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Top 3 Trending Christmas Cookies to Have on Christmas Day with Your Family.

Ava Mahoney

The top 3 most delicious cookies are chocolate chip, sugar, and finally, Peppermint Cookies. 

A sugar cookie is a cookie with the main ingredients being sugar, flour, butter, eggs, vanilla, and either baking powder or baking soda (depending on the type of sugar used). Sugar cookies may be formed by hand, dropped, or rolled and cut into shapes.

  These are the step by steps. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

  1. Stir flour, baking soda, and baking powder together in a small bowl.
  2. Beat sugar and butter together in a large bowl with an electric mixer until smooth. Beat in egg and vanilla. Gradually blend in the flour mixture. Roll dough into walnut-sized balls and place 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets.
  3. Bake in the preheated oven until edges are golden, 8 to 10 minutes. Cool on the baking sheets briefly before removing them to a wire rack to cool completely.

For the next cookie, we have the Chocolate Chip Cookie. 

  • Butter: This classic chocolate chip cookie recipe starts with two sticks of butter creamed with white and brown sugars. The blend of sugars creates a perfectly balanced flavor                                                                                                                            ·Eggs: Eggs add moisture and act as a binding agent, which means they help hold the dough together.                                                                                                                      Vanilla: Vanilla extract enhances the overall flavor of chocolate chip cookies.               Baking soda: Baking soda acts as a leavening, which means it helps the cookies     Water: A bit of hot water creates steam as it bakes, working with the baking soda to puff the cookies.                                                                                                                       Salt: A pinch of salt enhances the flavors of the other ingredients, but it won’t make the cookies taste salty.                                                                                                         Flour: All-purpose flour helps create gluten, which adds structure to the cookie dough.                                 Chocolate chips: Of course, you’ll need semisweet chocolate chips! You can use dark or milk chocolate chips if you prefer.                                                                                    Nuts (optional): Walnuts are optional, but they add a nutty flavor and a welcome crunch.
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 1 cup packed brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 teaspoons hot water
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
  • 1 cup chopped walnuts

And finally, the Peppermint cookies!

  1. Sift the flour, salt, baking soda, and baking powder together in a bowl. Whisk to combine and set aside.
  2. Cream the room temperature butter in a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment then add the sugar mixture on high until light and fluffy

3 . Add the eggs one at a time while the mixer is running. Mix until incorporated. Mix in the vanilla and peppermint extracts.

  1. Add the dry mixture in and mix until almost combined. Next, add in the white chocolate chips and 1/2 cup of crushed candy canes. You can mix on low for a few seconds or finish it off by hand, which is what you would normally do. Chilling the dough in a plastic bag for 20 minutes will make it easier to scoop and handle.
  2. add in the white chocolate chips and 1/2 cup of crushed candy canes. You can mix on low for a few seconds or finish it off by hand, which is what you would normally do. Chill the dough in a plastic bag for at least 20 minutes. This will make it easier to scoop and handle.
  3. Use a small ice cream scoop to gather about 1 1/2 tablespoons of the cookie dough. Roll in your hands to round off and then dip in crushed candy canes. Place on a cookie sheet peppermint side up and bake at 350F for about 6-7 minutes. Allow cooling on the baking sheet until the cookie sets enough to handle.
  4. Wipe the ice cream scoop with vegetable oil so the cookie dough would release more easily, and dipping the cookie dough in crushed candy canes ensures the top will have all of that holiday sparkle.

You would want your cookies to have some height so you should roll them after scooping them out and then chill them for a few minutes. Six and a half minutes in the oven and they’re done!

These are the 3 best Christmas cookies to have with your family.

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