What is your favorite christmas cookie to bake?  

I make those for my brother every year - they are his fav. But the kiss in the middle - how do you eat that? I have not been able to figure it out - one bit takes the kiss or do you bite it in half or what? One of those questions that plague the generations! No, the most complicated are not always the best... unless someone else bakes them!!! I am getting in the mood and alist going as my GD is spending the weekend with me this next weekend and we will do some baking! Her fav is sugar cookie cut outs!

I was thinking of trying a variation on that kiss cookie recipe, leaving out the peanut butter and putting some other flavoring in and pink coloring and using those divine Hershey's cherry cordial kisses in the center instead of the plain chocolate, but I wondered if the cherry stuff would leak out and make a mess. Anybody tried that yet? I'm working up to it, lol.

I seem to remember a variation using a white dough and you cna put the cordial kissis in those. have to look for that for you. Off top of my head, you could probably use a Thumbprint cookie recipe and instead of using the jam in the thumb imprint, use the kiss.

I have to agree that my favorite to bake is the peanut butter blossoms, which I think is what the recipe I have with the peanut butter cookies and Hershey kisses is called. I like it because it's so simple and makes up so quickly yet looks really pretty and good. A lot of bang for the buck, I guess you could say. The variation with pink sounds really pretty. You should try that with one Hershey's best kiss ever, in my opinion, the dark chocolate ones wrapped in purple. I love those!

Those purple wrapped ones are just the kind I use! Mmmmm. But the Truffle ones wrapped in silver which are dark on the outside and sweeter on the inside are tasty, too, and so pretty to look at!

All this talk and I found the recipe and will be the ones my and my GD make come next Sat night!

drannhh - you mentioned a similar cookie to make pink, I found this....Cherry Thumbprint cookies. I posted the recipe on my blog - coffee-break-whatever-cooking-corner.blogspot.com - link in my profile. We'll be making these and using the Hershey kisses! Although that might be a close tie for just icing! She loves to make the icing!!

For sure with the shredded orange peel! Those are perfect. Thanks for the link.

I think we'll put crushed candy cane in half the recipe this weekend. HEck, wonder if you couldn't press a mini peanut butter cup to make the hole and then bake that? I think I've seen recipes (I'm a Martha Stewart fan so I've seen alot!) but I dont' think they will melt. Hum.. maybe I"ll try that too!

My 7 yo GD LOVES baking sugar cookie cut outs. She had the recipe memorized at 2,1/2 years old nad can do them from start to finish, except the oven parts! Her fav or course is also the icing and decorations for them! Snickerdoodles are going to be on the list as I will make those to thank my daughter for letting me have the weekend. I usually get a 1 gallon glass jar and fill with the kids fav cookie nad at is a gift - they love it!

Y'all are making me hungry! I used to do cutout sugar cookies with my kids, plus they're my husband's favorite, so I should try to make time to do those this year. I agree, though, that you can't go wrong with chocolate chip, and gingerbread men are always fun to have around. I think I need to go buy some more flour. And eggs. And sugar. . .

A gingerbread cookie with hot tea in the am's... so good!! I bought some gingerbread flavored Celestial Seasons yesterday - had some today and WHAMO BAMO!!! That stuff is fabulous! I can't wait till next Sat when I can give it to my GD. She is going to flip! I also got Peppermint and Sugar Cookie - yes, sugar cookie tea! A very close race btween the 2 of them for being the best! I don't care to much for peppermint, but it was good if you like peppermint! Okay, cookies and tea - is everyone at the oven now!?!?!? We'll have to touch base after Christmas and tell each other what we ended up baking!!!

The best! I make both and use a straw to poke a hole in the upper tip of the cookie and then decorate them, let the icing dry and wrap them in plastic wrap and hang them on the tree! years ago I used to make cookie trees like this.. I had a 16 inch tree and 1,1/2 inch cookie cutters and the kids loved that the best! It was fun to do. I thinkt his year I will make "necklaces " for my 2 GD's, How cool is that - to wear a cookie around your neck to eat when you want! No wonder I am their favorite Nanny!!!!

Okay, gizmoshere - you can't do that to us! Smartie cookies and no details, no recipe, nothing?!?!?!?!?! Come on, give!! My 7 yo GD favorite candy is Smarties! She is coming this weekend and we are baking - she'll flip if I can tell her we are baking Smartie cookies!!! PLEASEEEEEEEE share your recipe!!!!!

Isn't that the truth? They just represent such a memory it just isn't the same. My mom's make a Hot German Potatoe salad that is outof the world! She has been making it for family functions - (and only family functions - I never remember her making for a dinner at home)but every single family function we ever had (and we used to have alot!) Mom's potatoe salad was there. Now, it is almost like it is not the function or holiday without mom potato salad!! It sounds odd, but really, once everyone sees there is no potato salad, faces literally face in sorrow!! She finally gave me the secret recipe and I make it and it is good, but stil.... there is just something missing - it is just not Mom's.

You can add anything you want to cookies - you pick and mix!

Wow those sound great! Reminds me of another fav or my mom's ..a cherry wrapped in a white cookie dough and rolled in powder sugar once cooled. Those were a christmas staple too! Think I'll do those this year! I used to bake all year round - there were never store bought cookies in my house! But no kids andn o one to eat them but me - my waistline just doesnt' want to play nice!

Let us know what they ask for! We never did this as kids. My kids weren't really that big on it. Don't know why. But my GD has been doing it.