Hi Pat,

Thanks for stopping by and I'm so glad that you liked this thread. Counting you and LaNell, that makes three of us at least. I sure miss the Old Days!

Here's probably my last two Cookie Recipes, for this year at least. First of all, give these rich gingerbread cookies a sweet crunch and a special look. Just sprinkle a bit of coarse sugar over them before they go into the oven. Doesn't even need molasses!

Gingerbread Men

Ingredients

• 1 (3.5 ounce) package cook and serve butterscotch pudding mix
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Directions

1. In a medium bowl, cream together the dry butterscotch pudding mix, butter, and brown sugar until smooth. Stir in the egg. Combine the flour, baking soda, ginger, and cinnamon; stir into the pudding mixture. Cover, and chill dough until firm, about 1 hour.
2. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease baking sheets. On a floured board, roll dough out to about 1/8 inch thickness, and cut into man shapes using a cookie cutter. Place cookies 2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheets.
3. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven, until cookies are golden at the edges. Cool on wire racks. Makes 2 1/2 Dozen Cookies.

Next, these Holiday Cookies are first shaped like candy canes and then decorated with crushed peppermint candy.

Candy Cane Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup sifted confectioners' sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 1/2 teaspoons almond extract
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup crushed peppermint hard candies
• 1/2 cup white sugar

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
2. In a large bowl, combine butter, confectioners' sugar, egg, almond extract and vanilla extract. beat until smooth. Mix in flour and salt.
3. Roll into 4 inch strips, place on baking sheet. Curve top down to form handle of cane. Dough may also be divided in half and colored with 1/2 teaspoon red food coloring, if desired. Roll each color into strips, place side by side, press together lightly and twist like a rope.
4. Bake in preheated oven for 9 to 10 minutes. While still warm, remove from pan and sprinkle with candy and sugar mixture. Makes 2 Dozen.

Wishing You & Yours A Very Merry Christmas,

Phil

Hi Phil,

I like cookies! You have a lot of cookie recipes here, my sons would probably bake stuff if I bought the ingredients, a few months ago I bought tons of bake-able clay & art books and they did that for a long time, so it's only a difference of baking supplies vs. clay supplies and then they'll probably bake stuff for me :)

I was looking thru this thread awhile ago today. Looking for a place to post veggie & fruit recipes, side-dishes and desserts.

Now I just remembered when my youngest was about 2 years old and he bit the head off a gingerbread ornament that was covered in wax, it was salted gingerbread for ornaments, and was probably a few-years-old ornamental cookie, I saw him bite it, but he was a fast little runner and ran down the hallway and swallowed the head of that cookie. He survived to go on to getting running medals in school, and still eating everything.

Thank you Phil for these wonderful recipes! and Merry Christmas to Everyone!