Cookies
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Rolled Sugar Cookies with Buttercream Frosting
Last year my family and I taste-tested a few different rolled sugar cookie recipes and this was our favorite! This recipe hails from my mom’s best friend, Jan Walters. Jan sadly passed away from cancer when I was in middle school, so I didn’t get the chance to talk about food and cooking with her. She was a great cook with some awesome recipes!
Making and frosting rolled sugar cookies has proven to be a great creative outlet during the pandemic. I am also including an easy buttercream frosting recipe from one of my favorite food bloggers, Mel’s Kitchen Cafe, that sets up well and has a great flavor. I think the cookies get even better the longer they sit with frosting on them and they freeze beautifully too. Our family has some silly cookie cutters…who doesn’t love a Christmas elephant or hedgehog?
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Peanut Butter Tarts
Why do we have some recipes that only get made around the holidays? My sister found the original recipe through the Star Tribune’s cookie contest several years ago, and these have been made every Christmas since! They stack perfectly on a cookie tray, and who doesn’t love peanut butter and chocolate? I’ve decided I am going to break the tradition and start making these more often. My family loves them, they don’t take much time to make (besides chilling time for the dough), and you can bake the entire batch in one 8-minute stint in the oven.