I need some Christmas Cookie recipies.

[FranciscoTheMan]

This isn't a recipe that I created, but it looked so great to me that I saved it....

S'mores Brownie Bars

1 cup graham cracker crumbs (made from 10 rectangular crackers)
12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter
1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar
Salt
1 cup bittersweet chocolate chips
2 large eggs, at room temperature
1 teaspoon instant espresso powder
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoons baking powder
3 cups mini-marshmallows

Procedures

1

Adjust oven rack to middle position and preheat oven to 350°F. Cut two 16-inch pieces of
foil and line an 8-inch square baking pan, allowing excess to hang over sides. Spray with
nonstick cooking spray.

2

Break graham crackers into small pieces and pulse in food processor until they become
fine crumbs. Melt 4 tablespoons butter. Add melted butter, 1 tablespoon sugar, and 1/4 teaspoon
salt to crumbs and pulse to combine. Press into bottom of prepared pan.

3

Melt chocolate and remaining 8 tablespoons butter in medium bowl in microwave, 1 to 2
minutes, stopping every 20 seconds to stir with rubber spatula. Transfer mixture to a large
bowl and cool, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes.

4

With a wooden spoon, mix in the remaining 1/2 cup sugar, eggs, espresso powder, vanilla,
and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Add the flour and baking powder and mix until smooth.

5

Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, until a toothpick inserted
into the center of the brownies comes out with moist crumbs attached. Do not over-bake.
Transfer to cooling rack and top with marshmallows.

6

Adjust oven rack to upper third position and heat broiler. Broil until marshmallows
are golden brown, 1 to 3 minutes. Cool in pan 1 hour. Using foil sling, transfer directly
to wire rack and let cool completely, at least 1 hour. Cut into 2-inch squares and serve.

[Engaged Chicken]

These are great.



1 stick butter
40 lg. marshmallows
2 tsp. green food coloring
2 tsp. vanilla
5 c. corn flakes
Red hots


Melt together butter and marshmallows. Add vanilla and food coloring; add corn flakes. Mix until corn flakes are covered. put on buttered cookie sheet; shape into wreaths and dot with red hots to resemble holly berries. Let dry overnight or longer. (Use gloves coated with butter to protect hands from hot mixture.)

I just made those yesterday! They're very cute. (They're almost exactly like rice krispie treats, except with cornflakes instead of rice krispies)

[FranciscoTheMan]

Saved this one too...its from Martha Stewart's company...

Banana Whoopie Pies...

2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup mashed banana (from 1 large ripe banana)
1/2 cup sour cream
4 ounces (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup packed light-brown sugar
1 large egg
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
16 ounces cream cheese, softened
1 cup confectioners' sugar, plus more for dusting

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment. Sift flour, baking
powder, baking soda, and salt into a bowl. Combine banana and sour cream in another bowl.

Beat butter and granulated and brown sugars with a mixer on medium-high speed, until
pale and creamy, about 3 minutes. Add egg and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla, beating until incorporated.
Add banana mixture in 2 additions, alternating with flour mixture.

Transfer batter to a pastry bag fitted with a 1/4-inch plain tip. Pipe batter into
1 1/4-inch rounds on baking sheets, spacing rounds 1 1/2 inches apart.

Bake until edges are golden, about 12 minutes. Slide parchment, with cookies, onto wire
racks. Let cool. (Unfilled cookies can be stored for up to 1 day.)

Beat cream cheese, confectioners' sugar, and remaining 1/2 teaspoon vanilla with a mixer
on medium speed until smooth, about 2 minutes.

Pipe or spoon 1 tablespoon cream cheese mixture onto the flat sides of half the cookies.
Sandwich with remaining cookies. Dust with confectioners' sugar, and serve immediately.

[Engaged Chicken]

Oh GOD Fran!! I'm saving that fruitcake blondie recipe. That looks soooo delicious.

[FranciscoTheMan]

I just made those yesterday! They're very cute. (They're almost exactly like rice krispie treats, except with cornflakes instead of rice krispies)

Soooooooo cute!

[FranciscoTheMan]

Oh GOD Fran!! I'm saving that fruitcake blondie recipe. That looks soooo delicious.

It could be totally awful, EC...I created it thinking the two sounded good together, but its untested.

If you make them please let me know if they turned out okay...if they don't, then I apologize.

[PappYawn]

What the hell is wrong with you?

[PappYawn]

This board has ruined any naïveté I had left.

[gilaet]

[FranciscoTheMan]

This board has ruined any naïveté I had left.

I know what that cookie is based on.

Oh how I long for the days when I thought sex consisted of two people getting naked in bed and doing a lot of moving around and kissing.

[PappYawn]

After this board I just want to shower and make-out.

[FranciscoTheMan]

After this board I just want to shower and make-out.

I just want to dry hump.

[HeinousMark]

These are great.



1 stick butter
40 lg. marshmallows
2 tsp. green food coloring
2 tsp. vanilla
5 c. corn flakes
Red hots


Melt together butter and marshmallows. Add vanilla and food coloring; add corn flakes. Mix until corn flakes are covered. put on buttered cookie sheet; shape into wreaths and dot with red hots to resemble holly berries. Let dry overnight or longer. (Use gloves coated with butter to protect hands from hot mixture.)

It doesn't sound very tasty, but damn those are the most "Christmassy looking" cookies I've ever seen.

I almost bought some Red Hots on impulse the other day.....I ate them by the pounds when I was a kid.....

[HeinousMark]

What the hell is wrong with you?

You have an even more depraved mind than my own, and I didn't think that was possible......

[PappYawn]

Help me Mark. The things I have seen...

[Mlaw]

use a basic oatmeal raisin cookie recipe, substitute dried cranberries for the raisins and add the zest and juice of one orange

[ilovebacon]

I love Oatmeal Scotchies... recipe is usually on the bag of butterscotch chips. OM NOM NOM