Christmas Cookie Jar

by Gooseberry Patch

Overview

Pass the cookie platter, please! Frosted sugar cookies, twisty pinwheels, soft gingerbread...all the classics (and some new favorites!) are inside. Christmas Cookie Jar is chock-full of scrumptious recipes with all the flavors of the season...Chocolate Mint Stars, Raspberry Shortbread Thumbprints, Frosted Ginger Creams and Cranberry Crumb Bars. You’ll find old-fashioned favorites like Pecan Icebox Cookies, Grandma’s Butter Fingers and Pastel Cream Wafers...even Oh-So-Easy Cut-Outs and 1-2-3 Cookies that bake up in a jiffy. Of course we’ve included candies for gift-giving like Grandpa’s Famous Caramels and Sparkling Sugarplums, along with lots of clever ideas for sharing cookies. There’s even an all-chocolate chapter packed with goodies like Double Fudgy Cookie Bars and Buckeye Brownies. When Christmas Eve arrives, we’ll be setting out a plate of Rudolph’s Carrot Cookies for Santa…how about you? 20 photos and 204 Recipes

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781620933879
Publisher:	Gooseberry Patch
Publication date:	09/01/2020
Series:	Seasonal Cookbook Collection Series
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Gooseberry Patch was founded nearly 30 years ago by Vickie Hutchins and Jo Ann Martin, two moms looking for a way to do what they loved and stay home with kids too. Gooseberry Patch is best known for their collection of family-friendly, community-style cookbooks. Each book is created with today's time-strapped, budget-conscious families in mind and filled with recipes shared by cooks all across the country… with some from friends in Canada and occasionally “across the pond”. Along with treasured family recipes, each book includes the stories the go along with these tried & true dishes.

Table of Contents

Simply Divine Drop Cookies Clever Cut-Outs Best-Ever Bar Cookies Old-Fashioned Cookies Treats in a Twinkle Mmm...Chocolate

Recipe

Low-Sugar Cut-Outs
Submitted by: Virgina Watson from Scranton, PA

1 c. butter, softened
1 c. powdered low-calorie sugar blend for baking
2 eggs
2 t. vanilla extract
4 c. all-purpose flour
1 t. baking powder
½ t. salt
Optional: colored sugar

With an electric mixer on medium speed, beat butter until creamy. Gradually add sugar blend, beating well. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well. Stir in vanilla. In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt. Gradually add to butter mixture. Divide dough in half; pat each half into a circle and wrap with plastic wrap. Chill for one hour, until somewhat firm. Roll out 1/8-inch thick on a lightly floured surface, one-half of dough at a time. Cut out with cookie cutters; place on lightly greased baking sheets. Sprinkle lightly with colored sugar, if desired. Bake at 325 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes, until lightly golden around edges. Cool slightly on baking sheets; remove to wire racks to cool completely. Makes 2-½ dozen.