2017 Holiday Baking List! (Tell Me What You’re Making!)
Ahhhh! How are we already here at one of my favorite posts of the year?! I can’t believe it.
I am SO in the holiday baking mood already. Max is super excited to bake cookies and I love having him help, even if it takes 67 times longer than it would if I did it by myself.
Speaking of! This is how I manage to bake a boatload of treats at the holidays for friends and family while Max runs around: I make a bunch of the doughs on one day and refrigerate, and then bake them when I can over the next two days or so. Totally works out!
First things first. Last year, my cousin Lacy and I made our first Buche de Noel and loved it so much. We are planning on doing it again! We usually spend one day together and will make that, along with Tracy’s citrus peels, her homemade amaretto and then whiskey pretzels or something of the sort.
Otherwise, these are some of the treats I hope to make for the huuuuge cookie trays we love to take people at Christmas!
salted dark chocolate chunk cookies because we can’t get enough.
peanut butter blossoms. my all time favorite!
perfect cut out sugar cookies. these are the BEST foolproof, simple sugar cookies. only recipe i use!
my soft snickerdoodles and these chewy chai snickerdoodles. both and amazing.
soft gingersnaps. i always double this recipe. sometimes i make four batches! everyone loves them.
definitely these old school oreo balls, and chocolate coconut truffles, and buckeyes!
mother lovett’s pink and green thumbprints. can’t have christmas without them.
annnnd mother lovett’s orange cookies. huge hit.
these bourbon soaked cherry oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. ooooh yes.
definitely a bunch of peppermint pattie brownies.
and some peanut butter stuffed chocolate pretzel bark!
also these double dark chocolate peanut butter cup cookies. they are RIDIC.
SO I’d love to hear what is on your list this year! And what other fun things I should try?
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Awesome baking list! On my list this year (as it is every year…) = Blondies! My specialty.
Can you share your recipe? I have never made them before.
There’s 2 recipes that I use as guidelines: one for a healthier version, one for a more indulgent version. Let me know which one (or both) you’re interested in, and I’ll share the links! :)
Ummm. So I know this doesn’t technically count but I’m making dog biscuits this year. I have like 12 I buy for and it gets expensive and while I love idea of holiday baking I’m not much of a cookie person myself (neither is my wasitline) So this year I decided to make and give homemade dog treats. Let the fun begin!
**Last year I made church windows and they are my all time favorite cookie/ candy because my Baba always made them
LOVE this idea as a fellow Crazy Pup Mom :) Although, it’s a little rude of me to assume you’re crazy, too, haha!
This sounds so much more rewarding than any cookie swap hahaha!
I’m making Lemon Ricotta Cookies, Orange Cranberry Shortbread and Wild Maine Blueberry White Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies and Oatmeal Cream Pies. I love this time of year too
I actually didn’t go home for Thanksgiving and opted to go home next weekend to bake Christmas cookies with my grandma because it’s my favorite day of the year! We make Spritz, chocolate cherry cookies, molasses cookies, “Green Cookies” which are almond cookies with green almond icing, mint merengues which my grandma is the best at and usually dyes them green and/or pink. We usually add 2-3 new cookies and I usually bake a few kinds on my own too! Your Thin and Chewy Spices Oatmeal cookies have become a staple for me!!
My grandma always made Special K cookies growing up. Soft but crispy and sooo buttery. She’s as craisins for a festive holiday touch. I miss her.
Yum they all look soooo good! Im making these Buckeye Brownie Cookies – https://www.savingyoudinero.com/2016/11/11/brownie-buckeye-cookies/
Nice! I’m going to make the oreo balls with my stepkids and the bourbon cherry oatmeal cookies by myself. Our other standard go to treat is eggnog fudge: http://birchwoodpie.blogspot.com/2016/12/eggnog-fudge.html
Great list! We have to make my mom’s sugar cookies, fudge, chai fudge, hard candy in clove and cinnamon, and german Christmas spice cookies every year. And buckeye balls! Then we add on whatever we feel like in addition to that. This year I’m thinking I might finally try some egg nog cookies and snickerdoodles have been souding good. Oh, I also make dill bread and various jellies to give away. The bread is so cute in a basket of goodies, wrapped in fabric.
Omg, YESSSSSS!! I’d definitelys trying those chai snickerdoodles and other than that I’ll probably just bake as many Christmas cookies this season as I can manage!
