Doug's Christmas Cookies (with his photos.. not X rated)

These are cookies from Doug's childhood...he has fond memories of eating these..they are his mom's recipes...and now HE makes them for his family and friends..its wonderful to have a man that bakes.. These are strictly for CHRISTMAS.. he told me so... and he never lies..

Doug's Balls

nice pics...huh??

Doug took them!!

Doug's Chocolate Balls  (no bake cookies)... mind of the gutter

1 can sweetened condensed milk
2 cups graham cracker crumbs
2 squares unsweetened chocolate
finely shredded coconut

Melt chocolate, add in milk and graham crumbs and cool until easy to work with.

Roll into small balls and roll in coconut.

Swedish Tea Rings

nice pic again!!

isn't he wonderful???

Swedish Tea Rings (also known as Thimble Cookies)

½ cup butter
¼ cup brown sugar, tightly packed
1 egg yolk, (save egg white)
1 cup sifted flour
½ tsp vanilla
chopped walnuts
red current jelly (jelly of your choice)

Combine butter, sugar, egg yolk, flour and vanilla and chill for 30 minutes.

Roll into small balls, dip in egg white and roll in walnuts.
Bake in oven for 5 minutes at 300º

Take out, dent with the handle of a wooden spoon, add red current jelly and put back into oven for 10-12 minutes.

(not sure if these are Swedish or not...but to Canadian they are..)



Shortbread

4 cups flour
1 cup brown sugar
1 lb butter
Cream butter and sugar
Add flour

Roll out dough and cut   or   roll into small balls and flatten on cookie sheet

Prick with fork or garnish with dried fruit or coloured sugar
Bake for 15 minutes @ 300º

Almond Shortbread

awesome cookies...ohhh

and his baked goods are bad

Almond Shortbread

1 cup butter
2 cups flour
½ cup white sugar
½ cup chopped almonds (very fine – almost powder)

Combine and either form into crescents and bake for 7 –10
minutes at 350º

Or flatten dough in a cookie pan, cut into squares and garnish with sliced almonds and bake for 30 minutes at 350 degrees

Roll in fruit sugar or superfine white sugar

Strawberries Cookies

these make your tongue red...

and SWEET!!!!!!

 

Strawberries

1 can sweetened condensed milk
¾ - 1 lb shredded coconut
2 strawberry Jell-O’s (put ½ of 1 aside)
1 tbsp fruit sugar
10 drops red food colouring
1 tsp vanilla

Combine all ingredients together and form into a strawberry shape.
Roll in Jell-O powder

Add leaves made from butter icing (pipe the leaves on..time to use the pastry bag and a leaf tip)..

Butter Icing

Combine butter and icing sugar and green food colouring until the right consistency
(1 tbsp of butter and 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar (powdered sugar)
couple drops of vanilla)

These are more like candy!!!

I can only guarantee these will be delicious!!!  (well he is pretty delicious)

 

Hope your Holidays...are Delicious!!

 

from Doug and June