Here are a few favorite Christmas cookie recipes from local bakers and why those cookies are special to them. Adrianna Costello, Elgin Community College Culinary Arts Center “These chocolate chip cookies are cookies that my mom has made for years. She would mix the dough by hand.
They’re fairly simple, but taste awesome — it’s because of the butter! “I remember her making these cookies every year when I was little, and I would be in the living room watching (A) Charlie Brown Christmas or Rudolph (the Red-Nosed Reindeer). “From time to time I’d go into the kitchen while she was baking and ‘help’ her. I used to like to eat the butter and sugar once she had it creamed together.
Then once she got the chocolate chips in, I could just sit and eat the whole bowl of dough, but she wouldn’t let me. I would help her make the fork pattern on the dough once she rolled it into balls. “As I grew older, I enjoyed eating these at breakfast after Christmas and dunking them in my coffee.
Hopefully, readers will try these delicious cookies, and maybe make them part of their holiday tradition.” Marilyn’s Christmas Chocolate Chip Cookies 1 cup ( 2 sticks) butter ВЅ cup powdered sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 cups flour, sifted Вј teaspoon salt Вѕ cup mini chocolate chips You can use an electric mixer to make these cookies or do this by hand. These directions are for an electric mixer: Heat oven to 350 degrees. Cream together butter, sugar and vanilla extract.