Holiday Sugar Cookies
My favorite recipe site: Allrecipes.com has released a free printable cookie recipe book! Sweet… & Merry Christmas to all. These recipes are yummy and fun to try and the PDF at the end of this post even includes Packing and Mailing Cookies Tips and Advice for those who would like to send freshly baked goods to those they love in another city!
And so it goes…
“If
there’s one time
of year when cookies
take over the kitchen, it’s the
holidays, so we’ve gathered recipes
for highly-rated holiday cookies
to help you get things rolling.
You’ll also find tips for baking and
decorating cookies, mailing cookies
to far-off friends, and hosting a cookie
exchange party. It’s everything you need
to bake up some festive holiday cheer!”
Top 10 Cookie-Baking Tips
(included in the .pdf)
1. SUCCESS DEPENDS ON YOUR INGREDIENTS.
Use large-size eggs,unsalted butter and nuts, and pure fl avoring extracts.
Toss out old baking powder, baking soda, and ground spices (they go fl at and lifeless with time) and refresh everything for your holiday baking.
2. MEASURE ACCURATELY.
Most cookie recipes call for all-purpose fl our; don’t sift unless the recipes says to do so. Lightly spoon fl our into a dry measuring cup and level with a knife.
3. CHILL DOUGH FOR CUT-OUT
COOKIES. Soften it up at room temperature for a few minutes before rolling out. Try rolling dough between sheets of waxed paper or plastic wrap to reduce sticking.
4. PREHEAT YOUR OVEN!
Temperatures vary from oven to oven, so use an oven thermometer to check how yours performs. Want to brush up your baking skills? Visit Allrecipes.com and search Tips & Advice for Baking.
5. LINE BAKING SHEETS AND PANS
with parchment paper for stickfree baking and easy clean-up.
6. PLACE DOUGH ON COOL COOKIE SHEETS.
For a cookie-baking marathon, have one sheet baking, one cooling off, and one lined and ready to go in the oven.
7. LEAVE 2 INCHES OF SPACE between cookies so they don’t spread into each other.
8. ADJUST BAKING TIMES TO ACHIEVE THE COOKIE TEXTURE YOU CRAVE. A little less time produces chewier cookies; a little more time makes them crispy.
9. BAKE bar cookies in the pan size indicated in the recipe.
10. COOL COOKIES COMPLETELY BEFORE DECORATING.
CLick here to download the full cookies.pdf