So, what's your favorite...

dare2love81
dare2love81 Posts: 928 Member
edited January 5 in Chit-Chat
Christmas cookie? It seems there's been quite a bit of drama going on in the forums today...let's lighten the mood and discuss one of my favorite things....FOOD. I've had a one track mind since Thanksgiving...how soon can I start making Christmas cookies??!

I like them all, but I still think my all-time favorites are the sugar cut outs with powdered sugar frosting - and sprinkles, definitely can't forget the sprinkles.

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  • katrwal
    katrwal Posts: 336 Member
    i have a couple... yes, the sugar cookies - but only because we got into the habit of frosting them with buttercreme frosting so the sprinkles didn't fall off... hershey kisses thumbprint cookies, and

    RUM BALLS! :drinker: especially the way my grandma would make them - she's spray them with rum after they were done cooking too... so there was a serious cookie limit at grandma's on Christmas *although, miraculously, all the kids would fall asleep really early* :laugh:
  • harleydall76
    harleydall76 Posts: 586 Member
    I like rum balls, and a cinnamon chip one that I've made.
  • dare2love81
    dare2love81 Posts: 928 Member
    i have a couple... yes, the sugar cookies - but only because we got into the habit of frosting them with buttercreme frosting so the sprinkles didn't fall off... hershey kisses thumbprint cookies, and

    RUM BALLS! :drinker: especially the way my grandma would make them - she's spray them with rum after they were done cooking too... so there was a serious cookie limit at grandma's on Christmas *although, miraculously, all the kids would fall asleep really early* :laugh:

    I don't think I've ever had Rum Balls. What are they? Obviously they have rum in them...
  • Windy_
    Windy_ Posts: 1,012 Member
    Anisette or Rosettes (especially when using my great grandmother's irons)
  • ACepero79
    ACepero79 Posts: 711 Member
    Schweddy Balls
  • Shamrock_me
    Shamrock_me Posts: 161
    My grandmother used to make Anise cookies at Christmas - they were as hard as rocks but soaked in a little coffee they were the best things. I'm sure she used the lard & extra sugar but wow I miss those this time of year.

    I think those cookies are what got me hooked on coffee :drinker:
  • Cindy873
    Cindy873 Posts: 1,165
    Schweddy Balls

    LOL! One of my favorites from SNL! :drinker:
  • dare2love81
    dare2love81 Posts: 928 Member
    Fudge and Rice Krispie treats loaded with extra butter so they melt in your mouth are also staples in my family Christmas. mmmm....not cookies, but still.
  • TylerJ76
    TylerJ76 Posts: 4,375 Member
    OREO BALLS!!!!!
  • the_journeyman
    the_journeyman Posts: 1,877 Member
    Rum Balls!

    Another one I like is just out of the oven sugar cookies. I don't eat them aside from fresh.

    JM
  • dare2love81
    dare2love81 Posts: 928 Member
    OREO BALLS!!!!!

    OREO ANYTHING!!! :flowerforyou:
  • Sekxy49
    Sekxy49 Posts: 104 Member
    My grandmother used to make Anise cookies at Christmas - they were as hard as rocks but soaked in a little coffee they were the best things. I'm sure she used the lard & extra sugar but wow I miss those this time of year.

    I think those cookies are what got me hooked on coffee :drinker:

    Sounds like what we call "biscochitos" here in the Southwest! Some of my personal favorites...spritz cookies, sugar cookie w/pistachos & dried red cherries, peanut butter cookies with the kiss, chocolate chip cookies, oatmeal cookies...too many to list!!
  • dare2love81
    dare2love81 Posts: 928 Member
    Oatmeal Scotchies too! Forgot about those!!
  • creech6317
    creech6317 Posts: 869 Member
    Gingerbread. We would make cookie/ornaments and hang them on the tree, some would actually make it all the way to Christmas.
    We would also make a gingerbread house, such a fun thing to do for Christmas. The best houses were always the ones that looked like they had been in some natural disaster, all lopsided and the roof sliding off. Lol
  • dare2love81
    dare2love81 Posts: 928 Member
    Gingerbread. We would make cookie/ornaments and hang them on the tree, some would actually make it all the way to Christmas.
    We would also make a gingerbread house, such a fun thing to do for Christmas. The best houses were always the ones that looked like they had been in some natural disaster, all lopsided and the roof sliding off. Lol

    The messy ones always taste the best. IMO
  • sjohnny
    sjohnny Posts: 56,142 Member
    My sister makes these cookies with cut up "orange slices" (you know the ones, you know) that are freakin incredible.

    I also like rum balls but I usually make bourbon balls instead as I like bourbon better than rum and my grandmother used to make bourbon balls during the Christmas season.
  • lilRicki
    lilRicki Posts: 4,555 Member
    shortbread, hands down...omg i can feel them melting in my mouth now...with a cherry in the middle...mmmmmmmm I'm so thankful I don't make them or else I would eat them all
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    I am quite thankful that I don't have an overly active sweet tooth...I generally don't crave stuff like this...but I do enjoy my mom's fudge during the holidays.
  • dare2love81
    dare2love81 Posts: 928 Member
    I am quite thankful that I don't have an overly active sweet tooth...I generally don't crave stuff like this...but I do enjoy my mom's fudge during the holidays.

    I typically don't have a sweet tooth either, but come Thanksgiving and Christmas it awakens from its 10-month long slumber.
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