
How easy Christmas cookies in the presence of ice?
I want to make Christmas cookies with icing that you just cut with cookie cutters. My children would like to help make them.
Gingerbread People about gingerbread people 25 Prep: 30 minutes Chill: 3 hours Cooking time: 5 minutes per batch Ingredients 3 cups all purpose flour 3 / 4 c. tea baking soda 1 / 2 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 / 8 c. Tea cloves floor 1 / 2 cup butter 1 / 2 cup sugar 1 egg 1 / 2 cup molasses 1 teaspoon of vanilla 1 / 4 cup grated fresh ginger Royal Icing Assorted colors of paste food coloring Directions 1. In a medium bowl stir together flour, baking soda, cinnamon and ground cloves aside. In a large bowl beat butter for 30 seconds with an electric mixer. Add sugar and beat until consistency lightly. Add egg, molasses and vanilla and beat until smooth. Whisk ginger and as much flour mixture as you can with the mixer. Stir in remaining flour with a wooden spoon. Cover, chill dough about 3 hours or overnight, or until easy to handle. 2. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. On a roll of dough lightly floured surface to about 1/8-inch thick. Cut pulp with 5 people gingerbread cookie cutters thumb. Arrange cut about 1 inch apart on a lightly greased cookie sheet. 3. Bake for 5 to 6 minutes or until edges are firm and bottoms are light brown. Cool cookies on a rack. Pipe designs on cookies with Royal icing tinted. Makes about 25 gingerbread people. To store: Place in layers separated by waxed paper in an airtight container, cover. Shop piped cookies at room temperature for up to 3 days. Freeze cookies unfrosted for a maximum of 3 months. Thaw, and if desired, pipe with icing. Royal Icing: In a small bowl, combine 2 cups sifted powdered sugar, 4 teaspoons meringue powder and 1 / 4 c. Tea cream of tartar. Stir 1 / 4 cup hot water. Beat with electric mixer low speed until smooth, then at high speed 7 to 10 minutes or until very stiff. Add 1 to 2 tablespoons tablespoons additional warm water, 1 teaspoon at a time, until consistency of glaze. To tint, divide the glaze small portions. Add enough food coloring paste or liquid food coloring to each party to the color desired. ****************************************** *************************** Old-Fashioned Sugar Cookies Prep Time: 20 minutes Chill: 3 hours Cooking time: 10 minutes per batch Ingredients 1-1/4 cups shortening 2 cups sugar 2 c. Tea. baking powder 1 tsp. baking soda 1 / 2 tsp Tea. ground nutmeg 1 / 4 tsp. salt 2 eggs 1 c. to tea. vanilla 1 / 2 tsp Tea. lemon extract 4-1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1 cup buttermilk or sour milk, granulated sugar, fine sanding sugar, sugar Gross, or colored decorating sugar Directions 1. Beat shortening in large bowl with electric mixer for 30 seconds. Add 2 cups of sugar, powdered baking, baking soda, nutmeg and salt and beat until smooth. Add eggs, vanilla and lemon extract until this handset. Alternately add flour and buttermilk to shortening mixture, beating until smooth. Divide dough in half. Cover and refrigerate at least 3 hours or until easy to handle. 2. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Roll the dough on a floured surface until 1 / 2 inch thick. Cut into rounds with a cookie cutter 2-1/2 inches. Place rounds 2-1/2 inches part on a sheet ungreased baking. Sprinkle additional sugar. Bake approximately 10 minutes or until firm and edges just begin to brown. Transfer to wire racks and let cool. Makes 32. 3. To store: Place in layers separated by waxed paper in an airtight container, cover. Store at room temperature up to 1 week or freeze up to 3 months. **************************************... Spritz cookies are sugar, butter generally Manufactured using a cookie press to get many different forms. Spritz Blossoms about 7 dozen cookies Preparation: 40 minutes Cooking time: 7 minutes / Batch Ingredients 1-1/2 cups butter, softened 1 cup packed brown sugar 1 tsp tea baking powder 1 egg 1 tsp tea vanilla 1 / 2 teaspoon extract Almond 3-1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1 recipe sugar icing sugar into a coarse powder, silver dragees Directions 1. Preheat oven to 375F. In a large bowl, beat butter on medium to high speed 30 seconds. Add brown sugar and baking powder and beat until smooth, scraping sides the bowl. Stir in egg, vanilla and extract until smooth. Beat in as much flour as you can and add the remaining flour. 2. Push dough through cookie press on a baking sheet with non-greased. Bake 7 to 9 minutes or until edges are lightly golden. Transfer to rack to cool. 3. Brush with icing sugar powder and sprinkle with sugar. Put a pill in the center. Dry 30 minutes on paper waxed. Makes 80. 4. Store in an airtight container in single layer at room temperature up to 3 days. Freeze up to 3 months. