christmas biscuits

SisterMidnight · 12-16-2006, 05:12 PM

i'm baking today, so i thought i'd share my family recipe for christmas cookies

sugar cookies - double batch
4 eggs - well beaten (set aside)
2 cups butter
2 cups sugar
cream together butter & sugar
add eggs and 2 teaspoons of vanilla
add 5 cups flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
throw in a little salt

chill

put in wax paper in refrigerator and it's easier to take a small amount out at a time. roll out and cut with cookie cutters

bake @ 350 degrees (farenheit - not sure how this translates for european ovens) for 12-15 minutes or until edges are golden brown

buttercream frosting
1 pound powdered (confectioners) sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla (i like more)
1/3 cup soft butter

mix with food coloring for different colors.. and don't forget to leave some out for santa on christmas eve

SisterMidnight · 12-16-2006, 05:13 PM

ps - does anyone have a good recipe for fudge?

Ships_Were_Sailin · 12-16-2006, 06:30 PM

great, now im hungry

and no sorry, no fudge recipies here, if you want some top class beans on toast however, you look me up

katiejoey · 12-18-2006, 02:12 PM

i do have a really good receipe for fudge but i'll have to find it in my recipe box. i'll look for it today and get it to you tomorrow as i will be at the vic tonight watching Damien !!! i'm so excited - this is my first time seeing him (i saw him with fiona apple this summer but lisa wasn't there so i have much more to be excited about tonight!!). i am dragging my husband wiht me - he's not really a fan but i'm hoping after tonight maybe he'll have a new found respect - i think he'll have fun as long as the beer is flowing!!

oh, and my daughter and i will be making your Christmas biscuits on friday (along with some chocolate chip cookies) because she feels that "Santa deserves a little variety" (her 6 yesr old words exactly)!

SisterMidnight · 12-19-2006, 12:40 AM

thank you katie joey, that would be nice.. my mom used to make this 'fantasy fudge' but i can't find the recipe anywhere

aww your daughter sounds so smart, i'll bet she's adorable. how nice of her to think of santa.. we always put chocolate kisses out for santa too, because i convinced the kids santa loooves chocolate

ahh christmas is so much more fun when the kids are little.. have fun making cookies with your daughter! i only called them biscuits because that's what the crazy europeans call them hehe.. it's also a really sweet song by mark geary, you might like him if you like damien

yay have fun at the gig tonight! the christmas season just seems so much better this year with damien in town, doesn't it?

katiejoey · 12-20-2006, 01:35 PM

Hi Sister! Sorry I forgot to post yesterday. I have 2 receipes for fudge - both really good. One is from my Gramma and the other from my husbands.
3 cups sugar
2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa
1 1/2 cups milk
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 cup butter
1 1/2 tsps vanilla
(and if you like nuts, 1 1/2 cups toasted walnuts)
Combine sugar, cocoa, milk and salt in heavy saucepan over med. heat. Bring to boil, stirring constantly. Continue cooking (not stirring) until it reaches 235 degrees on candy thermometer (or until reaches soft ball stage - that always makes me laugh for some reason.) Remove from heat and stir in butter and vanilla. Let cool for about one hour until it comes to room temp. With wooden spoon beat until fidge thickens (and loses its gloss). Stir in ewalnuts and spoon into a buttered 8 inch square pan. Cool completely then cut.

SisterMidnight · 12-18-2020, 11:40 PM

I lost my family Christmas cookie recipe when I moved, so I came here to find it. Thank you, Igloo

Claude · 12-20-2020, 10:59 AM

I'm happy for your recipe SisterMidnight !
That's funny.

This forum is a Goldmine.

