As the holidays are fast approaching, I get geared up thinking about all of the wonderful cookie recipes out there! What are yours? We’d love hear about your favorite cookie – those you enjoy in the Fall, in the Winter, for Christmas, or just a Sunday afternoon. The beauty of baking with cookies is that they can be made ahead of time, and even frozen if needed – making our busy days simpler 🙂 Yea!
I don’t know about you, but as the weather gets cooler and I am indoors more, I really love baking! Isn’t it exciting to see that first snowflake fall from the kitchen window !?! There is definitely something cozy about baking while it’s snowing…or maybe just anticipating! These are some of our favorites!
Grandma Maxine’s Ginger Cookies
Thumbprint Cookies
Here’s the recipe for the Thumbprint Cookies – one of my favorite Christmas cookies! It might have something to do with the frosting….or the butter…or maybe both 😉
- Thumbprint cookies:
- 1 C soft butter
- ¼ c. powdered sugar
- 1 t. vanilla
- 1 T. water
- 2 C. flour
- ¼ t. salt
- 2 C. chopped pecans
- Decorator's Frosting:
- ½ C. Crisco
- 4 C. powdered sugar
- ½ t. salt
- 1 t. vanilla extract
- 3-5 T. milk
- ½ t. -1 t. almond extract
- Cream together butter, powdered sugar, vanilla, and water. Then mix in flour and salt. Chill for 1 hour. Roll into small balls (like walnuts). Make indentation with index or little finger. Bake 1 hour at 250 degrees. Cool. Frost center by piping with decorator bag, using frosting recipe.
- Pretty at Christmas with red and green food coloring.
- For the Frosting: Mix Crisco, powdered sugar, vanilla (and salt if desired). Gradually add in milk to desired thickness. Then add almond extract. Add food coloring of choice.
