Mmmmmmm, what’s that smell? No, it’s not chestnuts roasting on an open fire — it’s something much more delicious: It’s the smell of freshly baked cookies, and that is what Christmas is all about!
I’m sure we all have our favorite recipes of cookies that mom or grandma always baked for the holidays, but every now and then it’s good to try something new. And besides, I can’t think of anyone who’d complain that there were too many cookies to choose from…
Therefore I have searched high and low, and all the corners of the Internet and found what might very well be the top 5 cookie recipes this Christmas:
- Fantasy Fudge. It kind of seems like cheating to get the #1 recipe from the back of a jar, but this is the one and only original Kraft Marshmallow Creme recipe for fudge. Everyone who grew up with these treats loves them, and everyone who’s never had them before believes that a little piece of heaven just landed on the plate.
- Beth’s Spicy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies. A little spice for the holidays make these traditional cookie favorites extra mouthwatering and crave worthy. Just try them!
- Maple-Pecan Sticky Bars. Make these cookies one day ahead — if you can hold on to them long enough — and really enjoy the fabulous flavors.
- Big Soft Ginger Cookies. Ginger cookies taste so much like Christmas that I just couldn’t make a list without them. The one word that comes to mind is simply “delicious!”
- Seven Layer Magic Bars. Chocolate chips, pecans, coconut… I love all seven layers of this lavish cookie!
Unfortunately I always lose track of the recipes that I print from the Internet. It’s probably because a regular sheet of paper so easily gets lost, crumbled, messed up, and accidentally thrown out. This year, I’ve copy-pasted all recipes I’ve found online into the create & print recipe cards from American Greetings, and printed them on heavy stock paper. That way they won’t look like something to be thrown out, on the contrary. I actually like the look of them so much that I’ve made a little “Happy-Holidays-It’s-Almost-Election-Year” hostess gift set of cookies (yet to be baked) and recipe cards with these cookie recipes from some of the country’s leading ladies:
- Hillary Clinton’s Chocolate Chip Cookies. Back when she wasn’t busy campaigning for the presidency, Hillary’s cookies beat both Barbara Bush’s and Elizabeth Dole’s cookies in contests. Here’s the recipe — does she have your cookie vote?
- Barbara Bush’ Chocolate Chip Cookies. The cookies that made two presidents! Well, maybe it took a little more than cookies, but I’m sure they’re pretty good.
- Elizabeth Dole’s Pecan Roll Cookies. Elizabeth and I have this in common: We probably won’t ever become the First Lady. But it seems that we both share a love of pecans.
- Laura Bush’s Cowboy Cookies. These treats were already a family favorite back in the Governor’s mansion in Texas.
- Tipper Gore’s Ginger Snaps. While Al is busy receiving his Nobel prize and other honors, I hope that Tipper finds the time to bake these delights.
No more writing — it’s time for action! Those Christmas cookies won’t bake themselves.
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