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Molasses Ginger Cookies Prep: 30 minutes Chill: 3 hours Cooking time: 9 minutes per batch Ingredients 2 1 / 4 cups flour all purpose 1 1 / 2 c. Tea. baking soda 1 / 2 tsp Tea. ground cinnamon 1 / 4 tsp. ground ginger 1 / 4 tsp. ground nutmeg 1 / 4 tsp. ground cloves 1 / 2 cup butter, softened 3 / 4 cup granulated sugar 1 / 2 cup dark molasses 1 egg 1 / 2 cup raw sugar, coarse or granulated sugar Directions 1. In a medium bowl, combine the soda, flour paste, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and cloves. In a large mixing bowl, beat butter with a mixer electric low speed for 30 seconds. Add the cup granulated sugar 34. Beat until smooth, scraping down sides of bowl occasionally. Beat in molasses and egg mix. Beat the extent of the flour mixture as you can with the mixer. Stir in remaining flour. Cover and refrigerate 3 hours or until easy to handle. 2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Shape dough into 1 inch balls. Roll balls in the cup 12 of raw sugar. Place balls on parchment lined cookie sheet or a baking sheet with non-greased. 3. Bake for 9 to 11 minutes or until edges are firm and top is swollen, do not overcook. Cool on baking sheet for 1 minute. Transfer biscuits on grids. Cool. Makes 4 dozen cookies. Test Kitchen Tip: To store, arrange in layers separated by waxed paper in an airtight container, cover. Store at room temperature for 3 days or freeze for up to 3 months. ********************************* *****... Tender Sugar Cookies about 60 Preparation: 40 min. Chill: 30 min. Cooking time: 15 min. Per batch Ingredients 1 cup butter, softened 1-1/4 cup sugar 1 tablespoon Coffee baking powder 1 / 4 c. tea salt 1 egg 1 c. tea vanilla 2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour Directions 1. Beat butter in large bowl with electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds. Add 1 cup sugar, baking powder and salt. Beat until homogeneous, scraping side of bowl occasionally. Stir in egg and vanilla until smooth. Beat in as much flour as you can with the mixer. Stir in remaining flour. If necessary, cover and chill dough in refrigerator for 30 to 60 minutes or until the dough is easy to handle. 2. Preheat oven to 300F. Shape dough into 1 inch balls. Roll balls in remaining 1 / 4 cup sugar. Place 2 inches apart on cookie sheets greased not. Bake in preheated oven about 15 minutes or until top is slightly crackled and sides are set (do not let edges brown). Transfer cookies to wire racks and let cool. Makes about 60 cookies. 3. Tip: For a colorful plate of cookies, roll the dough into balls of different colors sugars instead of white granulated sugar. 4. To store: Place cookies in layers separated by pieces of waxed paper in an airtight container, cover. Store at room temperature up to 3 days or freeze for a maximum of 3 months. Thaw cookies, if frozen, before serving.
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The Christmas Cookie Sprinkle Snitcher List Price: $18.95 Sale Price: $11.91 |
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In a snow covered village, while children all sleep, the Christmas Cookie Sprinkle Snitcher, lands with a leap! All the sprinkles he snitches, it's his Christmas fun, but without sprinkles the baking cannot be done! The villagers panic, but says Little Nat, "I'll track down the Snitcher wherever he's at!" Will Nat find the Snitcher? Will the Snitcher relent? Will the cookies be baked? Will the Snitcher repent? Will Nat lose the trail? Will he fall through the ice? If Nat finds the Snitcher, will the Snitcher be nice? These questions are answered for all to enjoy! |
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The Christmas Cookie Club: A Novel List Price: $24.99 Sale Price: $4.50 |
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Mark your calendar. It's the Christmas Cookie Club! Every year on the first Monday of December, Marnie and her twelve closest girlfriends gather in the evening with batches of beautifully wrapped homemade cookies. Everyone has to bring a dish, a bottle of wine, and their stories. This year, the stories are especially important. Marnie's oldest daughter has a risky pregnancy. Will she find out tonight how that story might end? Jeannie's father is having an affair with her best friend. Who else knew about the betrayal, and how can that be forgiven or forgotten, even among old friends such as these? Rosie's husband doesn't want children, and she has to decide, very soon, whether or not that's a deal breaker for the marriage. Taylor's life is in financial freefall. Each woman, each friend has a story to tell, and they are all interwoven, just as their lives are.On this evening, at least, they can feel as a group the impulses of sisterly love and conflict, the passion and hopefulness of a new romance, the betrayal and disillusionment some relationships bring, the joys and fears of motherhood, the agony of losing a child, and above all, the love they have for one another. As Marnie says, the Christmas Cookie Club, if it's anything, is a reminder of delight.The Christmas Cookie Club is about the paths Marnie and her friends have traveled, the absolute joy they take in life and love despite the decisions they've regretted, the hard choices and amends they've had to make, and the sacrifices along the way. Ultimately, The Christmas Cookie Club is every woman's story. As you read about Marnie and her friends, their struggles and triumphs, what makes them laugh and what has made them cry, you'll see yourself and some of the ingredients of your own story. Celebrating courage and joy in spite of hard times and honoring the importance of women's friendships as well as the embracing bonds of community, Ann Pearlman has written a novel that speaks to us all. |
