Best Christmas Cookie are soft brown sugar pudding cookies. I mean, I can only assume these are Santa’s Favorite Cookies. They sure as heck are some of mine!
If you’ve ever wondered why our pastry chef Melissa is so great, just look at her family background. She comes from a long line of skilled bakers. This recipe is from her great-grandmother Formanek and is from the WWI time, so it has no butter. These cookies freeze well.
Table of Contents
Prep Time:
15 mins
Cook Time:
10 mins
Additional Time:
5 mins
Total Time:
30 mins
Ingredients For 2 Person
Original recipe
- 4 cups white sugar
- 3 cups shortening
- 1 cup molasses
- 4 eggs
- 8 cups all-purpose flour
- 8 teaspoons baking soda
- 4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 4 teaspoons ground ginger
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 4 tablespoons white sugar, or as needed
Directions: Best Christmas Cookie Recipe
- Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C).
- In a bowl, mix 2 cups of sugar, shortening, and molasses together with an electric mixer until well combined. Don’t mix too much. Then add the eggs and mix for 30 seconds.
- In another bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, and salt. Add this mixture to the sugar mixture and mix until just combined; the dough should be stiff.
- Put 2 tablespoons of sugar in a shallow bowl. Shape the cookie dough into 1-inch balls and roll them in the sugar. Don’t flatten the balls. Place them on ungreased cookie sheets.
- Bake in the oven until the tops crackle (this makes a ‘lace’ design), which takes about 6 to 8 minutes. Let them cool for 5 minutes before moving them to a wire rack to cool completely.
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Cook’s Notes:
- Don’t mix the dough too much, or the cookies will be flat.
- Don’t bake them too long! They shouldn’t have dark edges.
Nutrition Facts (per serving)
| 114 | Calories |
| 5g | Fat |
| 16g | Carbs |
| 1g | Protein |
Full Nutrition Label
| Nutrition Facts | |
|---|---|
| Servings Recipe | |
| Calories 114 | |
| % Daily Value * | |
| Total Fat 5g | 7% |
| Saturated Fat 1g | 7% |
| Cholesterol 6mg | 2% |
| Sodium 126mg | 5% |
| Total Carbohydrate 16g | 6% |
| Dietary Fiber 0g | 1% |
| Total Sugars 9g | |
| Protein 1g | 2% |
| Calcium 9mg | 1% |
| Iron 1mg | 3% |
| Potassium 52mg | 1% |
FAQ
1- What are the Best Christmas Cookie?
10 Most Popular Homemade Cookies
EIGHT. Macaroons.
ONE. Chocolate Chip Cookies.
TWO. Peanut Butter Cookies.
THREE. Oatmeal Raisin Cookies.
FOUR. Peanut Butter Blossoms.
FIVE. Sugar Cookies.
SIX. Classic No-Bake Cookies.
SEVEN. Molasses Cookies.
2- What is the original Best Christmas Cookie?
The great-grandfather of all Christmas cookies is often considered to be gingerbread, which evolved as dried fruits, sugar and spices such as cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and ginger started appearing in cities throughout Europe.
3- What is Santa Claus’s favorite cookie?
Chocolate Chip cookies
Santa himself lists these as his favorites, and he prefers them soft and gooey with lots of chocolate chips. If you decide to leave these out for him, make sure there’s a glass of cold milk nearby!
4- What is the best Christmas cookie sold in the world?
According to the Kraft Foods company, the Oreo is the “World’s Best Selling Cookie”.
5- What is a typical Best Christmas cookie?
Best Christmas cookies or biscuits are traditionally sugar cookies or biscuits (though other flavors may be used based on family traditions and individual preferences) cut into various shapes related to Christmas.
6- What is the second most popular Christmas cookie?
America’s Most Popular Best Christmas cookies Ranked
#5 Gingerbread Cookie.
#1 Iced Sugar Cookie.
#2 Snowball Cookie.
#3 Peanut Butter Cookie.
#4 Snickerdoodle Cookie.