Christmas Cookie

Recipes
2011 Edition
Ingredients:
2 cup of four 1 teaspoon sa|t
cup butter (soften} 2 cups sugar
2 |arge eggs 2 cups of r|cotta cheese
4 tab|espoons of fresh squeezed orange ju|ce
1 orange, zested
Glaze
1 cups of powdered sugar 4 tab|espoon orange
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 375 and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper. Set
aside.
2. || med|0m oow| como||e ||e /o0|, oa||| oowde| a|d sa||. H||s| 0|||| ||ese
ingredients are combined. Set aside.
3. || med|0m oow| como||e o0||e| 8 s0a|. Sea| 0|||| |||| 8 /0//, (aoo0| 3-1 m||-
0|es. /dd ||e es, o|e a| a ||me 0|||| we|| m|xed. /dd ||e ||co||a c|eese, o|a|e
|0|ce a|d o|a|e zes|. Sea| |o m|x.
1. 5||| || d|, |||ed|e||s. /|x we||. 5ooo| ||e do0| (aoo|ox. 1 |ao|esooo| oe|
coo||e o||o ||e oa|c|me|| oaoe| o| ||e coo||e s|ee|. Sa|e aoo0| 12-11 m||-
0|es, o| 0|||| ||e edes a|e s|||||, o|de|. |emo.e /|om o.e| 8 coo| como|e|e|,.
5. 7o G|aze eac| coo||e - como||e ||e oowde|ed s0a| 8 o|a|e |0|ce || a oow|
& whisk together. Spoon about 1/2 teaspoon on each cookie. Let glaze harden
(aoo0| 5-10 m||.
Orange Ricotta Cookies
Prov|ded by Deb Spadafora
Ingredients:
2 cups fne|y crushed Oreo cook|es
cup butter or margar|ne, me|ted
8 oz. cream cheese, softened
14 oz. can sweetened condensed m||k
2 eggs
1 tb|s. pepperm|nt extract
1 cup sem|-sweet choco|ate ch|ps
1 pkg. choco|ate m|nt or pepperm|nt cand|es, chopped
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Combine cookie crumbs and butter in medium
oow| a|d m|x we||. ||ess c|0mo m|x|0|e /|m|, o| oo||om o/ 13x9 oa|. Sa|e 5
minutes; cool.
2. || med|0m oow|, oea| c|eam c|eese 0|||| /0//,. G|ad0a||, oea| || m|||, es
a|d oeooe|m||| ex||ac| 0|||| smoo||. |o0| o.e| coo|ed coo||e oase. Sa|e /o|
25 - 30 m||0|es. Coo| como|e|e|,.
3. || |ea., sa0ceoa|, me|| c|oco|a|e c||os a|d d||zz|e o.e| ||e |oo o/ ||e oa|s.
5o|||||e c|oooed ca|d|es o.e| ||e |oo. C0| |||o sq0a|es. 5|o|e |e/|o.e|s ||
|e/||e|a|o|.
/a|es 2 doze| |o||da, ||ea|s|
Holiday Mint Squares
Prov|ded by Mary Rhoades
Nutella Amaretto Icebox Cookies
with Almonds
Prov|ded by Yuk|ko lto
Ingredients:
1 cup unsa|ted butter 1 cup ||ght brown sugar
2 |arge eggs 3 cups s|fted a||-purpose f|our
1 teaspoon bak|ng soda 1 teaspoon bak|ng powder
teaspoon sa|t (om|t sa|t |f sa|ted butter |s used}
1 teaspoons van|||a extract
C|eam o0||e| w||| s0a|s 0|||| ||||. /dd es a|d m|x 0|||| smoo||.
5|/| |oe||e| ||e /|o0|, oa||| soda a|d sa||, s||| |||o c|eamed m|x|0|e.
Divide dough into 2 equal size balls.
Amaretto Mixture:
1 cup f|ne|y chopped A|monds cup sugar
cup f|our cup amaretto
/|x a|| |||ed|e||s we|| a|d add |o ||e Do0| =1, o|e|d 0|||| ||co|oo-
|a|ed. Fo|m a d|s| a|d /|eeze /o| 15 |o 30 m||0|es.
Nutella (Chocolate) Mixture:
1
/3 cup Nute||a (haze|nut choco|ate spread} - warm |n m|crowave to
honey ||ke cons|stency
1
/3 cup cocoa cup sugar
1
/3 cup f|ne|y chopped A|monds 1 teaspoons van|||a extract
1 to 2 tab|espoons m||k (|f the dough |s too dry, you can add m||k}
/|x a|| |||ed|e||s 0|||| smoo|| a|d add |o ||e do0| =2, o|e|d 0||||
||co|oo|a|ed. Fo|m a d|s| a|d /|eeze /o| 15 |o 30 m||0|es.