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Cookie Craft Christmas: Dozens of Decorating Ideas for a Sweet Holiday List Price: $14.95 Sale Price: $4.40 |
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Make every Christmas a cookie craft Christmas! The holidays offer just the right combination of cold weather and family togetherness for cookie crafters to elevate their skills to showstopping new heights. With more than 60 new Christmas cookie designs, along with festive New Year’s cookies and lovely Hanukkah treats, Cookie Craft Christmas delivers colorful inspiration to cookie decorators just when they need it most.Each spread features a full-page, close-up photograph of one cookie cutter shape with detailed decorating instructions on the facing page. Some pages feature one gloriously decorated cookie, while others might feature two or three interpretations of the same shape — ornaments in complementary colors, Christmas trees decorated in varying styles, or gingerbread men wearing a rainbow of colors and patterns. Decorating instructions are as simple as tinting cookie dough green before baking Christmas trees or as intricate as piping hair on a gingerbread grandma, creating a frilly pattern for her apron, and decorating her dress using a pretty feathering technique. Techniques are described in full in a Decorating Glossary, and cookie and icing recipes are included.Fresh inspiration and fabulous decorating ideas fill the pages of this handy little sourcebook. It’s the perfect gift for anyone who has ever picked up a pastry bag.Publisher's Note: The chart on page 17 gives ingredient quantities for making royal icing with meringue powder. Please note that you should use only 4 teaspoons of meringue powder for 2 cups of confectioners' sugar in both the piping and the flooding recipes. (The table incorrectly gives the meringue powder quantity as 4 tablespoons.) This will be corrected in reprints of the book.Our thanks to an alert reader for finding and pointing out this error and our apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused. |
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Come holiday time, there’s no better way to celebrate than by baking up some special cookies. In Christmas Cookies from the Whimsical Bakehouse, mother-daughter bakers Kaye and Liv Hansen share their most enchanting cookies, from simple to showstoppingly beautiful. These irresistibly pretty cookies are perfect for snacking and gifting, decorating the tree, and, of course, leaving for Santa.And they are definitely not your grandmother’s cookies! With both classic and creative flavor combinations and adorable designs, the Hansens’ cookies have been pleasing loyal customers at their cozy upstate New York bakery for years. Now they bring their customers’ favorite recipes home to you. Kaye handles the baking, imbuing the cookies with the traditional flavors of Christmas, like cinnamon, ginger, and vanilla, but also more modern touches like coconut, chocolate, and pistachio. Her daughter, Liv, provides the artistic flair, using innovative techniques and plenty of colored (yes, colored!) chocolate to yield truly special cookie creations that look as good as they taste.All of the Hansens’ best cookie creations are here, from simple roll-and-slice cookies to bars and cutouts, including Coconut Dreams, Chocolate Pecan Rounds, and Creamy Christmas Butter Cookies, as well as step-by-step instructions for making truly impressive decorations. Imagine a dazzling 3-D Christmas cookie tree decked with silver dragées, or a breathtaking gingerbread house. From chewy Apricot-Chocolate Triangles to tangy Lemon Drop Cookies, Christmas Cookies from the Whimsical Bakehouse is a fanciful, fabulous take on everyone’s favorite holiday treat. |
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Whatever your favorite cookie is. You,re sure to find it in this cookie book. |
