I'm starting my yearly Christmas cookie baking madness! What are your favorite recipes?

Here's what I have cooking right now...

Chocolate Nutella Cookies

I've never tried them before so I'm hoping they're good! :) 

I have to say... the Chocolate Nutella cookies are heavenly! 

I made a smores cookie this summer for a bbq. they were amazing. SOO yummy! 

My mom's recipe for Butterscotch Scotchies:

Butterscotch Scotchies


2- sticks butter plus ½ stick butter –flavored Crisco
2- large eggs
2 – ½ cups flour sifted
¾ cup granulated sugar
¾ cup dark brown sugar - packed
1-tsp baking soda
½ - tsp. salt & a pinch
2- tsp. pure vanilla
½ cup shredded sweetened coconut
¾ cup pecans chopped
2 bags of butterscotch morsels

Preheat oven 3750 Sift flour, baking soda and salt (3) times to be sure of even consistency. Cream butter, Crisco and both sugars adding sugar a little at a time. Add eggs one at a time and then vanilla. Fold in flour a little at a time and stir just enough to make flour disappear. Add pecans, coconut and butterscotch.

Drop by rounded spoonful on ungreased cookie sheet and bake from 14-17 minutes depending on your oven. When edges are golden brown and top looks dry remove from oven and set for a few minutes then remove from pan to cool. 

Also, her Bavarian Torte is sooooooo freakin good too!

BAVARIAN TORTE


CRUST

1/2 cup butter or margarine
1/3 cup sugar
1/4 tsp. vanilla ( I use almond extract sometimes)
1 cup sifted flour

CHEESE FILLING

1 pkg. (8oz.) cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup sugar
1 large egg
1 tsp. Vanilla

TOPPING

1/3 cup sugar
1/2 tsp. Cinnamon
4 cups peeled cored and thinly sliced apples (2-4 large Macintosh)
1/4 cup sliced almonds

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Cream butter and 1/3 cup sugar. Beat in 1/4-teaspoon vanilla. Blend in flour. Mixture will be crumbly. Pat into bottom and 11/2 inches high around sides of a nine-inch springform pan. Prepare cheese filling. Beat together cream cheese and ¼ cup sugar. Add egg and one teaspoon vanilla, blending well. Pour into pastry–lined pan and spread to edges. Combine sugar and cinnamon. Toss apples in sugar/cinnamon mixture. Spoon apples over cream cheese layer sprinkle with almonds. Bake 10 minutes at 400 degrees and then reduce heat to 350 degrees continue baking for 25 minutes. Loosen torte from rim of pan. Cool before removing. Makes eight to ten servings. 

Sugar Plums!
2 eggs, beaten
1 and 1/2 c. sugar, divided
1 c. chopped dates
1 c. coconut
1 c. walnuts, chopped
1 tsp. vanilla extract

Blend eggs & 1 c. sugar together. Stir in dates, coconut, walnuts and vanilla. Grease a 2 quart casserole dish and pour in mixture. Bake at 375 degrees for 30 min, stirring every 10. Remove from oven (should be lightly browned), and let cool until mixture can be rolled. Roll into small balls and roll in remaining sugar.
Yummy! 

One of my favorites growing up. Mini tart sized pecan pies. Made them last night. :)

Pecan Tassies 

I love pecan tastes, VG!

I'll be making kiffles tomorrow, my mom always made these during Christmas while growing up. They are my favorite! I use Cherry, Apricot, & blueberry filling.

http://www.mygourmetconnection.com/recipes/baking-desserts/cookies/hungarian-kiffles.phpKiffles 

That's what I'm making tonight! I have the dough ready. We always called them apricot foldovers. My family always put processed cheese in the dough though. Odd but good. :) 

Here's what I'm making tonight. This recipe but they look like your kiffles.

Apricot Foldovers 

the

nutella

cookies

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A M A Z I N G !

Thanks so much for posting. 

Welcome! Glad someone else is enjoying them, too! :D 

These are one of my faves! So yummy and very quick to make! ^_^

No Bake Cookies



Ingredients

1 3/4 cups white sugar
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup butter
4 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 cup crunchy peanut butter
3 cups quick-cooking oats
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions

In a medium saucepan, combine sugar, milk, butter, and cocoa. Bring to a boil, and cook for 1 1/2 minutes. Remove from heat, and stir in peanut butter, oats, and vanilla. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto wax paper. Let cool until hardened. 

That's another one that I planned on making last night but I rean out of energy... Love those! :) 

i have a simple recipe. go the the commissary, buy a can of pilsbury sugar cookies, go home, open can, put on cookie sheet, pre heat oven then bake until golden brown, simple and good 

Oh yay! I was hoping I posted the nutella recipe here! Yum! Thought I'd bump this back up for everyone. :)