Favorite Black Walnut Cookies
In a large bowl, cream butter, white sugar, and brown sugar. Add eggs and beat until smooth. Sift together flour, baking soda, and salt. Stir dry ingredients into the creamed mixture until well blended. Stir in walnuts last. Shape dough into logs ... [... more]
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White Velvet Cutouts
Cream the butter, cream cheese and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add the egg yolk and the vanilla. Stir in the flour. Gather the dough into a ball and chill overnight. On a lightly floured board, roll dough out to a thickness of 3/16 ... [... more]
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Crispy Almond Cookies
In a large bowl, cream the shortening, and sugar. Separate the eggs and refrigerate the whites. Mix in the egg yolks and almond extract. Dissolve the baking soda in the water, and stir into the mixture along with the milk. Combine the flour, ... [... more]
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Coconut Icebox Cookies
Cream butter or margarine, add sugar and continue creaming until light and fluffy. Stir in egg, vanilla and coconut flavoring. Sift the flour with the salt and baking soda. Alternately add the flour mixture and the shredded coconut to the creamed ... [... more]
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Busia's Cutout Cookies
Dissolve the baking soda in the milk, then add to mixture. Add the vanilla and mix well Place salt in with flour and slowly stir into mixture. The dough should not be too sticky and should pull away from the sides of the bowl easily. If the dough ... [... more]
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Perfect Biscotti
Biscotti can seem a little exotic, but they're just as easy to make at home as any other cookie. To begin: Mix dough, adding "extras" of your choice. Common flavors found in biscotti are anise, orange, almond, chocolate and hazelnut. But try [... more]
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Cookie Bouquets
If you're making rolled cookies (like sugar cookies) rather than drop cookies (like chocolate chip or oatmeal cookies), roll them out nice and thick--between 1/4 and half an inch. You'll also want to choose a cookie recipe that will not spread ... [... more]
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Coloring and Flavoring
The most beautifully decorated cookies are made using frosting. It takes practice, but piping is a very versatile skill for decorating cookies and cakes. The simplest types of cookie icing are made using confectioners' sugar, butter or shortening ... [... more]
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Make Ahead Jam Thumbs
Combine Make Ahead Cookie Mix with white sugar, butter, vanilla, and egg. Shape dough into balls. Dip into an egg white. Roll dough in chopped nuts. Press deep hole into center of each ball. Fill hole with 1/4 teaspoon jam. Bake 11-16 ... [... more]
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Christmas Pinwheel Cookies
Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together into a bowl. Resift again into another bowl. Beat the butter with the brown and white sugars in a mixing bowl until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs and vanilla until smooth. ... [... more]
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Oma Kiener's Hazelnut Christmas Cookies
Beat the butter, sugar, egg, and salt together in a mixing bowl until light and fluffy. Stir in the flour and baking soda, and mix just until blended. Mix in the hazelnuts. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and shape into 2 1/2 ... [... more]
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Swiss Hazelnut Taler
When the hazelnuts are cool, transfer to a food processor or blender. Cover and pulse until ground, although not too fine since this will give a more interesting texture. In a large bowl, stir together the ground hazelnuts, flour, baking powder, ... [... more]
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