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Twelve Days of Christmas Cookies: Peanut Butter Paw Prints

Peanut Butter Paw Prints

DAY 5: Peanut Butter Paw Prints

These are fun cookies to make with kids. Use regular-sized chocolate chips for the small pads of the pawprint, and larger chocolate disks (I used dark chocolate melting chocolate wafers) for the large pad.

Use a very small cookie scoop (or make 1” balls)  so that the paw print pattern covers most of the cooked cookie.

These cookies are made from a peanut butter cookie dough. If you want a nut-free cookie base, try this recipe:

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For a more anatomically correct bear paw print, you should use 5 small chocolate chips, but I thought that looked too crowded, so I stuck with 3.  For puppy paw prints, use 4 small chocolate chips.

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Twelve Days of Christmas Cookies: Chocolate Peppermint Crunch Sandwich Cookies

Chocolate Peppermint Crunch Sandwich Cookies

DAY 4: Chocolate Peppermint Crunch Sandwich Cookies

These are similar to whoopie pies, but not quite as rounded. Made with a cake mix, the cookies are quick to put together.

The filling is a peppermint cream, with crushed candy canes baked into the top cookies and in the peppermint filling.

Crushed Candy Canes

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I tinted the filling pink to complement the candy canes. Alternately, you could leave out the crushed candy canes and tint the mint frosting green. Or leave out the mint extract all together for soft homemade Oreo cookies.

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Twelve Days of Christmas Cookies: Lemon Cookie Cups

Lemon Cookie Cups

DAY 3: Lemon Cookie Cups

If you like lemon bars, you will love these cute little lemon cups! They are made with a rich, buttery cookie cup base and filled with homemade lemon curd filling.

Sprinkle with powdered sugar just before serving and decorate as desired.

Sweet and tart, and perfect for adding to cookie plates.

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Twelve Days of Christmas Cookies: Chocolate Chip Chocolate Pudding Cookies

Chocolate Chip Chocolate Pudding Cookies

DAY 2: Chocolate Chip Chocolate Pudding Cookies

This year I did some experimenting with adding pudding mix to cookie recipes. The pudding mix helps keep the cookies soft and chewy and adds a rich flavor to the dough.

This is a chocolate chocolate chip cookie dough. I dipped them in white chocolate and decorated with seasonal sprinkles for Christmas cookie plates.

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Fifteenth Annual Twelve Days of Christmas Cookies: Apricot Shortbread Streusel Bars

Apricot Shortbread Streusel Bars

Welcome to the 15th Annual Twelve Days of Christmas Cookies!

DAY 1: Apricot Shortbread Streusel Bars

An easy to make bar cookie. A shortbread crust is topped with sweet and tangy apricot jam and then topped with shortbread streusel.

You can easily substitute other jams in place of the apricot: seedless raspberry, blackberry, or peach would all be delicious.

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Twelve Days of Christmas Cookies (Bars & Brownies): Raspberry White Chocolate Cheesecake Brownies

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Welcome to the 12th Annual Twelve Days of Christmas Cookies! This year, I am focusing on brownies, blondies, and other bar cookies.

A note about cooking bar cookies: If you have trouble with burned edges and raw centers, try using a metal pan instead of a glass or ceramic pan. This is especially true of  bigger pans, 9×13” or larger. You can also bake the batter in 2 smaller square pans instead of one larger one to get more evenly baked bars and brownies.

DAY 1: Raspberry White Chocolate Cheesecake Brownies

This is an easy to make dressed-up brownie dessert that starts with a boxed brownie mix. Raspberry jam is swirled into both the brownie layer and the cheesecake layer.

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