Directions:
|0| do0| oe|wee| 2 o|eces o/ o|as||c w|ao a|d |o|| o0| |o 1/1 |||c|
|ec|a||es. |/ ||e do0| oecomes |oo so/|, || ca| oe c||||ed || /|eeze|
again. Stack them up and roll into a log to make pinwheel cookies or
c0| ||e s|ac|ed 0o do0| |||o 2 a|d s|ac| ||em aa||, c0| |||o 2
w|de s|aos |o ma|e s|||oed coo||es. H|ao || waxed oaoe| o| o|as||c
w|ao, ||e e|ds a|d /|eeze /o| /ew |o0|s 0o |o a mo||| 0|||| |ead, |o
oa|e. 5||ce |o||s aoo0| 1/c-||c| |||c| w||| a c|ea| |||/e, oa|e a| 350
/o| c |o 10 m||0|es 0|||| oa|ed.
Ingredients:
1 Egg
cup brown sugar
cup wh|te sugar
cup shorten|ng
2 cups f|our
1 tsp bak|ng powder
tsp bak|ng soda
P|nch of sa|t
cup marasch|no cherr|es (cut up f|ne - save a few who|e ones for
garn|sh}
cup crushed p|neapp|e
cup shredded coconut
Directions:
Combine sugars and blend in shortening. Add egg and beat well.
Como||e d|, |||ed|e||s a|d add s|ow|, |o aoo.e. Do0| w||| oe o|
||e d|,/c|0mo|, s|de /dd c|e|||es a|d o||eaoo|e a|d m|x we||. /dd
a|||s| o/ s||edded coco|0| a|d a w|o|e o| |a|/ c|e||, o| |oo.
Sa|e a| 350 de|ees /o| aoo|ox|ma|e|, 15 m||0|es.
|ec|oe ca| oe do0o|ed.
Pineapple-Cherry Cookies
Prov|ded by E|a|ne Shumway
Christmas Cutout Cookies
Prov|ded by K|rsten Marsha||
Ingredients:
1 cup sugar 1 cup butter
2 tbsp sour cream 2 eggs, beaten
3 cup f|our 1 tsp bak|ng soda
1 tsp nutmeg
Directions:
C|eam o0||e| a|d s0a|. /|x || |ema|||| |||ed|e||s.
5|o|e || |e/||e|a|o| o.e|||||.
|o|| o| |||||, /|o0|ed ooa|d a|d c0| o0| w||| ,o0| /a.o|||e
s|aoed C|||s|mas coo||e c0||e|s. Sa|e a| 350 de|ees /o|
12-15 m||0|es. /a|es aoo0| 5 doze|.
Frosting:
1 32oz bag powdered sugar
1 tsp a|mond extract (can subst|tute w|th van|||a}
cup shorten|ng
/|x a|| |||ed|e||s |oe||e| 0|||| smoo||. /dd |o| wa|e| 0||||
des||ed co|s|s|e|c, |s ac||e.ed. 5eoa|a|e |||o sma|| oow|s a|d
add /ood co|o|||. Ge| c|ea||.e w||| ,o0| deco|a||o|s o, add-
|| so|||||es, c|||amo| oa||s, e|c.
Half Moon Christmas Cookies
Prov|ded by Tracey Mumford
Ingredients:
Cream these ingredients together.
1 cup butter, me|ted
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
|| a seoa|a|e oow| m|x ||ese d|, |||ed|e||s.
4 cups f|our 1 tsp bak|ng powder
3 tsp bak|ng soda 1 tsp sa|t
1 cup cocoa
Directions:
Oomb|ned a|| of the above together, then add 2 cups m||k and 2 tsp
van|||a. M|x a|| unt|| a|| |umps are gone. Drop teaspoons fu|| of m|xture
on a greased cook|e sheet, |eav|ng enough space between them for
them to spread dur|ng bak|ng. Bake at 350 degrees for 7-10 m|nutes.
Makes about 4 dozen. |et them coo| before frost|ng.
Dream Whip Frosting:
1 cups cr|sco 1 enve|ope dream wh|p
tsp sa|t 1 tbsp van|||a
2/3 cup warm water 2 |bs confect|onary sugar
H||o |oe||e| c||sco a|d d|eam w||o. /|x || ||e |ema|||| |||ed|-
e||s a|d oea| /o| 5 m||0|es. /dd co|o| |o ma|e ||em /es||.e /o| ||e
|o||da,s.
Happy Holiday's