Christmas Cookies

[luluisme]

I was at Skye's this weekend for a cookie making event, and two of my cookie recipes garnered requests:
our Molasses Cookies, and my Mom's Christmas Cookies (aka Butter Cookies).

Comments

[skyethebard]

The butter cookies were very good and the molasses cookies were PERFECTION in my mouth!

[el_bastarde]

I loves me some molasses cookies. That looks like a really good recipe. They've always been one of my favorites, when I was a kid we used to get them at the Dutch market up in Lancaster.

A little bit of rum is also a good addition to molasses cookies (just adjust the flour to keep the consistency).

[triskele]

I love cookies with molasses, but after 2x having a giant molasses disaster, I've given up. I cannot wrestle with that stuff!

Meant to ask you, I was reading a recipe with baker's ammonia for cookie tenderness the other day - have you tried it? There was a big debate on whether it stinks up the house or not.

[luluisme]

Was this PJ's Bakers Banter blog? 'cause that topic sounds familiar.
I've never used it. Am slightly curious, but stinky substitutes to familiar ingrediants aren't normally something I persue, ya know? What do you think?

[triskele]

I don't think it was...but I imagine cookies are a hot topic many places this time of year :) I feel somewhat the same way you do. The people that used it were raving about it, however they felt about the stink, so I'll probably brave it someday.

[cappyhead]

I'm so glad I got to taste these today. Thanks!