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Since its 1990 publication, Rose's Christmas Cookies has been a phenomenal success. Who can resist Chocolate-Dipped Melting Moments Cookies or moist Mini-Cheesecakes with Lemon Curd . . . or David Shamah's Jumbles, a fabulous cross between a chocolate-chip cookie and a chunky candy bar bursting with raisins, chocolate chips, and pecans. Whether you need a cookie to decorate your tree or grace your mantelpiece (cookies like Stained Glass or Christmas Wreaths), a sweet to send (Mahogany Butter Crunch Toffee, Maple Macadamia Bars), or a special holiday treat for your dinner party (Praline Truffle Cups, Chocolate-Pistachio Marzipan Spirals), you'll find that perfect something here. Complete with 60 cookie recipes and a color photograph of each cookie for handy reference, this easy-to-use and fun-to-read book will result in scrumptious, festive, and splendid-looking cookies every time. Christmas and cookies are synonymous. Extolling that happy truth, Rose Levy Beranbaum's Rose's Christmas Cookies provides a comprehensive selection of 60 cookie recipes for eating and decoration, for keeping and giving, that is probably the last word on the subject. The author of the award-winning The Cake Bible, Beranbaum has applied her passion for precise, foolproof recipes to the pleasurable business of cookie making. Including full-page color photos of every cookie, and more than 50 line drawings of techniques and templates, the award-winning book is both easy to use and a delight to the eye. Novice bakers and old hands alike will enjoy baking from it. The recipes are arranged in chapters devoted to tree and mantelpiece cookies; cookies to make for and/or with kids; cookies for sending, for open house, and holiday dinner parties, among others. Included are recipes for classics such as Scottish Shortbread, Chocolate-Dipped Melting Moments, Mexican Wedding Cakes, Spritz Butter Cookies, Springerle, and Pfeffernüsse. Also offered are Beranbaum's own creations, such as Maple Walnut Sablé Sandwiches, and those of her friends, like Lora Brody's Christmas Phantoms and Mrs. King's Irresistibles. Where applicable, recipes offer optional mixing methods for food processor or electric mixer (or by hand). Beranbaum's "Smart Cookie" accompanies each recipe and provides hints on ingredients and techniques. Decoration, storage, and cookie-sending information abounds. Concluding with a color-photo-illustrated glossary of ingredients and equipment, the book is encyclopedic on its subject and virtually guarantees Christmas (or any time) cookie-making success. --Arthur Boehm |
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Scrumptious, homemade treats...Christmas is all about cookies! In Christmas Cookies you'll find the ultimate collection of sweet recipes, including quick-to-fix favorites like carmelitas, sugar spritz cookies and super-simple snickerdoodles. You'll also find plenty of recipes for cut-out and drop cookies they'll love. The holidays aren't complete without melt-in-your-mouth candies like chocolate-coconut bon-bons and creamy butter mints, plus yummy mixes too! Annual cookie swap coming up? There are oodles of clever ideas for wrapping all your goodies to share inside. Hardcover, 224 pages. (9-1/4" x 6-1/2") |
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This scrumptious follow-up to the bestselling Cookies: Bite-Size Life Lessons captures the spirit of the holiday season. From making the same kind of cookies at the same time each year (tradition) to decorating them with lots of sprinkles (celebrate), youngsters will gobble up vocabulary words and holiday lessons in this charming dictionary of sorts. Amy Krouse Rosenthal's timeless morsels of wisdom paired with Jane Dyer's cozy illustrations are as irresistible as the aroma of cookies fresh from the oven. Go ahead, take another bite! |
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Christmas Cookies, Candies and Cakes List Price: $12.99 Sale Price: $7.91 |
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With such busy holiday seasons, it's crucial to find ways to bring the whole family together. This comprehensive collection of Woman's Day favorite Christmas recipes contains every type of sweet each family member will love, making it your one-stop source for your holiday baking needs. Chapters include: cutout and shaped cookies, drop cookies, bundt cakes, cupcakes and ice cream cakes bars and brownies, toffie and tassies. From Chocolate-Coconut Rugelach and Almond-Orange Macaroons to Raspberry Cheesecake Bars and the classic Standup Gingerbread House, each scrumptious recipe includes prep and bake time. The book also features over 45 beautiful color photos and many helpful tips for making holiday baking easy and fun. This is a timeless classic readers are sure to turn to again and again for many Christmases to come. |
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Baking truly has a season and Christmastime is it-especially for cookies! More than 130 recipes for old-world favorites, American classics, shortcut cookies, new cookies, flavor twists, and decorating ideas. Every full-page photo shows a gift-giving idea with directions. Cookie Basics chapter, plus tips throughout the book, including cookie-baking techniques. Decorating with Cookies chapter includes gingerbread houses and ornaments. Preparation and bake times listed for each recipe. |
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