FUN FOOD
cookies
christmas
FILL YOUR HOME WITH THE AROMA OF SWEET-SMELLING TREATS
WRITTEN AND PHOTOGRAPHED BY KATE MORGAN JACKSON
Nothing says holiday cheer like the sweet scents filling your home
while you bake a batch of cookies. Try these two delicious recipes —
perfect for Santa or someone on his “nice” list.
CINNAMON
SUGAR
COOKIES
Makes about 40 cookies
christmas cookies
PEPPERMINT SNOWBALLS
Makes about 20 cookies
INGREDIENTS
1 cup butter, softened
1 / 2 cup sifted confectioner’s sugar
1 teaspoon peppermint extract
2 cups flour
20 hard peppermint candies, crushed into fine crumbs
1 / 2 cup sifted confectioner’s sugar for rolling
DIRECTIONS
• Beat butter with mixer until fluffy. Add 1 / 2 cup confectioner’s sugar, followed by peppermint
extract and then flour, mixing until everything is well combined. Chill in refrigerator for at
least 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
• Roll chilled dough into approximately 1-inch balls and roll the cookie balls in peppermint
candy, pressing slightly to get the candy to stick to the sides.
• Bake for 20 minutes.
• As soon as the cookies come out of the oven, roll them in powdered sugar while they are
still hot, and sprinkle additional peppermint candy on top.
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INGREDIENTS
2 3 / 4 cups flour
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 / 2 teaspoon salt
2 sticks (1 cup) butter, softened
1 2 / 3 cups sugar
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 / 4 cup sugar for topping
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
DIRECTIONS
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Mix flour, cream of tartar, baking
soda and salt in a medium bowl.
• Cream butter and sugar together in
a mixer until they are light and fully
combined — you will probably have
to scrape down the sides of the
bowl a few times.
• Add egg and vanilla and mix
until combined.
• Add flour mixture and mix until it
is combined. The dough is going
to look like large crumbs — don’t
worry!
• Scoop out level tablespoons of
dough and squeeze and roll it
together into balls.
• Combine 1 / 4 cup of sugar with
cinnamon and roll dough balls in
cinnamon sugar until they
are coated completely.
• Place cookie dough balls 2 inches
apart on parchment-lined cookies
sheets. Flatten them gently with the
bottom of a glass, and sprinkle with
any extra cinnamon sugar.
• Bake for 10 to 12 minutes. Tops
should be crackly and a little puffy.
• Cool for 2-3 minutes on cookie
sheets and then cool on racks.
Make sure you eat one (or two)
while they are still warm.