Who's making Christmas cookies?

[spinbaby]

I got off to a late start, but am almost done with the cookies I mail out. Except for the pizzelles, they’re not really very Christmasy this year —chocolate chip, oatmeal, that sort of thing.

An issue I often have is that my room temperature is only around 60 degrees, which means that the butter mixture stays a clumpy greasy mess rather than being all nice and emulsified and fluffy. I sometimes have to rest the mixing bowl over hot water to bring it up to temperature.

[Wonder Why]

1. Pizzelles, of course. We try to do it every year. Traaditional and Chocolate.

[MiHale]

2. Happy 15,000 posts ...we're done...

Doing Christmas early with the family so we had to get on it. My wife, Mary, isn’t doing the full round of cookies this year so we concentrated on the old family recipe that we’ve done for decades.
Everyone in the family is trying to battle gravity a little so instead of a White Christmas we’re doing a Light Christmas.

Still 24 dozen!

[twodogsbarking]

3. Our pizzelle iron is 50 yo. Wife makes them every year. Italian tradition.

[sl8]

4. I don't know, but I smell them, too. nt

[Beatlelvr]

5. Okay, I admit I had to lookup pizzelle

And of course, have seen them before. Must be a nice family tradition. I like to bake. This post got me looking at my recipies, but since I don't have anyone to bake FOR, I'll find a couple and donate to local kitchen for the homeless. Keeping a few for myself!
I do have a recipe I make every year: applesauce pumpkin bread.
Happy Baking.

[Tesha]

6. White Chocolate Macadamia Cookies

The only ones my husband has asked for, but I'll also do Almost Butter Sticks for my daughters who will be here.

I haven't even thought of what else, guess I'd better get on it!

[trof]

7. Easy fruitcake cookies

My mom used to make these and I loved them.


1(10 1/4 ounce) box spice cake mix
2eggs
1⁄2cup oil
3 T rum
1cup mixed candied fruit, chopped
1cup roasted pecans chopped and
1 cup roasted walnuts, chopped

Mix well the cake mix, eggs, and oil. Stir in chopped candied fruit and the chopped nuts. Drop with 1" cookie scoop (making walnut-sized balls) onto cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean. DO NOT OVERBAKE. Makes about 40 cookies

[no_hypocrisy]

8. Just bought four pounds of butter today on sale.

$3.99 each. Others were $6.49.

Cookies for my mechanic, my doctors' offices -- the people who have kept me going for 2024.