Christmas Cookies Recipes - Soft Mincemeat Cookies

A deliciously comforting soft baked cookie.

1/4 cup butter; softened 3/4 cup packed brown sugar 2 eggs 3/4 cup mincemeat 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour 1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips 1/2 cup walnuts, chopped, optional Directions Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare baking sheets with nonstick cooking spray. In a bowl, cream together butter and brown sugar. Add in eggs and mincemeat; mix well. In an additional one bowl, incorporate flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt; add to the creamed mixture; mixing well. Fold in the chocolate chips and walnuts. Drop by tablespoonfuls 2-inches apart onto ready baking sheets. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown. Let cool completely. Makes 48 cookies. => Christmas Cookies Recipes: Orange Cookies A fresh, citrus flavored cookie that will pleasure everyone. 1 cup shortening 1 1/2 cups sugar 1 cup buttermilk 3 eggs 2/3 cup orange juice 4 1/2 teaspoons grated orange peel 3 to 3 1/2 cups all purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon baking powder Cookie Icing Directions Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a bowl, cream together shortening and sugar. Add in the buttermilk, eggs, orange juice and orange peel. In an additional one bowl, incorporate the flour, baking soda and baking powder; slowly add to creamed mixture. Drop by teaspoonfuls 2-inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake for 10 minutes or until lightly browned. Let cool. Frost with Cookie Icing. Cookie Icing 4 1/4 cups confectioners' sugar 1/4 teaspoon orange extract 1/3 to 1/2 cup orange juice Directions In a bowl, incorporate the confectioners' sugar, orange citation and enough orange juice to get to the desired consistency. Frost cooled cookies. Makes 144 cookies. => Christmas Cookies Recipes: Mocha Fudge Cookies A appetizing cookie graced with coffee and cocoa flavors. 2 cups butter 4 cups semisweet chocolate chips, divided 3 cups sugar 1 cup baking cocoa 1 tablespoon instant coffee granules 3 cups packed brown sugar 8 eggs, beaten 3 tablespoons vanilla extract 8 cups all purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 1 1/2 cups walnuts, chopped Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a Dutch oven over low heat, melt butter and and 2 cups of chocolate chips. Take off from heat; stirring until smooth. In a bowl, incorporate the sugar, cocoa and coffee; add to butter mixture. Stir in the brown sugar. Stir in the eggs and vanilla. In an additional one bowl, incorporate the flour, baking powder and salt; slowly add to chocolate mixture. Stir in walnuts and remaining chocolate chips. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls 2-inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake for 10 to 11 minutes or until edges are set. Let cool. Makes 222 cookies.

Pumpkin Cookie and Mincemeat Cookie Recipes

Here are my mother's pumpkin cookie recipe and mincemeat cookie recipe. She would bake these particular cookies during the holidays. She worked in the home. So, quite often when I would return from school in the afternoon, she would have a batch of cookies made. As I entered the house, it would smell so inviting.

I have chosen these two recipes because they bring back my memories of home and fall. I hope you enjoy them.

Cookies Recipe

Pumpkin Cookies
1 1/2 cups pumpkin 1/2 cup shortening 1 cup sugar 1/2 tsp. salt 1 tsp. vanilla 1 cup chopped walnuts 1 egg 2 cups unsifted flour 1 tsp. soda 1 tsp. baking powder 1 tsp. cinnamon 1 package butterscotch morsels

Mix all the ingredients in the order given. Then, drop by spoonfuls onto a greased cookie sheet. Bake in a 375 degree oven for 12 to 14 minutes. You may substitute raisins, pecans or coconut for the butterscotch chips. This recipe makes 4 dozen cookies.

Mincemeat Drop Cookies
3/4 cup shortening 1 1/2 cups sugar 3 well-beaten eggs 3 cups flour 3/4 tsp. salt 1 tsp. baking soda 1 tsp. cinnamon 1 9-oz. package dry mincemeat Grated rind of one lemon 3 tbsp. water 1 cup nuts

First you cream shortening and sugar together. Then add the eggs and beat well. Next, sift together the flour, salt, baking soda and cinnamon. Add half of the sifted dry ingredients to the creamed mixture and add the finely crumbled mincemeat, lemon rind and water. Stir this mixture until blended. Finally, add the nuts and remaining flour mixture and mix well. Drop the dough from a teaspoon onto a cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees to 10 to 15 minutes. You may use one cup of canned mincemeat instead of the dry mincemeat. This recipe makes 4 dozen cookies.

Pumpkin Cookie and Mincemeat Cookie Recipes

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