Wouldn’t it be cool if you could actually give your loved ones all the stuff “my true love” hands over in “The 12 Days of Christmas”? It’s not very practical, though. Live geese and swans are messy, and have you seen the price of gold lately? Instead, try our 12 Days of Christmas Cookies. We have assembled a collectionof delicious and easy holiday cookie recipes — one for every verse. Fa-la-la-la-la. 1.
On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me a partridge in a pear tree Jam Thumbprints with Pear Honey: These traditional favorites can be made in any flavor, with any kind of jam or preserves. Store-bought is perfectly fine, but if you really want to do the thing up, we’ve included a recipe for homemade pear honey. 2.
On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me two turtledoves Homemade Caramel Turtles: Yeah, technically these are reptiles, not birds, but they’re so yummy you won’t care which phylum they come from. Until recently you would have had to unwrap a whole bunch of individual caramel candies in order to make these, but this year Kraft began selling bags of unwrapped, easy-to-measure Caramel Bits, making this one even easier. 3.
On the third day of Christmas my true love gave to me three French hens French Almond Cookies: They’re French, and they’re made from something birds like to eat. Make sure you allow plenty of space on the baking sheet between cookies — they spread a lot during baking. 4.