Hello and happy cookie season! Any religion, any holiday, I am a firm believer that cookies in December span all kinds of people. And I love gifting cookie boxes. Like, I love it big time.
Now I will be VERY HONEST when I say I usually man this blog myself, and today we are going a bit old-school with just photos of hand written recipes. I am a few work obligations today but then I will be home and transcribing these recipes into a proper format. So do not worry – In 12 hours, you can come back to this post and all the handwritten recipes will have been formatted into printable versions. I PROMISE YOU THIS.
But now, let’s get into the cookies! I was dying to make a few unique flavors this year, using the ginger sugar from my viral blueberry muffins, a cool shortbread technique, and of course, this Black Lime powder I’ve been dying to use.
PS, if you are wondering what boxes I used, I linked them here.
So here’s the full list!
Butterbeer Shortbreads
Think of these as salty-cozy-butterscotch. I love this method of making shortbreads because it’s very similar to making pie crust in a food processor. Pulse the butterscotch chips until they are nearly a powder first, then add the flour and pulse again so you get kind of a “butterscotch-powder” base.
From there you can add the butter, and it turns into a really nice, very malleable dough!
Fig Ginger Cookies!
This is a riff on literally any brown butter cookie you’ve seen me make, but I topped them with my famous ginger sugar (must!) and they turn into what I think a gingerbread cookie wants to be. Make sure to drain the figs well, or else they might keep your cookies a bit too soft in the center.
Yuzu Ginger Black Lime “Lumps of Coal”
And this is the Black Lime I like to use!
If you aren’t sure what black lime tastes like, think of it as smoky-citrus. These are definitely the most adventurous cookie, but I love them! It’s a like a citrusy pecan sandie, minus the pecans.
Snickerdoodle Puppy Chow!
If it doesn’t have cream of tartar, it’s not a snickerdoodle. Those are the LAWS. Those are the FACTS. This puppy chow uses a small amount of white chocolate to hold together the real necessities here, which is cream of tartar and cinnamon. This also uses a whole box of Chex cereal, because I CARE about you!!
This is the gold dust I like to top this with, but no pressure!
And that’s it for the Christmas cookies! Again, tune in later for full written versions, and apologies for the delay!
Happy Baking everyone!
