Have You Made a Cookie Box?
Merry Christmas Eve! It’s the day before Christmas and I finally finished my Christmas Cookie Box this year.
What a selection I put together.
And here’s what’s inside:
*Candy Cane Macarons by Sprinkles for Breakfast
*Chocolate Chip Cookies
*Brownies
*White Chocolate Dipped Mini Pretzels
*Stained Glass Xmas Tree Cookies
Each was so fun to make.
The White Chocolate Dipped Mini Pretzels are so easy to make. Just add 1/2 cup vanilla candy melts or white chocolate to a microwave safe bowl with 1 tsp of oil and microwave for 30-45 seconds. Remove. The chocolate will not look melted. Stir until completely melted. dip one half of the pretzel into the chocolate and place on a parchment lined baking sheet. You can leave them plain or sprinkle crushed peppermints or sprinkles on top.
The recipe to the Stained Glass Xmas trees is below. I love these because of the clear center that looks like a glass window!
My favorite cookies in this box are the Holly Jolly Santa Cookies. They are so jolly and festive! I made two versions of these cookies. A Black and a white Santa. We all deserve a to see a Santa that looks like us! Grab Tieghan from
Half Baked Harvest’s recipe here:
From the suggestion of @frostingandfettuccine & @cloudykitchen I used a wooden box from Michaels to hold them in. The one I used, I bought last year and that same box is not in stock anymore, but here’s another
version:Then I used craft wood from
Amazon to make the dividers. Craft wood is so soft that it can be cut with an Exacto knife. I measured the length and glued two pieces together so that it fit perfectly. Then I cut more pieces to make smaller boxes as well. So easy!
Add a few mini candy canes, and you have the perfect box. Hopefully, you will make one of these Christmas Cookie Boxes too!
Happy Holidays!
Stained Glass Xmas Tree Cookies
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup (2 sticks) salted butter, softened
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 3 cups flour
- 1/2 cup clear peppermint candies
Frosting
- 1 cup butter
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- forest green food gel
Cookies
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Using a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, cream together butter and sugar. Add egg and vanilla. Mix at low speed until fully blended. Then add flour, 1 cup at a time, starting on low speed and then increasing if necessary.
Roll out to 1/4" thickness. Use a Christmas Tree cookie cutter to cut out the trees. Use a smaller tree cutter to cut out the middle.
Place parchment or Silpat mats on your baking sheets.
Bake at 350 degrees for 8 minutes. and remove from oven.
Crush the peppermint candies by placing them in a zip bag and hitting the bag with a rolling pin until crushed. Sprinkle crushed candy in the middle of each cookie. Bake for an additional 2-3 minutes until the candy has melted and cookies have just started to turn golden brown around the edges. Cool completely in the pan before removing the cookies.
Frosting
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In stand mixer, whip butter, vanilla and salt. Add powdered sugar and mix more. Add a few drops of food gel until you get your desired color. Add to a piping bag with a small star tip and pipe "pine leaves" over the cookies.
