Cookies!! Tons of cookies! :)

[Kirsten]

I was busy making cookies for Christmas this weekend, and the weekend before. Would love to share them with you, but since I'm too far away, I'll show you some photos instead! ;)

I made cinnamon stars, butter cookies, vanilla "kipferln", and coconut macaroons:

http://www.catmom.de/pix/cookies4.jpg

http://www.catmom.de/pix/cookies1.jpg

http://www.catmom.de/pix/cookies2.jpg

http://www.catmom.de/pix/cookies3.jpg

If I made you hungry, I'm sorry! :p

What kind of cookies did you make for Christmas?

Kirsten

[Randi]

Oh Kirsten, they look so yummy!! Which is your favourite? Can I have the recipe, please?

I'm going to make some later in the week, I usually make "Vanilla Wreths" (I think that's the closest translation). Years ago, the yhad a competition in the biggest newspaper here - who could make the best. I sat and waited for the result and made the winner ones.

The ones top left look a lot like the ones I make, except for the shape.

Just yesterday, I was looking for more recipes on cookies - gotta try something new now and again. :D

[carole]

Aww Kirsten they did make me hungry, they look divine,it is 7am here and i have not had breakfast yet, got those digestive juices going seeing the pics lol.

I usually make shortbread creams in xmas shapes, and melt chocolate and put it on the back of them.

My sons partner is a primary school teacher, she has been busy cutting out xmas tree shapes for the kids to decorate, they look great, she has used green icing,little silver eatable baubles and rainbow chocolate bits for the lights on the tree,the children will have heaps of fun decorating them.

[Kirsten]

Carole, that sounds so interesting, can you please make a photo of your shortbread creams? :)

Randi, congrats on winning the contest! :) That is so cool!

My faves are the butter cookies (in the second photo), I think. My grandma used to make them. Here's the recipe:

400 g wheat flour
200 g sugar
1 tea spoon baking soda
200 g butter
3 egg yolks
8 g vanille sugar (one package)
vanilla flavor

Knead everything to a smooth dough and put it into the fridge for two hours. After that, form the biscuits. I think they turn out best when you use a passing machine (this is what I did with the ones on the left). Bake them at 200°C until they are yellow golden.

Kirsten

[Karen]

Looking for more recipes? Here's a link for Gourmet Magazine's favorite cookies from each year for the past few decades


http://www.gourmet.com/recipes/cookies?mbid=cookies_email

Kirsten, your cookies look yummy!

[Taz_Zoee]

Ok, I am drooling here! Those look so yummy!!!
I do not make cookies, but I make two different kinds of brownies. I will start making them today.

[pomtzu]

OMG - you are sooooo cruel - posting pics of all those yummies and knowing we can't get to them. I'm drooling...........

I haven't made any yet. If I did, there would be none left for Christmas since my son is the original Cookie Monster! I don't do anything fancy - quick and easy is my style. Chocolate chip, white chocolate chip and macadamia nut, peanut butter. Tomorrow I'm making doggie cookies for the poochies and some for a couple of relatives poochies too. This will be a first for me - can't wait to see how they turn out. :D

[carole]

Kirsten i have not made them yet lol, the other ones that sound so nice are made by my sons girlfriend, i was up there yesterday,alas i did not take a pic.

Does anyone have a recipe for cat biscuits, i always see doggie ones, but not for the kitty's ,would love to make some for them for xmas?:)

[Edwina's Secretary]

I don't bake cookies but last weekend we were in Chicago visiting our families. My mother gave us a container of our favorite cookies. Sadly ;) only a few are left that are whole....

http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg23/EdwinaandEddie/IMG_4478.jpg?t=1229280606

I cannot imagine what happened to the rest of them....:rolleyes:

[carole]

Aww they are so cute, yes i wonder where they disappeared to lol :D

Found this site interesting,however don't have a lot of the ingredients down under, but i am sure available in the USA.


Go to christmas-cookies.com 540 recipes to choose from.:)

[Randi]

Thanks for the recipe, Kirsten! I will try those. Btw, I use a vanilla bean, so I'm not sure what the equivalent would be. I didn't win the contest, I only made the winning ones. ;)

Karen, the link you posted looks like what I after, but when I opened it, I had to restart my machine.

I also made some shortbread cookies from a little recipe book I got from Scotland, they are simple, but so yummy. :p

I know what you mean by "passing machine" Kirsten, but I don't have one. I sometimes borrow one from a neigbor, but I suppose I could just cool them, roll them out and make a different shape.

Sara, the ones your mom made are soo cute!

[carole]

Randi do you have the shortbread recipe from scotland, i would love it, as we are scottish, and would love to make them for my parents for xmas, thanks if you are able.:)

[pomtzu]

Does anyone have a recipe for cat biscuits, i always see doggie ones, but not for the kitty's ,would love to make some for them for xmas?:)

Just out of curiousity I Googled "cat treat recipe", and it brought up a bunch of web sites with different recipes. I'm sure you could find something you think your kitties would like in one of them! Good luck! :D

[carole]

Cheers, i just posted a new thread to see if anyone has any, but yes of course i can google it myself,just thought someone might have one they have tried successfully.:)

[Randi]

I'll just go and find it now... hang on! Will post it here. :)

Here we go... Scottish shortbread - thank you KK!

