{"id":2478,"date":"2016-12-19T15:22:46","date_gmt":"2016-12-19T22:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.redeaglespirit.com\/arrrgh\/?p=2478"},"modified":"2016-12-19T15:22:46","modified_gmt":"2016-12-19T22:22:46","slug":"christmas-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.redeaglespirit.com\/arrrgh\/christmas-cookies\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been baking, and I expect to bake all this week. I started with Turtle Pecan Shortbread. The picture <\/a>looked wonderful, and the shortbread, which had almond extract, smelled heavenly! But, the caramel was a problem. You’re supposed to melt 24 caramels, and then dip two sides of the pie-shaped cookies in the caramel, and then in chopped pecans. The caramel is so hard and chewy you could break your teeth on it!<\/p>\n

I have about 18 shortbread left that didn’t get to meet the caramel. I’m going to use chocolate to glue half a pecan on the center of each, and then drizzle them with chocolate. I’m thinking about dredging one edge in the melted chocolate and then in pecans, but I may opt for the easier version.<\/p>\n

On the more successful side, I’ve baked Russian Tea Cakes (the little confectioner sugar snowballs), Peanut Butter Blossoms (which aren’t really a Christmas cookie, but are something my family likes at Christmas) and Thumbprints. I’ve frozen the Thumbprints, to be filled with jelly and\/or icing later this week. I followed the directions, but they still turned out to be a two-bite cookie. I’ll have to talk with my youngest sis to see how she does them, because hers are one-bite.<\/p>\n

I’ve also made fudge with semi-sweet chocolate, sweetened condensed milk, vanilla and walnuts. And, I’ve made Haystacks with milk chocolate. I’m thinking about one more run of fudge, with milk chocolate.<\/p>\n

I’m working on Kolache, the kind which are made from LOTS of butter, cream cheese and flour. I plan to use raspberry and apricot fillings, and I’m going to create and fill the cookies and then freeze them. They can be baked Christmas Eve morning.<\/p>\n

I also plan to make “Fanciful Raspberry Ribbons<\/a>,” and Sugar Crisp. (LOTS of Sugar Crisp.) That should be more than enough to create gift trays and have plenty for our house, too. I hope I manage to get them all done, and artfully arranged on the trays by Christmas Eve!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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