“A balanced diet is a Christmas cookies in each hand.”
-Unknown
Many have memories and family traditions that involve baking and eating Christmas cookies. However, with the stress of the holiday, it is difficult to find the time and energy to prepare Pinterest perfect sweets. Below, I will provide you with some simple recipes for Christmas cookies that will not only delight your family and friends but will leave you with the energy and time to enjoy what matters most.
Christmas cookies are always a favorite with Southern Living readers, so it is little wonder that this recipe for Basic Butter Cookie Dough became a holiday favorite. Ellender Mills of Raleigh, North Carolina, sent in this recipe, which ran in December, 1995, and described how she divided the dough into quarters, adding different flavorings, frostings, and garnishes to each quarter to create a wonderful assortment of Christmas cookies.
Sweet and tangy, our buttery Lemon Thumbprint Cookies are simple to make and hard to beat. These dollops of raspberry jam on of lemony cookies are sure to earn rave reviews.
