Duodecimal: C-Squared shares 12 Cookies Anyone can Bake
December 9, 2007
Blogger C-Squared shares her list of 12 (so far) favorite COOKIES!Â
So this wouldn’t take tons of space, I either linked directly to the recipe I use or linked to the closest thing I could find online. Also, I should mention that anywhere any type of chip is used I add extra - like half again of what is listed in the recipe. Can you ever have too much of a good thing?
12 Cookies Anyone Can Bake
1. Peanut Butter Blossoms. Best. Cookie. EVAR!
 2. Sugar Cut-outs. I have been on a quest for the perfect cut-out recipe for a long time. This one is close to my memory of the best cut-out cookies I ever had (baked by a woman who refused to share her recipe - even with family. Bah humbug, lady!).
 3. Oatmeal Berry. I use the basic recipe but, instead of using only raisins,I add in a dried berry mix (I end up using nearly double the fruit the recipe calls for). Also, for a bit more flavor and moisture, I soak the raisins and berries in orange juice or Cranapple juice for 30 minutes or so.
4. Pecan Sandies. The easiest way to roll the cookies in powdered sugar is to use a plastic baggy - the sugar will get in the grooves at the topand not seal properly toward the end, be warned. The key is to sugar the cookies twice - once when they are still a little warm and again when they are completely cool. Too sweet?! What’s that? 
5. Snickerdoodles. If you have any of the larger grained sugars that are around for holiday baking, mix some in to make the cinnamon sugar extra crunchy. Last year, I found red cinnamon-flavored sugar. Festive!
6. Triple Chocolate Chip. I love the Ghirardelli chocolate chips! In this recipe, I use white chocolate chips instead of bittersweet. Sometimes I put in pecans but usually no nuts.
 8. Coconut Macaroons. So amazingly easy! More like candy, really, but a must for the coconut lover.
9. Gingersnaps. Makes the house smell Christmas-y!
10. Shortbread. Do you have a cookie press? I recommend the electric kind…so much easier!
11. Fruitcake Cookies. Use whatever dried fruit you like (I leave out the dates, personally) and the bourbon is optional, of course (maybe a little rum flavoring, instead?).
12. Lemon Icebox Cookies. Yummy anytime!
Happy baking!
I cannot tell you folks what TORTURE it was to format this post!! I’m really trying to be good! And it’s impossible when confronted with all this crunchy, sweet wonderfulness!
Thanks, C2!
Thanks for making it look so good, Gwen.
Peanut Blossoms. One of the most addictive treats on earth. Actually, I think it should have it’s own food group.
I often substitute chocolate stars for the Kisses (when I can find them). It makes them easier to pack up and easier to eat.
I love shortbread and macaroons, but hate to bake, so the macaroons I’d try first, less work than cookie pressing, lol. Luckily I can eat them all since I have 2 sisters who love to bake.
omg did not TOUCH THE BEVS recipes
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yummy C2! I think the lil sis and I will have to try something new this year.
Fruitcake cookies are an old family tradition! My mother’s grandmother passed down her recipe and we’ve had them at Christmas no matter what side of the globe we happen to find ourselves on. *g* Yum. All of the lovely cookies. I feel like I gained a pound just gazing at them. lol.
Do Rice Krispy Treats count?
Sharmi - Not only do they count, but you can add food coloring to make them particularly festive! And they’re yummy!
Listen I love the Peanut Butter Blossoms but I got to tell ya…
During the holidays everyone is on Chocolate Overload.
So the plain jane Snickerdoodle becomes a exotic hit so easily.
I make my Krispie treats by mixing half Rice Krispies, half Cocoa Krispies. DOUBLE YUM! And sometimes, just for fun, I use the colored mini-marshmallows, they make a weird color when melted.
And C2, you were smart not to include the recipes in the post. Gwen is notorious for “creative” editing. She’d change your recipes HER way before they ever saw the light of day! Ho never learned to respect a bitch’s recipes! ;-p
Oh for Teddypig’s BIG Snickerdoodle secet use Ceylon “True” Cinnamon.
Not the regular crap.
Ho - reminds me to go weed the garden.
*sigh* Every year for Christmas my grandmother used to make Shortbread (which I STILL love). Honestly, it was one of the few nice things she ever did LOL
MMMM,sounds good!
I’m going to try making some of these.
I say the idea of using half regular Rice Krispies and half Cocoa Krispies is inspired! Why have I never heard of this before? Thanks Bev!
C2 - My aunt puts roasted peanuts in her Krispie treats. Soooo good.