Share your favorite holiday cookie and baked goods recipes!

Posted: December 11, 2012
Updated: December 13, 2012

Do you have a favorite holiday cookie or other baked goodie that you love to make (or eat) every year? Here's the place to post the recipe so we can have a digital cookie swap!

Thanks to jdouglas for making this request: "Faye, can we have a post on favorite holiday cookies, ideally with recipes? And/or folks favorite holiday baked goods"

If you give me permission, I'll post your recipe in the WRAL Recipe Database so everyone can easily find it again. The link to the database is in the box above.

If there is a link to your favorite recipe online, feel free to post the link instead of the entire recipe.

Banana Bread Recipe

Ingredients

3 or 4 ripe bananas, mashed
1/3 cup melted butter
1 cup sugar (can easily reduce to 3/4 cup)
1 egg, beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon baking soda
Pinch of salt
1 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Spray or butter bottom of loaf pan. Mix butter and mashed bananas in a mixing bowl. Mix in the sugar, egg and vanilla. Add baking soda and salt. Slowly mix in the flour. Pour mixture into loaf pan. Bake for 50 minutes to 1 hour until knife inserted near center comes out clean. Cool in pan for 5 minutes and then remove and cool on rack. Delicious served with cream cheese or Philadelphia Indulgence chocolate cream cheese.

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Pecan Christmas Cookies

Ingredients: 2 sticks of butter 3/4 cup granulated sugar 1 tablespoon vanilla 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour (if dough seems too wet add an extra tablespoon or two) 1/2 cup finely chopped pecans 1 cup powdered sugar

Directions: Melt butter in saucepan over medium high heat then add chopped pecans. Continue cooking and stirring until butter melts and starts to turn brown (around 3 minutes). Butter will get foamy as it cooks so gently stir to prevent the nuts from burning. Remove from heat and pour into a bowl. Refrigerate until mixture is cooled (approximately 20 – 30 minutes). (Make Sure Butter Nut Mixture is COOL before using or cookies will flatten out when they bake) Heat oven to 350°F. Combine cooled browned butter pecan mixture and granulated sugar in large bowl. With an electric mixer, beat on medium speed until mixed well. Add vanilla, and cinnamon until combined. Reduce speed and gradually add flour and mix on low until doug

floomamia
December 11, 2012 10:26 a.m.

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I love to take Town House,put peanut butter in the center and dip in melted chocolate (the kind that comes in squares-about 8 squares in the pack) let dry on wax paper and you're done!!

clinton28328
December 11, 2012 10:22 a.m.

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One more favorite that I've made for years in the small loaf pans to give as gifts - Cranberry Bread. Last year I used 1/2 apple sauce & 1/2 canola oil & they were just as moist & much healthier.

Cranberry Walnut Holiday Bread - ¥¥¥¥¥ 3 c. flour 2 c. sugar 1 t. salt 3 t. cinnamon 1 t. soda 1 1/4 c. oil (can use 1/2 applesauce) 4 eggs, beaten 1 12 oz. bag of fresh cranberries 1 c. chopped walnuts (optional) Mix all dry ingredients together & make hole in center. Pour all liquid ingredients into hole & mix well. Add cranberries and walnuts. Grease & flour 2 loaf pans & bake at 350 F for 1 hr. Cool. Note: Can use small loaf pans

drcyndimd
December 11, 2012 10:21 a.m.

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This is a recipe passed down from my Great Grandmother. We actually make it year round, but it's a must during Christmas.

Dolly’s Texas Ranger Cookies - ¥¥¥¥¥ (Old recipe of Grandmomma’s) (7 dz.) 325 deg. 1 c. shortening 1 c. white sugar 1 c. brown sugar (Daddy prefers dk. brown) 2 eggs 1 t. pure vanilla 2 c. plain flour 1 t. soda 1/2 t. powder 1/2 t. salt 2 c. slightly crushed cornflakes 2 c. dry oatmeal 1 c. raisins 1 c. shredded coconut Cream shortening & sugars together; add eggs & vanilla, mix well. Gradually add flour mixture & mix well. Stir in cornflakes & oatmeal w/sturdy spoon. Add raisins & coconut and mix well. Drop by tsp. onto baking sheep. Bake at 325 until cookies are the degree of doneness that you like. Cool on wire rack. Note: I usually double the recipe & for a richer cookie, use butter flavored Crisco.

drcyndimd
December 11, 2012 10:19 a.m.

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qrbyrd - those are called Turtle Pretzels & I hope they are delicious as I will be making them for the first time this year.

drcyndimd
December 11, 2012 10:08 a.m.

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A co-worker named these doo dads but I'm not sure what you call them. You take the square pretzels and put a rolo on top. Then stick in oven and heat til rolo is soft then press a pecan half on top of it. Quick and easy and very tasty.

qrbyrd
December 11, 2012 9:45 a.m.

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Toogie - the Fudgy Bon Bons are one of my family's favorites too. You can also mix these up by using different flavors of hershey kisses available now. We like them with the Hugs inside.

tbird808
December 11, 2012 9:33 a.m.

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These cookies I make every year and have for years. They're from the Pillbury Bake-Off® Contest 36, 1994 Mary Tyndall Whiteville, North Carolina They are delicious and kids love helping make them!

www.pillsbury.com/recipes/fudgy-bonbons/96997a31-793

Toogie
December 11, 2012 9:29 a.m.

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(Sorry for the long run-on. It didn't print in the format I had it in, and I can't edit the post.)

Diane
December 11, 2012 8:50 a.m.

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My most favorite cookie recipe ever. Especially this time of year when there are unique pudding flavors and chips. I've done the pumpkin spice pudding w/nuts instead of chips, I've done chocolate pudding/mint chips, I've done vanilla pudding/peppermint chips. So much fun to experiment with the pudding/chip combo!

Chocolate Chip Cookies 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 cup butter/margarine 1/4 cup white sugar 3/4 cup packed brown sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 eggs 1 package (4 serving size) vanilla instant pudding Mix together with electric mixer, then gradually add 2 1/4 cups flour. Next, add a 12 ounce bag chocolate chips

Bake at 375 for 8-12 minutes.

These cookies will be soft, guaranteed! Even burnt, they'll still melt in your mouth! Try it once, you'll use this recipe forever. Try different flavors of both pudding mix and candy chips to make your cookies unique!

Diane
December 11, 2012 8:48 a.m.

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