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Post by vspindler on Dec 7, 2014 16:05:36 GMT
Just curious how you define it. Is it just when you make that particular cookie or the flavors or what? I have seen several Christmas cookie recipes that there is nothing particularly Christmassy about them but are described as Christmas cookies.
This random question brought to you by Pinterest, cold medicine and sleep deprivation lol.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Dec 7, 2014 16:10:26 GMT
We have a few like that, they are "Christmas cookies" because they are putzy to make so we only put up with the hassle of making them once a year! But they are decades old family favorites that have stood the test of time so we keep making them every year, but only once a year, LOL.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2014 16:15:55 GMT
For me they are the ones that are too time consuming to make at other times of the year or there is a level of decadence beyond a normal just a cookie because of flavor in some way. TBH, cookies around my house in the last few years are pretty rare so about any cookie could met that.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2014 16:27:30 GMT
It seems like almost every Christmas cookie I make has almond flavoring so to me that is the taste of Christmas. I really like almond, apparently.
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Post by breetheflea on Dec 7, 2014 16:33:20 GMT
It's a cookie I make at Christmas time  aka not chocolate chip or oatmeal. |
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Post by anxiousmom on Dec 7, 2014 16:35:00 GMT
To me, it is a specific cookie. If my mom says "y'all want a Christmas cookie?" it is a sugar cookie. One that has been rolled out, cut into specific (and predictable, she uses her grandmother's cookie cutters) shapes that have been decorated in the same way that they have been done since before I was born.  |
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Post by padresfan619 on Dec 7, 2014 16:35:09 GMT
They are cookies that are only made in December.
Once I went to a job training seminar in the middle of spring and someone brought the peanut butter Hershey kiss blossom cookies. It was so bizarre for me to see them because they are strictly a Christmas cookie in my house.
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Post by lindas on Dec 7, 2014 16:39:14 GMT
I make a candy cane cookie and a 7 layer Italian cookie only at Christmas because of the time involved so those are my standard Christmas cookies.
DH is only a fan of chocolate chip cookies so any other cookie I make this time of year is a Christmas cookie because I probably won't make it again during the year.
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Post by styxgirl on Dec 7, 2014 16:43:04 GMT
I think they would be things we just make during the season. We make wayyyy more than cookies ... I guess for us, it's the stuff that we only make this time of the year. And YES, some of it is a PITA to make. LOL! So it only happens when we're really motivated in December! Hehe!!!
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Post by quiltz on Dec 7, 2014 17:53:12 GMT
We have a few like that, they are "Christmas cookies" because they are putzy to make so we only put up with the hassle of making them once a year! But they are decades old family favorites that have stood the test of time so we keep making them every year, but only once a year, LOL. I agree with the above. My mom only made certain dressy, fussy cookies at Christmas. Sugar cookies cut using Christmas shapes. Cookies that use ingredients that you would not normally have on hand, such as glazed cherries, baking ammonia, and coloured red & green baking chips. |
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Post by Nanner on Dec 7, 2014 17:56:40 GMT
They are ones that I only make at Christmas. i.e. shortbread. Also the ones you all call Belle's Chocolate Chip cookies are ones that we also call Christmas cookies. It's my grandmother's recipe and we only make those at Christmas, making them small, using the tiny chocolate chips, so these are a more "delicate" cookie (we use an orange glaze).
Regular old chocolate chip, oatmeal, peanut butter, etc. are not what I consider to be Christmas cookies.
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Post by maryland on Dec 7, 2014 18:18:06 GMT
Good question! I think maybe people call them Christmas cookies because they make more cookies now than any other time of year, and make a variety. But yes, I don't see a difference.
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Post by chaosisapony on Dec 7, 2014 19:07:19 GMT
In my family Christmas cookies are sugar cookies that are cut into shapes and frosted. I don't like them. It doesn't matter if they are home made or come from a bakery I just don't like them. Consequently, we don't make them! We make chocolate chip, peanut butter with a Hershey kiss, 7 layer cookies, a a few other varieties for Christmas but we do not call them "Christmas cookies".
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Post by kelly8875 on Dec 7, 2014 19:10:59 GMT
For my house, it's anything other than a chocolate chip cookie. My family freaks out when I make any other kind, lol. So Christmas is MY excuse to make 'fun' cookies like peanut butter and sugar, lol. i
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Post by deshacrafts on Dec 7, 2014 20:27:19 GMT
Christmas cookies are the ones I only make at Christmas. Peanut butter blossoms, orange cookies (although I sometimes make them at Easter) and ginger winks.
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Dec 8, 2014 2:35:07 GMT
Haha! We are dealing with that right now--a church event is asking for "Christmas type cookies only" (defined as excluding chocolate chip, oatmeal, peanut butter or other "lunchbox daily types of cookies)
Can't wait to see what people bring!
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Dec 8, 2014 2:36:08 GMT
Oh--and we tell people if they ask because they say they don't know the difference our response is
"Any cookie that you only bake on the month of December!!!"
