Sometimes we just don’t have time to dig out the recipes and make holiday cookies. For others, you just don’t want to be Susie Homemaker. I have a solution to make wonderful holiday cookies and I made them with very little effort.
Chocolate Chip Kiss Cookies
Buy a volume of chilled chocolate foam cookie dough. Follow the directions on the package for cutting and placing the dough on the cookie sheet. Before baking, using your index finger make a small well in the center of each cookie. Place the chocolate kiss in the well and form a mass around it to hold it. Cook to use in the package. Use kisses also peanut butter. Everyone will think that you have been working in the kitchen for hours to treat this amazingly.
Decorated Sugar Cookies
Again, we will use the chilled sugar cookie rolls from the market section. Follow the directions on the package for cutting and placing on the cookie sheet. Now it’s time to decorate it. If you want to decorate with colored sugar before baking, just use cute stencils (purchased or ones you make) to hold the cake while you add the red or green crystal sugar. You want to imagine, instead of crystal sugar, you just put discolored m&m;s into the dough before baking. We cook what is ordered on the package.
If you want to have fun with the kids, bake the cookies first, and then paint the decorations to cool. You can make a simple frosting, separate it into small bowls, add food coloring, use the new art paint brush Make up your own plans. If I can make this frosting, so can you. Mix 4 cups powdered sugar, ½ cup shortening or butter, 5 tablespoons milk and 1 teaspoon vanilla in a large bowl. After you divide it into cups, add a few drops of food color and mix Make sure the kids have old clothes because the food color stains some materials.
Voice and Easy Chocolate Fudge
I use this recipe when I want to make fudge, but don’t want the constant stirring of a spear and a candy thermometer. In a heavy saucepan, over low heat, melt 3 Cups semisweet chocolate chips with 1 Can (14oz) candy. condensed milk and infused salt. Remove from heat and stir in 1 teaspoons vanilla and 1 cup chopped nuts (optional). Spread evenly in a wax paper lined 8 or 9 inch square pan. Refrigerate for 2 hours or until firm. Turn the fudge into a cutting board, peel off the paper and cut into squares.
This is done before. In a 1 quart, glass measuring cup or bowl, mix the chips with the condensed milk and salt. Cook on 100% power (high) for 3 minutes or until the chips are melted, stirring after every 1 minute. A race ahead of time.
For a few variations on this same recipe, you can replace 1 cup of semi-sweet biscuits with chocolate milk or peanut butter . For a creamier fudge, just add 2 cups of the melted butter and milk chocolate.
Put a few cookies and fudge into a bag as a big cellophane gift for the teacher. You can put them in cute little bowls, baskets, or containers, so they make great last-minute gifts.
Whether you’re giving gifts or serving them for the holidays, everyone will think you’ve cooked for days. Don’t worry, I won’t tell your secret.