Your list looks awesome! Mine isn’t nailed down yet but I always make a double or triple batch of brown butter frosted cashew cookies. Found the recipe in my local newspaper a couple years ago and they’re amazing!
http://www.startribune.com/frosted-cashew-cookies/70377767/
I use your lists every year to guide my holiday baking! I always make a huge batch of your fat-fluffy-snickerdoodles and I’m also making traditional chocolate chip cookies, the Tollhouse recipe on the back of the bag- everyone loves them! My 99 year old grandmother swears by that recipe and we make them together every year <3
Usually the kids and I make a variety of cookies to share with friends and family, occasionally we go with a fudge theme instead. This year, we’re doing something that has sounded interesting to us for a while to just do for fun sometime, but it’s going to be easier to do at Christmas when I expect lots of baking…. Whoopie pies! We plan to make double chocolate, chocolate peanut butter, chocolate peppermint, double vanilla, vanilla raspberry, and double lemon. The kids are so excited as we’ve only made one of these before!
Number one favorite in our family is Spritz, a Scandinavian! Snow balls, corn flake wreaths & sugar cookies are always ‘must haves!!’ The list goes on… fisherman cookies, mint brownies, brown eyed Sudan’s and peanut blossoms round out a near prefect Christmas cookie platter! I adapt a few favs to vegan for vegan fans. One more specialty we must have is lefse, a Norwegian delight. Time consuming but worth every bite!
I’ve already started making and freezing my doughs so that i can make fresh cookies throughout December! Planning on making peanut butter blossoms (I make some with nutella instead of pb), ginger cookies, mint brownies, cutouts, macaroons, kourabiedes, and oreo truffles. And hopefully will get around to attempting your peppermint bark macarons this year!
I have a molasses cookie recipe passed down from my dad’s great aunt Linda, who’s 100% German, and they are THE best molasses cookie I’ve ever had. I made them one year and passed them out as gifts when we were broke (LOL) and was a little… iffy, because I wasn’t sure if everyone would love the molasses, but they were a huge, huge hit. And one batch makes about 8 dozen! Otherwise, I love my dad’s Hungarian kolachy cookies with European raspberry filling (also make them with homemade apricot butter and walnut filling). They are his #1 seller at our family bakery and I help make hundreds of dozens every year. Ugh, back breaking cookie but they are my ultimate favorite!
Love this post, thank you Jessica! I haven’t de used what I’m making yet, decisions, decisions!
Brown butter spoon cookies are the one cookie every person asks for every year. I have to double and triple the batch for every family holiday gathering I attend. My mom and sisters steal some of these spoon cookies while everyone is eating and hide them so they will have some for the next few days after we eat.
https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/spoon-cookies-233297
Billion dollar bars are so freaking good. Another request by every single person who has ever tried them. Seriously my mom stands at the pan and eats it with a spoon (and so do I).
https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/billion-dollar-bar-52482411
I haven’t even come close to deciding what else to make. I usually use your Tuesday favorites to find a few things and scroll through Pinterest until something catches my eye. Thanks for this list! Im definitely trying the pink and green thumbprint cookies 😊 and I’m dying for updates on your new squish!!!!
I got the Sally’s Baking Addiction cookie cookbook this fall and I am working through all the recipes. Since it’s the Christmas season, it’s appropriate to make her holiday cookies. I highly recommend this book if you love cookie baking.
Yay holiday baking!!! Definitely a buche de noel, I first made one in my 7th grade french class, in college I contacted the teacher and she gave me the recipe we had used, now I’m 28 and I still make hers every xmas because its nostalgic for me :) I also bought some whiskey extract from homegoods and am searching for ways to incorporate it, yum!
Molasses Crinkles, Sugar Cookies, Danish Raspberry Cookies, Chewy Pecan Diamonds, Chocolate Orange Pinwheels, Spritz, Chocolate Peanut Butter Squares (soo much easier than Buckeyes)…I feel like I’m missing something, but these are the most important ones to us.
I love making peanut butter blossoms and molasses ginger cookies. And would really love to find a good chocolate crinkle cookie recipe. They never seem to turn into perfection for me, but I love the cookie.
Love this post!! Wish we could bake together! Glad you are still enjoying my gingersnaps! xo
The oven broke down on Thanksgiving so at this point it’s all gonna be stove top and no bake treats! Gahhhh!!!
Jessica, I started following with your 2011 Holiday Baking post. I fell in love with Mother Lovett! That year I made persimmon cookies, white chocolate cranberry cookies, and a bunch more. We live on our boat in Mexico and my galley is restrictive. But this year I think I’ll resurect the family Boeterkook. Butter, flour, sugar and almond flavoring. Yum. Thank you.
Our must haves are: https://www.recipegirl.com/2011/11/14/cranberry-bliss-bars/ And: https://www.recipegirl.com/2007/02/15/reeses-stuffed-peanut-butter-chocolate-chip-cookies/
We also do the peanut butter blossoms and I love the chai snickerdoodles!
My Mom made your Pumpkin Skillet Cobbler for Thanksgiving and it is DELICIOUS!! Also it was super easy for a non-baker like myself to help with ;) We’re still finishing it off since we’re the only 2 in the family who eat dessert and I can’t complain
Your chocolate pistachio thumbprint cookies— make them every year, always a hit. Also making vanilla bean sables and homemade caramels.