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Post by perumbula on Dec 8, 2014 3:16:10 GMT
At my house, it just means it's December. I adore making cookies so any cookie is going to show up at any time of year, even the super fussy ones I got from Martha Stewart. Homemade candy is the Christmas treat at my house. We do fudge, caramel, and toffee this time of year and rarely at any other time.
That said, I do tend to lean toward fancier, fussy cookies this time of year and stay away from oatmeal and chocolate chip.
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Post by peasapie on Dec 8, 2014 3:44:26 GMT
I think when people say Christmas-type cookies, they mean things like those candy cane twists, cookies with red and green sprinkles or sugar, or ones that otherwise have holiday colors or embellishments.
For me, Christmas is the time when I make these:
Pecan Tassies
Spritz cookies with red and green sugar
Mexican Wedding Cakes
German Chocolate Cake Cookies
Italian Honey Balls (Struffoli)
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Post by Lovebug2867 on Dec 8, 2014 3:44:50 GMT
Our Christmas cookies are ones we normally only make at Christmas simply because we'd eat way too many of them if we made them regularly lol.
Otherwise the cookies I decorate this time of year are Christmas cookies because they look like this: (sorry just had to be a smarty pants lol)
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2014 3:49:05 GMT
I think of gingerbread men and sugar cookies cut into Christmas shapes as "Christmas cookies". Anything else, seems regular to me.
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Post by Grom Pea on Dec 8, 2014 4:30:14 GMT
My list would include shapes, eg pizzelle cookies look like snowflakes, cut out shaped cookies like bells, Santa, gingerbread man, and cookies make of dough twisted to look like candy canes, Spritz, or peppermint covered candies. Everything else to me is just a cookie, but perfectly acceptable to put on an assorted Christmas cookie plate, eg kisses on peanut cookies. I loved my neighbor's chocolate chip cookies made with red and green m&ms so much that when I moved away and got married she sent me some "Christmas cookies"and a Christmas ornament (we were married in may).
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Post by alexa11 on Dec 8, 2014 4:34:36 GMT
I make a candy cane cookie and a 7 layer Italian cookie only at Christmas because of the time involved so those are my standard Christmas cookies. DH is only a fan of chocolate chip cookies so any other cookie I make this time of year is a Christmas cookie because I probably won't make it again during the year. A 7-layer cookie- wow! We need a recipe! |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2014 4:47:16 GMT
 To me, Christmas cookies are cut into shapes of Christmas icons--lights, stars, trees, ornaments, bows, candy canes, wreaths, snowmen, gingerbread men, Santa...and iced. And they are made with love and children. My sister and I made these this weekend. |
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Post by theshyone on Dec 8, 2014 8:13:32 GMT
Christmas cookies are the ones that look pretty but taste horrible. On display but never eaten.
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Post by grinningcat on Dec 8, 2014 12:20:31 GMT
It's the cookies I make at this time of the year but no other. So no chocolate chip cookies, but chocolate chip shortbread instead. Things like that. Something that looks festive and might be a bit more fussy than the typical cookie. Like Spritz cookies. I only make those for Christmas. They are too annoying otherwise.
Peppermint, cranberry, and orange seem to be dominant flavours. And spices.
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Dec 8, 2014 12:48:33 GMT
At my house, it just means it's December. I adore making cookies so any cookie is going to show up at any time of year, even the super fussy ones I got from Martha Stewart. Homemade candy is the Christmas treat at my house. We do fudge, caramel, and toffee this time of year and rarely at any other time. That said, I do tend to lean toward fancier, fussy cookies this time of year and stay away from oatmeal and chocolate chip. That's basically my definition -- any cookie made near Christmas. That includes ones with Christmas shapes & colors, ones that are more trouble to make, and some that are just old family favorites made frequently. If you don't think the cookie I offer you is Christmassy enough... don't eat it!  |
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Post by anxiousmom on Dec 8, 2014 13:08:22 GMT
We have a few like that, they are "Christmas cookies" because they are putzy to make so we only put up with the hassle of making them once a year! But they are decades old family favorites that have stood the test of time so we keep making them every year, but only once a year, LOL. I agree with the above. My mom only made certain dressy, fussy cookies at Christmas. Sugar cookies cut using Christmas shapes. Cookies that use ingredients that you would not normally have on hand, such as glazed cherries, baking ammonia, and coloured red & green baking chips. Ohhh....what is baking ammonia? I haven't ever needed to use such a thing before?? |
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Post by BuckeyeSandy on Dec 8, 2014 13:31:36 GMT
We have a few like that, they are "Christmas cookies" because they are putzy to make so we only put up with the hassle of making them once a year! But they are decades old family favorites that have stood the test of time so we keep making them every year, but only once a year, LOL. Real homemade (from Oma's recipe) "Lebkuchen" Yep, it is easier to just go out and "buy" but it is NOT THE SAME, unless you are in Germany and can buy freshly made ones at the Bakery. |
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Post by moveablefeast on Dec 8, 2014 13:36:38 GMT
I think they are Christmas cookies if they have Christmas themes or colors. I don't have any cookies in my repertoire that are strictly Christmas other than decorated ones shaped like trees or snowflakes or whatever. I'm good with ginger cookies all year!  |
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aka not chocolate chip or oatmeal. 
