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!!