Christmas Cookies

[Red Rock]

Well, I have to make some cookies for a woman's group that I belong to, for this weekend. I was brainstorming something that was not super sweet and somewhat healthy. So here is my idea:

Use phyllo dough from store. Fill X number of mini cupcake holes with dough. Cooke for 10-15 min. Mix together homemade recipe for granola bars. Include dried bananas, orange or papaya, perhaps coconut too. Put granola mixture into phyllo cups. Cook another 10-20 min. Take out. Cool. Ice with chocolate or white chocolate icing. Decorate with other fruit pieces and perhaps chocolate decoration.

Eat and be full without the sugar rush.

Hope this helps all cookie makers at TE

Red Rock

[jessmarimba]

I have a copy of the cookbook Mom made our Christmas cookies from when I was a kid. I just made Jam Thumbprints and will do the Spritz (cookie press) cookies once I buy more eggs.

It has a pfefferneusse recipe right after the jam thumbprints. I haven't tried it but I'd be happy to copy it here if you're interested! (I have no idea what it's supposed to taste like so I can't even look at it and see if it's any good).

[jessmarimba]

Meant to ask - for any of you higher altitude TE-ers out there - what can I do to alleviate the crumbliness of the cookies? They come out drier than I'm used to but when the only liquid is two egg yolks, I'm not sure how to add more. I'm used to cutting down baking powder a bit but should I also cut out some of the flour when I can't add more liquid?

[withm]

I have a copy of the cookbook Mom made our Christmas cookies from when I was a kid. I just made Jam Thumbprints and will do the Spritz (cookie press) cookies once I buy more eggs.

It has a pfefferneusse recipe right after the jam thumbprints. I haven't tried it but I'd be happy to copy it here if you're interested! (I have no idea what it's supposed to taste like so I can't even look at it and see if it's any good).

I love pfefferneusse cookies and would love the recipe for these! If you could post this, that would be great!

[colby]

We make butter cookies with buttercream frosting at christmastime. I think the one we've been using is an Emeril recipe: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/e...ipe/index.html (often we thin the frosting, though, or it's from a recipe that's more thin than that one). They always end up the right mix of crunchy and soft.

We always separate the frosting and make different colors, and I'll often make the red or green pepperminty.

Mmm, almost time!!

[Melalvai]

[jessmarimba]

I love the mouse cookie!

I'll try to remember to get the pfefferneusse recipe for you guys after work. It has been a crazy week so far. Can't wait til school kids are on break b/c I get 3 weeks off from teaching (the second job)!

[Susan]

By Butterhorns I suppose you may mean what I know under the term "Vanillekipferl" (you can take a look at http://www.vanillekipferl.com). This is the traditional recipe my family uses - you'd have to convert the measurements:

200g(gramm) butter
250g flour
125g ground nuts (one half almonds, the other walnuts)
70g powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla sugar

Knead everything together, cover it up and let it sit for some time.

Then form horns by rolling small strings from the dough and bending them.
Bake for about 10 Minutes (until the ends start getting a bit dark) at 180° (about 350 °F).
Let them cool a bit, then roll in powdered sugar mixed with some vanilla sugar. Be careful they break easily