I love Ice Box Cookies.
Do they still call them that?
I love them because I can make them up and cook them later.
If I'm going to a party and only need 2 dozen cookies,
I can slice and bake without having to mess my kitchen up.
It's one of the ways I've learned to survive the high stress season:
Have as much premade as possible.
I found this recipe on Pinterest,
pinned from a pretty Food blog
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| Photo credit belongs to Lisa, at Lisa is Bossy |
I'm going to make these tomorrow and I'll let you know how they turn out.
I'm thinking of adding some orange peel,
as cranberry and orange are my 2 favorite flavors,
plus it's orange season in Florida now.
What do you think? Orange in, or out?
Here is the recipe:
Cranberry Noel Cookies
Makes 35 - 40 cookies
2-8 oz sticks salted butter at room temperature
1/2 cup sugar
2 T milk or cream
1 t vanilla
1/2 t salt
2 1/2 cups flour
1/2 c chopped pecans
3/4 c chopped dried cranberries
1/4 c extra sugar
Cream butter and sugar til fluffy. Add milk and vanilla - mix. Add flour and salt - mix well. It might seem crumbly at this point but if you keep blending it will come together eventually. Add the cranberries and pecans.
2-8 oz sticks salted butter at room temperature
1/2 cup sugar
2 T milk or cream
1 t vanilla
1/2 t salt
2 1/2 cups flour
1/2 c chopped pecans
3/4 c chopped dried cranberries
1/4 c extra sugar
Cream butter and sugar til fluffy. Add milk and vanilla - mix. Add flour and salt - mix well. It might seem crumbly at this point but if you keep blending it will come together eventually. Add the cranberries and pecans.
Roll into 2 logs about 8 x 1 1/2". Wrap and chill for 2 hours in the fridge. I've also put them in the freezer for 30-60 minutes and this works the same way. You just want it to be firm enough to cut without misshaping the round cookie.
| Wrap and chill for 2 hours |
Slice cookies about 1/4" thick. Roll edges of cookie in sugar (if you want. But I highly recommend!)
lace on lightly greased cookie sheets, or Silpats. Bake at 375 for 10-15 minutes. DON'T OVER-BAKE (well, unless you like hard hockey puck type cookies...)
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I'll let you know how they turn out and add my own photos.
I'm so excited to try something new.
Be blessed and be a blessing
Choose Joy!
PS: If you're super stressed and need an easy crock pot meal, try the Lasagna Soup. My husband and son want to me to make it again already. Score!!!
2 comments:
I am hosting a cookie exchange Sunday afternoon and this recipe looks delicious!
I love the cookies that you just need to pull out of the freezer too. So easy!
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