Comments on: Cut Out Cookies For Santa

By: cindy paulua

cindy paulua — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 06:01:48 +0000

Linda, homemade gifts are te best. What a good way to celebrate and to give. Its Love!!!!!!!!

By: Kelley Maddox

Kelley Maddox — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 20:47:38 +0000

If you roll out your dough between 2 sheets of waxed paper or parchment paper, and place them in the freezer for 15 minutes, the cookies will cut out very easy. if you put the cut cookies on a cookie sheet and stick them back in the freezer for 15 minutes before they are baked, they will keep their shape better, especially if you have a detailed cookie cutter. you can re-roll the scraps of dough between the wax paper, and repeat the process until all the dough is used, and you wont get any tough cookies because you wont be rolling in any extra flour, and it never sticks to the rolling pin. I have been doing it this way for 6 years, and my cookies always look so pretty and are easy to decorate.

By: Patti

Patti — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 04:31:12 +0000

Our holiday season started with an old recording on vinyl of the Littlest Angel. It was very special. My mom use to store it way up high on a book shelf and only get it down for the holidays. Can you imagine 5 little kids sitting around the record player listening intently in the livingroom of our house?
I make my cutouts using the Spritz recipe in the red and white check cookbook. It is a nice size dough and the almond flavoring adds a richness to the recipe. As did my grandmother I only use butter in it. My grandmother use to brag about how many pounds of butter she would use during the holidays–12 to 14 pounds. Anyone who visited her during the holidays left with her latest assortment of baked creations.

By: juanita s

juanita s — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 04:05:31 +0000

Waste not, want not. Who said the leftover dough has to be thrown out or has to be in some special shape? Instead of throwing it out after the second cutout, just take the leftover dough and bake them also. I’m sure they will taste just as good as the ones that have been cut with a cookie cutter. Beside it gives us something to nibble on while the kids are decorating theirs.

By: Jean Tillotson

Jean Tillotson — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 03:14:28 +0000

Your mom wasn’t the only one who did the rebates and got little gifts for the kids. I did that and my children enjoyed the things that they got. Some of them were really nice and they were great stocking stuffers. We also did arts and crafts before Christmas to make things for the house. Guess back then you didn’t run to the store and buy everything. I know we didn’t because we didn’t have the money, but we made memories this way.

By: Fran

Fran — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:59:51 +0000

Grandma Jenkins was the cookie maker when I was a child. We got to decorate Christmas cookies & I always wanted to work on the Leaping Reindeer cookies, you know, the reindeer whose legs are outstretched like he’s flying? I still buy reindeer ornaments if they are “leaping,” Grandma also decorated little round cookies with cherry halves or walnut halves. Yummy memories. =^..^=

By: Cassie Wilkins

Cassie Wilkins — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:12:22 +0000

ohhhh my,, does this bring back memories! I grew up in the 50′s and 60′s and we made these cookies also. When I was a teenager, it was the VietNam era and I had several cousins and penpals that I sent ‘care packages’ to and these cookies were always a part of those. I always got back such sweet letters from ‘the boys’ for that special touch of home.

By: Sandy Smith

Sandy Smith — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:09:22 +0000

We have not been blessed with grandchildren (yet) so we think of all the little ones at church as our “practice grandchildren”. We have a cookie party at our home each year for them. I bake lots of cut-out cookies and make up different colors of icing and set out lots of types of sprinkles. The kids have a blast decorating them – you’d be amazed at how may sprinkles can be put on one cookie! They decorate them first and set them aside to dry. We have snacks, talk about the true meaning of Christmas and the fun stuff that we get to do and play some games. My husband and I make a goodie sack for each child to take home and I wrap up each one’s cookies. We average about 8 or 10 children attending each year. We’re tired when it’s over but it’s so much fun we wouldn’t even consider not having another one. This year it’s on 17 Dec so I’m already making my plans.
Also, a quick tip. I worked for a caterer in years past and she had us roll out the cookies between 2 sheets of parchment paper, lift off the top sheet and cut out the cookies. We then rolled up the scraps and slid the parchment onto a baking sheet. I like that way much better – I always had trouble moving my cookies to the baking sheet and keeping their shape.
Have a wonderful holiday season!

By: Christy Jordan

Christy Jordan — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:00:23 +0000

I have GOT to try that!

By: Terry

Terry — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:39:25 +0000

Hi, if you want to cut the sweetness a bit we used to put evaporated milk in little bowls and add food coloring to them. Then take a paint brush and paint the cookies before baking them. They come out all decorated without the added sugar.