I love the idea of candied citrus peel— how long are they good for after you make them (if sealed in a container)?
Question: What kind of cookie tray do you use?
I always use tins, but find the flavors mix together and strong cookie flavors kind of blend together.
I make your Giant M&M cookies year round, but a friendly remind of the above cookies is awesome :)
I love making toasted coconut marshmallows for my holiday cookie platters! I may do some bourbon caramels this year too but wasn’t sure what else to make so I just copped like ten things from your list- thank you!! Oh and def making your lemon truffles too- always a huge hit!
If you love almond paste then you need to try making Dutch Letters. They have been. A family favorite for years.
I couldn’t control myself this year… already made a bunch of Christmas cookies for thanksgiving! Did peanut butter blossoms (half with kisses and half with a Reese’s cup) and the soft gingersnaps trashed up with your browned butter icing from your oatmeal cookies because YOLO lol. But seriously it’s to die for and my family goes crazy for that combo. Other favorites of mine include Barefoot Contessa’s double chocolate chunk cookies and ambitious kitchen’s salted chocolate chunk cookies. Gonna make at least one other type of cookie for Christmas but haven’t decided yet.. I look forward to your list every year!
My mom and I are going to be making mini cookie butter bundt cakes to give to family and friends! Found this recipe and want to try it out:
https://www.callmepmc.com/cookie-butter-pound-cake/?utm_campaign=coschedule&utm_source=pinterest&utm_medium=Paula+%7C+CallMePMc.com&utm_content=Cookie+Butter+Pound+Cake
We’re going to make a big one just for us!
We’ll probably do mini carrot cakes and cookies, too.
Hi, all those recipes sound delish. What do you use for a container to give cookies as gifts? I have yet to find something that keeps everything from breaking and that fits a variety of cookies in the same box? Thank you.
Elizabeth
What am I baking this holiday season? That’s a loaded question woman!
These chewy Sicilian almond cookies : http://www.findingsilverlinings.net/2015/12/10/chewy-sicilian-almond-cookies/
These easy ricotta cookies with eggnog glaze: http://www.findingsilverlinings.net/2015/12/16/easy-ricotta-cookies-with-eggnog-glaze/
These chewy cornflake marshmallow cookies: http://www.findingsilverlinings.net/2013/12/16/coconut-cornflake-marshmallow-cookies/
Hot cocoa cookies: http://www.findingsilverlinings.net/2016/11/21/hot-cocoa-cookies/
washing it all down with a boozy eggnog pudding shot : http://www.findingsilverlinings.net/2012/11/28/eggnog-pudding-shots/
I’ve included links in case anyone wanted to check them out :)
Thanks for the wonderful roundup. I am baking your latest sea salt chocolate chip cookie recipe with my son (Max!) tonight.
I made jam thumbprints so far and will still made chewy ginger snaps, vanilla kipferl (sort of like hapf moons rolled in vanilla sugar) and chocolstr kipferl. I am German so my recipes are often traditional German ones.
I always make an old family recipe: Cream Cheese Cutouts. We do these instead of sugar cookies (which I always do in July for picnics… weird). The cream cheese cutouts are rolled and cut with cookie cutters. The dough isn’t that sweet, so I decorate with a simple powdered sugar frosting and colored sugar sprinkles. I usually keep them chilled in the fridge, though they freeze well too. I wind up making so many that it’s a 2-day process: day 1 to mix, chill, cut and bake the cookies; day 2 to paper all available counter space with wax paper for the decorating process. It’s the only way to stay sane! ;) But my family LOVES these cookies; they’re at every Christmas celebration.
Also on the list of expected goodies: Mexican wedding cookies, homemade custard (drinkable, like eggnog), Chex mix (for the Santa plate; he gets tired of so many sweets), and broccoli casserole. There are other items I plan to make this year (like spiced pecans and homemade caramels), but the above list HAS to be made, or I have family members asking what happened. LOL Oh, and the Christmas morning tradition of monkey bread. My son might cry if I ever forgot that! ;)
I made peanut butter bon-bons (or buckeyes, but I cover them completely with dark chocolate) this week but I used Gingerbread peanut butter by Wild Friends. SO GOOD! When I was a kid, we made cut outs with gingerbread cookie dough, so I hope to do that with my mom and daughter this year. I am in love with gingerbread! Does anyone have a gingerbread latte or coffee creamer recipe they like and could share?
If you make the dough a day ahead and then bake the next day how long should the dough sit out before putting the cookies in the oven,
Thanks
it totally depends on the dough, but maybe around 30 minutes?
I am making chocolate chip cookies, Italian snowball cookies, peanut butter blossoms, and I am getting a little crazy and going to try to make chocolate babka and black and white cookies.
Rainbow Recipe is very very wonderfull recipe : https://www.sooperchef.pk/rainbow-cookies-recipe/
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