Easy Kids Christmas Cookies Recipes
Easy recipes: Vanilla Butter Frosting
ou and your children can decorate your Christmas cookies with this delicious and easy frosting recipe.
Ingredients:
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 1/3 cup margarine; softened
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
- About 2 Tablespoons milk
Instructions:
Mix powdered sugar and margarine. Stir in vanilla and milk; beat until frosting is smooth and of spreading consistency.
Cranberry Hootycreeks - Easy Christmas Cookies
5/8 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup rolled oats
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup white sugar
1/2 cup dried cranberries
1/2 cup white chocolate chips
1/2 cup chopped pecans
Layer the ingredients in a 1 quart or 1 liter jar, in the order listed. Attach a tag with the following instructions:
Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease a cookie sheet or line it with parchment paper. In a medium mixing bowl, beat together 1/2 cup softened butter, 1 egg and 1 teaspoon of vanilla until fluffy. Add the entire jar of ingredients, and mix together by hand until well blended. Drop by heaping spoonfuls onto the prepared baking sheet, about 2 inches apart. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes, or until edges are lightly browned. Cool for 2 minutes on baking sheets, then remove to wire racks to cool completely.
Winter Easy Cookie Pops
Christmas cookiesIf you are looking for a fun and easy recipe to do with the kids, try these deliciously simple Winter Cookie Pops. The kids will smile and giggle while making these treats, and will have something fun to give to family and friends!
Ingredients:
- 20 vanilla wafer cookies
- 1/2 cup peanut butter
- 1 6-ounce bag white chocolate chips
- colored candy sprinkles, red & green combo
- red pull apart licorice whips, cut into 1-1/2" lengths
- M&M candies
- M&M mini candies
- fruit roll ups, cut into 4" lengths
- cake decorating writer gel in green, black, and orange
- tube of white cake decorator frosting with flower tip
- ice cream sticks
- wax paper or paper plates
Preparation:
Spread peanut butter onto the flat side of the cookies. Place an ice cream stick into the peanut butter on half the cookies. Top with another cookie so the stick is sandwiched between the two cookies.
Cookie Mix in a Jar
Ingredients:
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
Preparation:
- Mix the salt and baking soda with the flour, then layer the ingredients into a 1 quart, wide mouth jar. Use scissors to cut a 9 inch-diameter circle from calico. Place over lid, and secure with rubber band. Tie on a raffia or ribbon bow to cover rubber band.
- Enclose a card with the following mixing and baking directions: Chocolate Chip Cookies 1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). 2. In a large bowl, cream 1 cup of unsalted butter or margarine until light and fluffy. Beat in 1 egg and 1 teaspoon of vanilla. Mix in cookie mix. Drop teaspoonfuls of dough, spaced well apart, onto a greased cookie sheet. 3. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in preheated oven, or until lightly browned. Cool on wire racks.
Best Easy Christmas Cookies for kids!
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