DAY 6: Chocolate Turtle Cookies
Turtles contain one of my favorite flavor combinations: chocolate, caramel, and pecans.
This is a basic chocolate drop cookie dough with chocolate chips, caramel pieces, and chopped pecans mixed in.
You can unwrap and chop Kraft caramels, or use these Caramel Bits and save TONS of time!
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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.
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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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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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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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.
RECIPE:
A delicious low-carb alternative to a traditional cheesesteak sub. You can add any of your favorite cheesesteak add-ins to the filling: onions, peppers, jalapeños.
I like to use this pre-sliced shaved beef steak. It makes for a quick and easy dinner prep. I usually give this pre-shaved meat a coarse chop so that there are no large slices of beef.
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Filed under Low Carb/Keto, Main Dishes
Raspberry Sweet Rolls
Chicken Tikka Masala
Caramelized Onion Dip
Coconut Cream Pie Bars
Thai Green Curry
Ratatouille
Triple Chocolate Bundt Cake
Bacon Jalapeno Scones
Fried Rice
Cinnamon Swirl Bread
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