Below are the recipes I used for this years holiday cookies. Hope you enjoy! Recipe cards are below also, any notes I had, and links to most of the original recipes.
Here are also some of the things I purchased or already own that I use for the cookies below such as natural food coloring options and other items.
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Original Recipe Red Velvet Cheesecake Cookies
notes: For the red food coloring I used beet root powder and some natural red food coloring. It didn't give it the full "red velvet" look but I was willing to work with that instead
Original Recipe Gingerbread Sandwich Cookies
notes: These do tend to expand a little so you can use a smaller or medium sized cookie cutter
Original Recipe Magic of Candy Cane Cookies
notes: this recipe ended up being an AI recipe and didn't work as intended. I had to make some changes to make it work.
Original Recipe Cinnamon Chip Chai Spiced Snickerdoodles
notes: I had a hard time finding cinnamon chips so I subbed them for maple chips which I found at target. I also added all spice and ground star anise to the spice mix. Burlap and Barrell has a great pumpkin spice 2.0 you can use also for the sugar.
Christmas Tree Cookies (ELHEECHKI)
notes: This recipe is from my Grandma and while these could be made with rum instead of lemon juice, I prefer the lemon juice version. The original recipe also calls for an egg white but I have substituted the egg white for a flax "egg". My grandma had a wooden form specially made to make the Christmas tree shape but I have found silicone molds online which have made the cookie easier to remove from the form.
Original Recipe Chocolate Hazelnut Sandwich Cookies
notes: These were a bit hard to roll out without them crumbling, some more moisture may help. I would recommend rolling these out on parchment paper to make the cookies easier to peel off. We also used a square cookie cutter instead of the round
Halva and Pistachio Pinwheel Cookies
notes: The recipe said to bake for about 15 minutes. I would check on them a little earlier because some of mine started to get too brown after about 13 minutes.
Original Recipe Peanut Blossom Cookies
notes: When you remove cookies from oven let them cool on pan for about 1 min, then remove them to cooling rack for 30 seconds or so and start pressing the Hershey's hugs into the cookie gently. Do not touch them for an hour or until completely cooled
Original Recipe Sugar Cookies (Swig Copycat)
notes: The recipe is no longer on her site but I found it years ago and have it saved.
Original Recipe Pecan Toffee Tarts
notes: Health brand had toffee bits that worked perfect for this