carefully.
They are also one of my favorites any time of year. This was my Grandmother's recipe.
1 cup shortening or butter
1/2 cup + 1/3 cup cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup + 1/3 cup brown sugar
2 cups peanut butter
1-3/4 cup flour
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 egg yolks
1 teaspoon baking soda
Combine all ingredients. Bake at 350 degrees. Makes 4-5 dozen.
Butter Spritz
1 cup butter
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon almond extract
2-1/4 cup flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
Mix well. Dough should be soft for cookie gun. Place dough in cookie gun and make into wreath or candy cane shapes. Decorate with sprinkles or colored sugar.
Bake in 375 degree oven for 10 minutes.
Christmas Brunch Menus
Traditional Brunch Homemade Belgian waffles topped with real whipped cream and blueberry syrup and served with sausage, a mimosa, and a hot fruit compote.
Holiday Brunch featuring a make-ahead breakfast casserole made with ham, bacon, hash browns and cheese, cranberry muffins with cinnamon sugar topping, poached pears with cranberry sauce, and spiced tea.
Holiday Brunch 2 with Eggs Benedict, cucumber salad, raisin muffins, and a fresh fruit salad.
Find more ideas for brunch to serve with your Christmas cookie recipes.
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Christmas
brings to
mind home baked breads and cookies. They are delicious to eat and even
better to give as a gift. This collection of Christmas recipes is put
together especially for the holiday seasons with good cheer in mind.
These are timeless recipes that you may remember from your own holiday
gatherings
and perhaps a few new ones to try.
Cookie Recipes Cookbook Who doesn't like a homemade cookie? This is about as complete of an old-fashioned cookie collection as you can get. There are 67 authentic old recipes that are delicious reminders of our heritage. There are also pages with complete instructions on how to make a gingerbread house. This recipe book also includes a brief history of the origins of cookies
Celebrations
Recipes Cookbook The celebrations we have here in America are
very much about bringing people together. Good food is a large part of
your family and community. The recipes in this cookbook highlight some
of the wonderful foods that accompanied bigger celebrations such as
Christmas, New Year's and Easter, as well as work gatherings, camp
meetings, weddings and funerals.
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