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With the holiday baking season upon us (and in my case, the 3rd annual Hinman dessert party tomorrow), here is collection of some great holiday recipes. I always make haystacks and frosted sugar cookies for my dessert, but they are all delicious and rather easy to make! Enjoy :)

• Butterscotch haystacks
• Cinnamon apple crisp
• Chocolate chip cookie torte
• Chocolate Oreo bark
• Devil’s food cake with banana
• Delicious rum cake
• Frosted sugar cookies

To find more holiday recipes, check out Elise’s blog, Simply Recipes or Ed Tep’s Is it EDible?

With the holiday season just around the corner, I figured I would update this recipe. These soft cookies are always a fun, sugary hit! I whipped up a batch while some of our friends were over. Not only are they tasty, but also fun to decorate and pretty to look at. Enjoy :)

Prep: 15 minutes
Bake: 8-10 minutes
Makes: 2-3 dozen

Ingredients

Cookie Dough
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/4 cup butter, softened

Frosting

• 3 cups confectioners’ sugar
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 2 tablespoons hot water
• Food colouring (optional)
• Sprinkles (optional)

Steps
Cookie Dough

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, vanilla and almost extract.
3. In a separate bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, salt and nutmeg; gradually add to creamed mixture.
4. Roll into two inch balls and put unto lightly greased baking sheets. Or you can always use a Christmasy cookie cutter.
5. Bake for 8-10 minutes or until light brown.

Frosting

1. In medium mixing bowl, combine the butter, confectioners’ sugar, almond extract and enough water to achieve desired consistency.
2. I put about four drops of red food colouring in the frosting mix. I also added some festive red coloured sugar on top. You could mix and match colours, like a combination of red, green, and white to add a more Christmasy touch. Have fun with it!

Credit! This recipe is adapted from The Taste of Home Cookbook.

These soft cookies are always a fun, sugary hit! I whipped up a batch while some of our friends were over. Not only are they tasty, but also fun to decorate and pretty to look at. Enjoy :)

Prep: 15 minutes
Bake: 8-10 minutes
Makes: 2-3 dozen

Ingredients
Cookie Dough

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/4 cup butter, softened
• 3 cups confectioners’ sugar
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 2 tablespoons hot water
• Food colouring (optional)
• Sprinkles (optional)

Steps
Cookie Dough

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, vanilla and almost extract.
3. In a separate bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, salt and nutmeg; gradually add to creamed mixture.
4. Roll into two inch balls and put unto lightly greased baking sheets.
5. Bake for 8-10 minutes or until light brown.

Frosting

1. In medium mixing bowl, combine the butter, confectioners’ sugar, almond extract and enough water to achieve desired consistency.
2. I put about four drops of red food colouring in the frosting mix. I also added some festive red coloured sugar on top. You could mix and match colours; have fun with it!

Credit! This recipe is adapted from The Taste of Home Cookbook.