Christmas Cookies

Today I made the first round of our traditional Christmas Cookies...As they are special family recipes, I cannot post the details up here. But photos.. those are ok!!

The first are Cinnamon Cookies - Mum's favourite.

Cinnamon Cookies

And then there's Dad's favourite, Shortbread.

Shortbread

I also made some drop cookies that Candice and I experimented with a few weeks ago. They are delicious! The recipe for them is from the 5 Roses Cooking Book and I'll detail it here!

Drop Cookies
Ingredients:
1 cup flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
pinch baking soda
1/3 cup butter or margarine
1/3 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1.5 tbsp milk
1/2 tsp vanilla

Method:
Preheat oven to 375F. Combine flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda in bowl, set aside. Cream butter and brown sugar together (slowly adding sugar). Then add egg, milk and vanilla. Once well mixed, blend in dry ingredients.

I then decided to add a handful each of rasins, chocolate chips, and about 1/2 cup of oats. This doesn't really change base cookie the flavour, but adds some much needed texture and some excitement for kiddies.

Drop spoonfuls of the dough onto a cookie sheet and bake for 10 - 15 minutes, until browned. The regular recipe is supposed to make 24 cookies, but my additions stops the cookies from 'spreading', and makes them denser, so I got 18.

Chip & Rasin Oatmeal Drop Cookies

Update: Made my personal favourites - Almond Squares and Melting Moments. I've made them before so they are elsewhere in my blog!

Melting Moments

Almond Squares