Christmas Cookie Recipes

Some of our Staff favourite holiday cookies!

Shortbread 

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup corn starch
• 1/2 cup icing sugar
• 1 cup flour
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1/4 cup margarine
• bottle of maraschino cherries

Directions

1. Pour maraschino cherries on paper towel to dry
2. Stir together dry ingredients
3. Blend in butter and margarine
4. Knead together until smooth
5. Shape into 1′ balls, press thumb in middle of ball, place in cherry and form 1″ ball around the cherry
6. Bake at 300 for 20 minutes

Sugar Cookies

Ingredients

• 2 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 ½ cups white sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

1. Stir together flour, baking soda, and baking powder. Set aside.
2. In another bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in egg and vanilla. Gradually blend in the dry ingredients.
3. Roll out dough, use cookie cutter of your choice
4. Bake at 375 for 8-10 minutes

Chocolate Gingerbread cookies

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup  butter, softened
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon  salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 cup  molasses
• 1 1/2 cups  all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons cocoa
• 1 cup chocolate chips
• 1/4 cup white granulated sugar, for on top of cookies

Directions

1. Cream together the butter, brown sugar, and spices
2. Add the molasses
3. Add the flour and cocoa
4. Add the chocolate chips and mix until they are evenly distributed in the dough
5. Either roll out dough and use cookie cutters or form dough into balls and flatten a little with fork
6. Place cookies on baking tray and sprinkle each cookie with sugar on top
7. Bake at 325 for 11-13 minutes
8. Enjoy!

Happy Holidays!