It’s that time of year! Friends, family, presents, and of course Christmas cookies! Try some of our favorite Christmas cookie classics to share with your friends & family this holiday season!

Sugar Cookie Swirls

Ingredients:

• Sugar cookie dough
• Food coloring (red or green)
• Sprinkles

 

Instructions:

1. Make up a batch of sugar cookie dough (or buy the premade kind) divide and place in two separate bowls.
2. Knead food coloring into one of the parts of dough (making it darker with more coloring and lighter with less coloring), leaving the other part white. Chill the dough.
3. On a lightly floured surface, roll out each ball of dough separately to about 1/4 inch thickness.
4. Using a pastry brush, apply a little water to the darker layer of dough.  Roll the lighter colour of dough around the rolling pin and transfer it on top of the darker coloured layer of dough.  The little bit of water will help them stick together.
5. Trim the edges so you end up with a neat and tidy rectangle.
6. Gently start rolling your dough from one of the wider ends, brushing a we bit of water on the dough as you roll it up.  Once it’s rolled up, you can work the ‘log’ to even it out if the middle is thicker then the ends, and to work out any gaps.
7. Spill out some sprinkles onto the counter, brush the outside of the dough ‘log’ with a bit more water and roll it in the sprinkles.
8. Finally, wrap the dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for an hour.
9. Once chilled, slice the dough into rounds to your desired thickness. The thinner the blade used to slice them, the better.
10. Bake according to sugar cookie recipe instructions and serve with milk!

Classic Snickerdoodles

Ingredients:

• 1 ½ cups sugar
• ½ cup butter or margarine, softened
• ½ cup shortening
• 2 eggs
• 2 ¾ cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose or unbleached flour
• 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ¼ cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

 

Instructions:

1. Heat oven to 400ºF.
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Mix 1 1/2 cups sugar, the butter, shortening and eggs in large bowl. Stir in flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt.
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Shape dough into 1 1/4-inch balls. Mix 1/4 cup sugar and the cinnamon. Roll balls in cinnamon-sugar mixture. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
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Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until set. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.

Gingersnap Cookies

Ingredients:

• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 1 egg
• 1 egg white
• 1/2 cup molasses
• 1/2 cup honey
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar, packed

 

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
2. Grease cookie sheets.
3. Sift together flours, ginger, cloves, cinnamon, salt, and baking soda into a large mixing bowl; mix well.
4. In another bowl, beat together oil, eggs, molasses, honey, and brown sugar until frothy; stir into flour mixture, mixing until batter forms.
5. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto greased baking sheets far apart, as cookies will spread; bake at 375 degrees F.
6. For 5-7 minutes or until cookies are firm and lightly brown.
7. Watch closely to ensure that they don’t scorch.
8. Remove from sheets with spatula and cool on wire racks.

Hope you enjoy these delicious Christmas cookie classics, brought to you by Eye LASIK Midland! Cherish the time spent with friends and family this season!

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Have a very Merry Christmas!