Cookie recipes!

[Wayland10]

People have been commenting that all the cookie threads are useless without recipes, so here we go! What’s your all time favorite holiday cookie recipe?
Here’s two of mine:

Black Forest cookies

2 cups of flour
⅔ cups cocoa powder (dark)
½ tsp salt
2 sticks unsalted butter, softened to room temperature.
1 ⅓ cups sugar
2 large egg yolks
4 tbsp milk.
2 tsp vanilla extract.

Combine flour, cocoa, and salt in bowl. Set aside.

Beat butter and sugar until light, 2 minutes. Add egg yolks, milk and vanilla. Reduce speed to low and beat in flour mixture until just combined. Refrigerate.

Roll into a ball about the size of a walnut. Using a spoon, make an indent in the cookie and fill with sour cherry jam.

Heat oven to 350*.
Bake for around 12 minutes. Cookies are very soft and fudge-y.

When they are cool drizzle them with melted white chocolate.

Eggnog cookies

3/4 cups butter
1 and 1/4 cups sugar
2egg yolks
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 and 1/2 cups all purpose flour
Pinch salt
1 tbsp + 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tbsp cinnamon
1 tbsp + 1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 cup eggnog
1tsp rum extract or rum

Preheat oven to 350*
Beat together butter and sugar.
Add egg yolks and vanilla.
Add flour, salt and baking powder and spices. Mix until just combined.
Add eggnog.

Roll into balls and press with cookie press, or freeze in a “log” shape and cut as disks.
Bake for 10-12 minutes
Decorate with rum glaze or colored sugar.

 

[robinb]

I make these every year for our cookie exchange.
https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/jam-thumbprint-cookies-recipe-1956592

Jam Thumbprint Cookies​

3/4 pound (3 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1 egg beaten with 1 tablespoon water, for egg wash
7 ounces sweetened flaked coconut
Raspberry and/or apricot jam

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

In an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together the butter and sugar until they are just combined and then add the vanilla. Separately, sift together the flour and salt. With the mixer on low speed, add the flour mixture to the creamed butter and sugar. Mix until the dough starts to come together. Dump on a floured board and roll together into a flat disk. Wrap in plastic and chill for 30 minutes.

Roll the dough into 1 1/4-inch balls. (If you have a scale they should each weigh 1 ounce.) Dip each ball into the egg wash and then roll it in coconut. Place the balls on an ungreased cookie sheet (I use parchment paper because the bottoms tend to burn otherwise) and press a light indentation into the top of each with your finger. Drop 1/4 teaspoon of jam into each indentation. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until the coconut is a golden brown. Cool and serve.

 

[Wayland10]

I make these every year for our cookie exchange.
https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/jam-thumbprint-cookies-recipe-1956592

Jam Thumbprint Cookies​

3/4 pound (3 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1 egg beaten with 1 tablespoon water, for egg wash
7 ounces sweetened flaked coconut
Raspberry and/or apricot jam

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

In an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together the butter and sugar until they are just combined and then add the vanilla. Separately, sift together the flour and salt. With the mixer on low speed, add the flour mixture to the creamed butter and sugar. Mix until the dough starts to come together. Dump on a floured board and roll together into a flat disk. Wrap in plastic and chill for 30 minutes.

Roll the dough into 1 1/4-inch balls. (If you have a scale they should each weigh 1 ounce.) Dip each ball into the egg wash and then roll it in coconut. Place the balls on an ungreased cookie sheet (I use parchment paper because the bottoms tend to burn otherwise) and press a light indentation into the top of each with your finger. Drop 1/4 teaspoon of jam into each indentation. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until the coconut is a golden brown. Cool and serve.

Yum!

 

[HopperFan]

I happened across these, made them and EVERYONE GOBBLED them down! I normally struggle with texture on my Choc Chip but these came out perfect.

I Want to Marry You Cookies​

Super delicious cookies, so good, it's reported that they've been known to elicit marriage proposals...

Prep Time20minutes mins
Cook Time30minutes mins

Servings: 36 cookies

Calories: 189kcal

Author: Adapted by Chris Scheuer from The Cooking Channel

Ingredients​

• 1 cup butter
• 1 ¼ cups light brown sugar
• ½ cup granulated sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups flour
• 1 cup uncooked rolled or old fashioned oats - not quick oats.
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon kosher salt
• ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 cup white chocolate chips extra for garnishing, if desired*
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips extra for garnishing, if desired*
• 1 cup roughly chopped toasted pecans, extra for garnishing, if desired*

Instructions​

• In a medium saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat until melted. Remove from the heat.
• Add the brown sugar and granulated sugar and stir until sugars are incorporated and smooth. Chill the mixture for 10 minutes.
• Remove from the refrigerator and stir in the egg, egg yolk, and vanilla.
• Add the flour, oats, baking soda, ½ teaspoon salt, and cinnamon and mix together.
• Stir in the white chocolate chips, chocolate chips and pecans.
• Roll by hand into medium-size balls or use a scoop, and place on sheet pans. If desired, tuck extra chips and pecans over tops of dough mounds for a lovely appearance.
• Chill, on sheet pan for 30 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 325˚F. Remove the cookies from the refrigerator and bake for 14-18 minutes, or until golden brown. Allow to cool for several minutes on pan, then transfer to cooling rack.
• Watch the proposals coming pouring in!!!

Notes​

I can't verify this but they say that these cookies are known to inspire marriage proposals. I can verify that they're crazy-good!

Nutrition​

Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 189kcal | Carbohydrates: 26g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 25mg | Sodium: 102mg | Potassium: 73mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 17g | Vitamin A: 175IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 25mg | Iron: 1mg

 

[CGB]

One of the favorites....