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Kids Artsy Xmas Cookies
This recipe is a family tradition. December hasn't even arrived yet and the kids are already asking me when we'll bake them! It's baking and painting all at once, and tastes as good as it looks! All you need is your favourite shortbread recipe (one is provided if you don't have one), some food colouring, 4 new fine paintbrushes, and an assortment of cookie cutters (preferrably the ones that have a pattern inside of them).
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Chock Full of Nuts Brittle
This peanut brittle is a must during the holiday season. It makes a great treat and a perfect gift for teachers and hostess gift giving.
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Festive Butter Cookies
Celebrate the taste of the season with these creative and festive butter cookies from the Dairy Farmers of Canada.
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Christmas Icing Paint
Paint up a batch of cookies for Santa this Holiday Season.
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Lollipop Cookies
Make a cookie bouquet! Wrap these fun-to-eat, minty cookies in clear cellophane and tie the sticks together with ribbon. Or "plant" the cookies in a clay pot filled with colourful jelly beans.
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Basic Sugar Cookies
Crisp, with a delightful sugary flavour. A versatile dough to make Nutty Apple Swirls, Lollipop Cookies, or Peppermint Patties. Or simply cut out your favourite shapes and decorate with glaze or sprinkles.
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Chocolate Gingerbread Men
It's a tradition in our house to make these every Christmas as a family. You may also use a straw to make a hole in the top, tie a ribbon through the hole, and hang on the tree as an ornament.
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Gingerbread Figures
A treat for little (or big) kids! Leave as is or glaze or decorate with icing and small candy silver balls.
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Xmas Spritz
This recipe easy and the cookies bake up quickly. Perfect for any mom who is tight for time but wants some small pretty cookies to put out during the holiday season. I love this recipe for cookie exchanges because I can make them up ahead of time and freeze them.
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Orange Almond Biscotti
This biscotti is great with Earl Grey tea or any hot beverage! But not as healthy. 110 calories per, 2.3g fat, 10.75 g sugar, 12% daily folate (aka folic acid)
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Canadian Molasses Cookies
1 cup dark molasses 1/2 cup packed brown sugar 1 teaspoon cider vinegar 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (sometimes sub 1 c whole wheat flour and noone notices) 1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger (I have used 1/2 tbsp fresh minced ginger and it was still good, put it in w/ the wet stuff) 2 teaspoons baking soda 1 egg 1/4 teaspoon salt
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Peanut Butter Cookies
I actually entered these cookies in a baking contest this past summer and won 1st place. Hopefully you all like them too!
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Monstrosities
These are my favourite cookies. I also often substitute raisins for the nuts and have both raisins & choc. chips. You can make them smaller, but then they wouldn't be monstrosities!
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Ginger Snaps
These are my son's favourite cookies.
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Haystacks and Cow Pies
My Grandma called these "Haystacks" my Grandpa however called them "cow pies" , either way they're fast and a nice treat. This is a no bake recipe.
