My favorite Christmas cookie recipe!

Hello, friends!

Today I am sharing my most favorite cookie recipe. I posted this last year and wanted to share it again as I know I have some new followers. I want to stress again that this is not going to turn into a recipe blog, but sometimes it is nice to share things you love and boy do we love these cookies! As a matter of fact I baked some tonight and they were all gone with in minutes!

Before I give the recipe I wanted to answer a question I got in the comments section about the chipboard I used yesterday. Here is the link: http://melaniebrown.ctmh.com/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=6755&CatalogID=173 

FYI, everything I highlight in color is linked.

This FABULOUS cookie recipe has been in my family for a long time. It is a favorite of mine and my mom makes it every year in the weeks prior to Christmas. Each batch makes about 8 logs and that slices into about 12 cookies, so that is a total of 96 cookies. This cookie batter needs to be kept frozen until you slice and cook the cookies. What we do is bake a log every night until Christmas! I need to go on a diet after Christmas!!! Seriously!!

My mom and I made them yesterday, so I have some pictures to show you of the actual process. 

Christmas Cookies

1 lb. of butter softened
2 1/2 c sugar
2 eggs
5 c flour
1 tsp soda
1 tsp salt
8 oz candied cherries(chopped)
12 oz candied pineapple(chopped)
1 c chopped nuts (we use pecans)
2 tsp vanilla

cream butter and sugar and then add eggs. Add the rest of the dry ingredients. Add cherries and pineapple. Divide batter into 8 parts and make into logs. Cover with saran wrap, then with foil. Put into freezer until frozen then slice and bake at 350 for 12-15 minutes. Each log should make about 12 cookies.

chop the candies cherries and pineapple.

The mixture is very dense, so make sure you mix with a good mixer. My mom has burned up hand held ones making this batter.

put batter on saran wrap to make into a log.

log before it is wrapped up in saran wrap.

this is how many logs one batch makes.

I forgot to take a picture of the cookies right out of the oven. I had to snatch these cookies out of little kids hands to take this picture. They were not happy that they had to wait.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Tomorrow I will have some paper crafting for you. Let me know if any of you try the cookies!!



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