4 oz. sieved plain flour
2 oz. rice flour
2 oz. caster sugar
4 oz. butter

Combine flours and sugar in a mixing bowl. Work in butter until the dough is a consistency of shortcrust. Sprinkle board with rice flour. Turn dough on to board and knead till smooth. Cut into portions and shape into rounds.

Place on grease proof baking paper in a baking tin. Prick with a fork. Put in oven at 350. When the cookies begin to color (from 20 to 30 min.) :eek: :confused: lower the heat. Allow to cool in tin.

The recipe doesn't say whether to use salted or unsalted butter, but in any case, get a good fresh eco one.

[carole]

Aww you are a love,thank you, i was up visiting my son yesterday in Auckland and we were having lunch at frolics cafe, next door was the shop of scotland, I got them some edinburgh rock and scottish fudge, so cookies will just finish my present nicely, cheers.

[Barbara]

Oh they look great! I love vanilla kipferl :D My sister usually makes so many different kinds (up to 14 different :eek:)- so I resist from making them.
In the first weeks they ar just eaten away but when Christmas arrive some are keft and they can be in the tin until Easter ;)
Your Spritzgebaeck looks great too!

[Randi]

Here's a picture of the Vanilla cookies I love (the winning ones). If anyone is interested I'll post the recipe tomorrow. :)

http://www.kageopskrifter.dk/Smaa%20kager/Vaniliekranse.jpg

[jazzcat]

Oh YUM! You all are making me hungry!

I haven't made anything yet but I will probably start next weekend since I have company coming in next Monday and more coming to my Dad's. I have to bake for both houses.

[Karen]

I know what you mean by "passing machine" Kirsten, but I don't have one. I sometimes borrow one from a neigbor, but I suppose I could just cool them, roll them out and make a different shape.

We call it a "cookie press" - you can also just make drop cookies with them, or take a plastic back, put the dough in, and then just snip off one corner to force the dough out of, you can make wreaths or ribbons that way, I figure you can draw a fairly reliable circle after a few tries - and the ones that don't come out well can be just thrown back in the bag and redone!

[Medusa]

The pix of your cookies look scrumptious! I don't bake but a friend told me yesterday if you would like good recipes for baking and for candy, go to www.northpole.com. There are good recipes there and even games for the kiddies.

[AllAmericanPUP]

tryin to kill me!? lol
My plan was to just make chocolate chip cookies but i'm thinkin i'm gonna make alot more than that lol

[Catlady711]

My mom and I made cookies this weekend also. Ours were sugar cookies. I took a pix before we frosted them, there were 150 of them, not counting the fudge and chocolate suckers we made also.

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l17/Catlady711/IMG_1859.jpg


Here's mom's cat Torry "helping" while we baked.:)

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l17/Catlady711/IMG_1849.jpg

[Sonia59]

You all made me hungry, although I had breakfast not so long ago!!!! :D

We do not make cookies here, but they use to do this tradition in Alsace. I think I will try your recipe Kirsten ;)
The ones on the 4th picture look nice too (crescent moon shape)!

[Kona & Oreo's mom]

Kirsten, your cookies look delicious! And so many bowls full of Christmas cookies is a wonderful thing!

My sister and I will do our baking on Friday. Our family has two traditional recipes. My favorite are what we call "Babci" cookies (which just means "grandma", so that's not verey descriptive!). It's a cream-cheese-based dough, rolled out and cut into squares. Then, you add a glop of fruit-preserve-and-chopped-nut mixture, fold over the dough like a blanket, and bake. They're really delicious, and I've never seen them in a bakery or store. My Babci made great cookies!

[krazyaboutkatz]

These sure are making me hungry.:) I haven't baked cookies in a long time. I used to bake Christmas cut out cookies, gingerbread cookies, and snowball cookies for Christmas and chocolate chip cookies, and oatmeal raisin cookies throughout the year.

[Kirsten]

Ahhh, all your cookies sound (and look) so delicious!!! :) I definitely need to try some of the recipes next year! :)

And making kitty cookies is an excellent idea! :) Here's a recipe I found:
cat cookies (http://pets1st.ca/articles/00060catcookies.asp)

Kirsten

[carole]

Thanks Kirsten for finding the cat cookies, here is a pic as requested of my xmas cookies, i just baked them yesterday, today i will melt chocolate and put them on the bottom of them, then put them in gift bags for my parents, i used a vanilla recipe instead of the shortbread cream one, as it tends to be a bit soft.:)

[luvofallhorses]

Those look good! :cool: I don't know if we're making cookies this year, if not we'll just buy some from the store.