Baker's Dozen Christmas Cookie Exchange

Krista here from A Handful of Everything: Today is the conclusion of our 12 Days of Bloggy Christmas event! I sure hope that you've enjoyed all the wonderful Christmas posts from the amazing Bloggers that participated! I want to give a big Thank You to everyone! If you enjoyed the fabulous posts, make sure you tell the bloggers! (We love comments).

And now, I am so happy to present you what I have been anticipating for days: 

 

The Baker's Dozen Christmas Cookie Exchange!!! 

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First we'll see the cookies from the 12 Days of Bloggy Christmas participants!

12 Days of Bloggy Christmas Cookie Exchange 

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Now it's your turn! 

Welcome to A Handful of Everything's 

Baker's Dozen Christmas Cookie Exchange!!! 

Link up your Cookies! It can be a favorite, something traditional, a new recipe or an oldie. 

It doesn't matter as long as it is yummy and worth sharing.

Baker's Dozen Christmas Cookie Exchange   

We want to see all your amazing cookies! Bring yours, your Mom's or your friends favorite cookie recipes, because all cookies are welcome here :) And everyone you know is welcome to come participate! Because can you really get anything better than a cookie? I submit that you cannot!

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12th Day of Bloggy Christmas

it's the 12th day of bloggy christmas!

and lisa from hoopla palooza gave to me,

mason jar cookie cutter cookie mix fudge!

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weeee!

this is a fun gift that you can give your besties instead of the usual cookie mix jars (which by the way still rock). 

but you won't have to buy so many ingredients to make a bunch.

wanna make these?

click here for a full tutorial!

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11th Day of Bloggy Christmas

On the 11th Day of Bloggy Christmas Miss Heather from My Sweet Mission gave to me  Chocolate Mendiants!

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Hi there, it's Heather from My Sweet Mission and today I'm sharing a recipe for delicious and beautiful Chocolate Mendiants. What are chocolate mendiants? They're a French confection composed of rich and creamy chocolate disks studded with assorted dried fruits & nuts. They're oh so pretty and they almost look like stained glass windows!

Chocolate Mendiants

These homemade chocolates make wonderful Christmas gifts for everyone on your list!!

To get the recipe for these delicious Chocolate Mendiants just click here!

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10th Day of Bloggy Christmas

On the 10th day of Bloggy Christmas Miss Darcy from The Ruffled Stitch gave to you: 5 DIY Christmas Decorations!

Christmas time is full of fun decorations to put you in the Christmas spirit! I have put together a few of my favorite DIY projects to make your house more festive! Click here to check out all these fun tutorials!

   

9th Day of Bloggy Christmas: Candy Cane Rooftop Gingerbread Birdhouse

On the 9th Day of Bloggy Christmas Miss Lisa from Hoopla Palooza gave to me 

Candy Cane Rooftop Gingerbread Birdhouses!

are you a gingerbread house maker?

do you mix the dough, 

roll it,

cut the house shapes up,

allow them to cool?

frost them together to make the house?

go to the store to get gumdrops, candy canes, peppermints, sprinkles, chocolate, sixlets,

etc etc etc.,

then display it for all to see?

then shoo all children away from it, 

young and old,

telling them santa will add them to the naughty list if he sees them anywhere near the house nibbling on the roof?

then on december 26th, what do you do?

throw it away?

oh the horror of it all!

all those hours and hours of work down the tube.

believe me, been there.

done that.

but i wanna keep those suckers!

it's SO beautiful to throw away but lordy knows you can't keep an edible house without having the mold come by for a permanent visit!

so what to do!?!?

do the following.

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See how to make your own DIY Candy Cane Rooftop Gingerbread Birdhouses here!

Lisa @ Hoopla Palooza

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What a fabulous idea to make lasting Gingerbread houses. Thanks Lisa for sharing your amazing DIY Candy Cane Rooftop Gingerbread Birdhouses with us!

8th Day of Bloggy Christmas

On the 8th Day of Bloggy Christmas Miss Krista from A Handful of Everything gave to me,

Grandma Sue's Famous Sugar Cookies!

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Good morning! It's Krista again from A Handful of Everything. Today I am sharing with you one of my family's absolute favorite recipes. This is yet another fabulous recipe given to me by my Mother-in-law Sue.  My kids love these cookies and we make them several times a year but they are a tradition to make every Christmas.

These soft and fluffy old fashioned cookies are so good you can't just eat one.  These are great sprinkled with colored sugars or my favorite homemade buttercream frosting! Regardless what you put on top of these they are sure to please.

Ingredients:

4 cups flour

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 cup butter, softened

1/2 cup shortening

1 tsp vanilla

1 1/4 cup sugar

1 tsp baking soda

2 eggs, beaten

1/3 cup milk

In a large bowl combine the flour, baking powder, and salt.  

With a pastry blender, cut in the butter and shortening as you would for pie crust until the mixture is a coarse meal.  The temperature of the butter when you make these cookies is really important.  If you use cold butter your cookies will taste like pie dough, really flat and flaky.  You want light and fluffy.  Don't use melted butter, you want nice soft room temperature butter and shortening.

In a separate bowl (Kitchen Aid) mix the sugar, vanilla, baking soda, eggs, and milk.  Mix until combined well.  

Add the flour mixture to the sugar mixture in three batches a little at a time on low speed, mixing just until combined and all the flour is incorporated into the dough.

Chill the dough for an hour.

Roll out to 1/8-1/4" inch thickness.  It's better to air on the side of too thick than too thin and just bake a little longer.  Cut with favorite cookie cutters.  Arrange 2" apart on a baking sheet.

Bake at 375 F for 7-10 minutes or until the tops are evenly puffed and the bottoms are just bearly starting to brown. Allow to cool for 1-2 minutes on the pan, then remove to a cooling rack to finish cooling completely.

Frost with your favorite icing or my homemade buttercream, and enjoy!

Santa will be sure to stop by for a plate of these!

Krista @ A Handful of Everything

      

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