I have been planning a Christmas Cookie Party since right after last Christmas when I picked up some treat containers on clearance.
I thought it would be such fun to have several of our friends over for a potluck dinner and then let the kids go at it decorating cookies.
We had nine children five and under in our house and they all had a blast. I made paleo sugar cookies, ginger oatmeal cookies and my absolute favorite cookie ever, Nutella cookies. I also made the buttercream frosting from scratch...and used beets and spinach to dye some of it red and green. Someone was teasing the kids about eating veggies instead...well they were!
Everyone had a great time and I'm thinking of making this a yearly tradition. As my cookie "gift" to you, I leave you with the recipe for Nutella cookies. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do!
1 3/4 c flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 c Nutella
1/2 c butter, softened
1/2 c sugar I use raw cane sugar for both sugars
1/2 brown sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees
- Cream Nutella, butter and sugars, then add vanilla and egg
- Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients
- Roll onto parchment paper that has been dusted with some flour
- Use cookie cutters of your choice to create shapes
- Bake about 8 minutes
My buttercream frosting recipe is 4 1/2 c powdered sugar, 1/2 c butter, 1 tsp vanilla and 5-6 tbs milk. Then I add chocolate or whatever I'm using as dye.
Happy Holidays!
You can go to the following blogs to see their Christmas cookie recipes. These recipes are also first on the linky below.
Creative K Kids -- Santa's Surprises
Simple Hacks Living -- Candy Cane Snowballs
Gypsy Road -- Incense & Peppermint
My Life Abundant -- My Favorite Cookie with Ernest T. Bass
Home Garden Joy -- Christmas Cookie Recipe Fudge Ecstasy Cookies
Barbara Vogelgesang -- 12 Days of Christmas Cookies - Rainbow Cookies
From this Kitchen Table -- Russian Tea Cakes - The Best Christmas Cookie Ever
Baking With Mom -- Christmas Cut Out Sugar Cookies
Back Home Again -- Nutella Cookies
Surviving Toddlerhood -- Almond Joy Cookie Bites {Grain Free, Refined Sugar Free, Egg Free}
Creative Pink Butterfly -- Coconut Macaroon Recipe
The Southern Fried Bride -- Peppermint Wonderland Bars
One Hoolie Mama -- 5 Ingredient Christmas Cookies
Snapshots and Snippets -- Snowmen Cookies
You can also follow our Online Exchange Christmas Cookie Pinterest Board HERE to see all the posts that are linked up below plus some other great Christmas posts that we find!
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You are very brave!
ReplyDeleteIt was so much fun! I love having my house filled with children and laughter.
ReplyDeleteHow cute!! I need to do this one year!
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Christmas cookie exchanges/parties are so much fun! I'm sure you made many memories. :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks! We all had a really fun time.
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