12-16-2006, 05:12 PM	#1
SisterMidnight Jellyfishsting Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Is this heaven? Posts: 5,500	christmas biscuits i'm baking today, so i thought i'd share my family recipe for christmas cookies sugar cookies - double batch 4 eggs - well beaten (set aside) 2 cups butter 2 cups sugar cream together butter & sugar add eggs and 2 teaspoons of vanilla add 5 cups flour 4 teaspoons baking powder throw in a little salt chill put in wax paper in refrigerator and it's easier to take a small amount out at a time. roll out and cut with cookie cutters bake @ 350 degrees (farenheit - not sure how this translates for european ovens) for 12-15 minutes or until edges are golden brown buttercream frosting 1 pound powdered (confectioners) sugar 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/4 cup milk 1 teaspoon vanilla (i like more) 1/3 cup soft butter mix with food coloring for different colors.. and don't forget to leave some out for santa on christmas eve

12-16-2006, 06:30 PM	#3
Ships_Were_Sailin Eskimo Regular Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: UK - The part that has no music scene what so ever Posts: 1,094	great, now im hungry and no sorry, no fudge recipies here, if you want some top class beans on toast however, you look me up __________________ *Its been years since ive heard from my transistor radio* Yet i keep going to where it seems i'm meant to go

12-16-2006, 05:13 PM	#2
SisterMidnight Jellyfishsting Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Is this heaven? Posts: 5,500	ps - does anyone have a good recipe for fudge?

12-18-2006, 02:12 PM	#4
katiejoey Eskimo Regular Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: chicago Posts: 175	i do have a really good receipe for fudge but i'll have to find it in my recipe box. i'll look for it today and get it to you tomorrow as i will be at the vic tonight watching Damien !!! i'm so excited - this is my first time seeing him (i saw him with fiona apple this summer but lisa wasn't there so i have much more to be excited about tonight!!). i am dragging my husband wiht me - he's not really a fan but i'm hoping after tonight maybe he'll have a new found respect - i think he'll have fun as long as the beer is flowing!! oh, and my daughter and i will be making your Christmas biscuits on friday (along with some chocolate chip cookies) because she feels that "Santa deserves a little variety" (her 6 yesr old words exactly)!

12-19-2006, 12:40 AM	#5
SisterMidnight Jellyfishsting Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Is this heaven? Posts: 5,500	thank you katie joey, that would be nice.. my mom used to make this 'fantasy fudge' but i can't find the recipe anywhere aww your daughter sounds so smart, i'll bet she's adorable. how nice of her to think of santa.. we always put chocolate kisses out for santa too, because i convinced the kids santa loooves chocolate ahh christmas is so much more fun when the kids are little.. have fun making cookies with your daughter! i only called them biscuits because that's what the crazy europeans call them hehe.. it's also a really sweet song by mark geary, you might like him if you like damien yay have fun at the gig tonight! the christmas season just seems so much better this year with damien in town, doesn't it?

12-20-2006, 01:35 PM	#6
katiejoey Eskimo Regular Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: chicago Posts: 175	Hi Sister! Sorry I forgot to post yesterday. I have 2 receipes for fudge - both really good. One is from my Gramma and the other from my husbands. 3 cups sugar 2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa 1 1/2 cups milk 1/4 tsp salt 1/4 cup butter 1 1/2 tsps vanilla (and if you like nuts, 1 1/2 cups toasted walnuts) Combine sugar, cocoa, milk and salt in heavy saucepan over med. heat. Bring to boil, stirring constantly. Continue cooking (not stirring) until it reaches 235 degrees on candy thermometer (or until reaches soft ball stage - that always makes me laugh for some reason.) Remove from heat and stir in butter and vanilla. Let cool for about one hour until it comes to room temp. With wooden spoon beat until fidge thickens (and loses its gloss). Stir in ewalnuts and spoon into a buttered 8 inch square pan. Cool completely then cut.

12-18-2020, 11:40 PM	#7
SisterMidnight Jellyfishsting Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Is this heaven? Posts: 5,500	I lost my family Christmas cookie recipe when I moved, so I came here to find it. Thank you, Igloo

12-20-2020, 10:59 AM	#8
Claude Eskimo Regular Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 783	I'm happy for your recipe SisterMidnight ! That's funny. This forum is a Goldmine.