Every year, for as long as I can remember, my family has spent the weekend before Christmas baking cookies by the baker’s rack full. We test new recipes annually, but there are two we ALWAYS make – Whipping Cream Sugar Cookies and Gingerbread Cookies.
Our Family Christmas Cookies
As promised in Curbing the Christmas Insanity, here are the recipes for my family favorites. In addition to the listed ingredients below, you will also want to have cookie cutters
Whipping Cream Sugar Cookies
Gingerbread Cookies
Quick & Easy Christmas Cookies
Cookie Party!
Last year, Big M hosted her friends from playgroup for a cookie decorating party. My husband was horrified at the prospect of multiple 2 year olds with icing loose in our house, but it went great!
Following the tips from my Crafting Guide, I covered the table surface with a piece of builder’s paper
I have these great frosting containers I got from Pampered Chef years ago – they are a pain to fill and clean, but great for kids vs. icing bags, which usually end up with all the icing squirting out the back end in their hands. I found these on Amazon, which are similar. You can fill them easily if you put the icing in a ziploc bag first, cut off a corner and squeeze it into the container instead of trying to fill it with a spoon or spatula. To clean, a bottle brush works great getting in all those folds.
The kids had a blast, and watched a Sesame Street Christmas special while the moms cleaned up and packed up cookies. Definitely something I will do again!
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Meghan,
Here is a thought, use a quart size plastic bag or a sandwich bag inside the squeeze bottle container. Fold over the plastic edges over the top of the squeeze container and then put lid on.. All you have to do is throw the inserted plastic bag away….super easy clean up. I do this at school with my paint cups and I don not have to soak and scrub paint containers daily/weekly. Saves my hands form the detergent. Try it!
Love,
Your Creative Thinking Kinder Teaching Mom aka Mer Mer
I will try that… I’m not sure you’d end up with much frosting in the bottle at that point – they aren’t that big to begin with!
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