Santa
Cookies
 These are perfect as a holiday
craft, for serving at holiday get-togethers, class parties and even for hanging on your
tree!
Ingredients you will need to
make 24 cookiess:
- 1 cup/250 ml white sugar
- 1/2 cup/125 ml vegetable shortening
- 2 tbsp/30 ml milk
- 1 tsp/5 ml Watkins Vanilla
- 1/2 tsp/2.5 ml Watkins Butter Flavour
- 1 egg
- 2 cups/500 ml all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp/5 ml Watkins Baking Powder
- 1/2 tsp/2.5 ml baking soda
- 1/2 tsp/2.5 ml salt, if desired
- 2-1/2 cups/625 ml powdered icing sugar
- 1/4 tsp/1 ml Watkins Cream of Tartar
- 1/4 tsp/1 ml Watkins Vanilla
- 2 egg whites
- Red food colouring (and any other colours
you would like to use)
- About 1/2 cup/125 ml semi-sweet chocolate
chips, 1/4 cup/60 ml dark raisins and Watkins Holiday
Sprinkles for decorations
Instructions:
- Mix the first SIX ingredients together.
- Stir in the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt to make a dough.
- Shape the dough into 1-1/4 in/3 cm balls and place them about 2 inches/5 cm apart on ungreased cookie sheets, then flatten them so they become 2-1/2 inch/6.5 cm circles using the bottom of a glass that has been greased so the dough does not stick.
- If you plan to hang your cookies on the tree, make a hole in each one about 1/4 inch/6 mm from the top, using the end of a plastic straw.
- Bake the cookies at 400F/200C for 8 to 10 minutes until the edges are lightly browned; then set them aside to cool completely.
While the cookies are cooling,
you can make your frosting
- In a large mixing bowl, on low speed, beat together the powdered sugar, cream of tartar, vanilla and egg whites until they are just mixed.
- Then increase the speed to high and beat it until the mixture becomes very stiff.
- Cover the bowl of frosting to keep it from drying out.
When your
cookies are cooled completely, it's time to decorate! - Separate some frosting and add the red food
colour to use for Santa's hat; keep some frosting white to use for his beard; and some for other colours that you have chosen to use..
- Spread the frosting lightly over the top
surface of the cookies in the place for his hat and beard, then make "Santa Faces" by pressing chocolate chips or raisins into the moist frosting. Get creative and have fun making lots of different faces!
- When you have finished decorating, set the
cookies aside to let the frosting dry for about one hour until it is firm.
- Thread brightly coloured ribbon (or fishing line) through the hole for hanging as an ornament.
- Store your cookies in a tightly covered container.
No-Bake Cookies
These cookies are delicious and easy to make. They
go great with a glass of cold milk so Santa will
surely enjoy them, too!.
Ingredients you will need to make 48
cookies:
 2 cups/500 ml white sugar
- 3 tbsp/45 ml Watkins All-Natural
Baking Cocoa
- 1/2 cup/125 ml (1 stick) butter or margarine
- 1/2 cup/125 ml milk
- 1/2 cup/125 ml peanut butter
- 3 cups/750 ml rolled oats (oatmeal)
- 1 tsp/5 ml Watkins Vanilla
or Vanilla Nut
Extract
Instructions:
-
In a medium saucepan, combine sugar and cocoa and
mix together well.
- Add butter and milk.
- Place saucepan on stove over medium
heat. Bring the mixture to a boil; stirring
occasionally. Boil for 2 minutes. Remove from stove and
place the saucepan on a hotpad. Be careful - the
mixture is VERY hot!.
- Add peanut butter and mix it in until
smooth.
- Add rolled oats and vanilla. Mix until well coated with chocolate mixture.
- Drop from a teaspoon onto a piece of waxed paper. Let cool completely.
 Get creative! For example: reduce the amount of oatmeal by 1/2 cup/125 ml and replace it with 1/2 cup/125 ml of shredded coconut, raisins or any other dried fruit!  |
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