GIADA CHRISTMAS COOKIES RECIPES

If your Christmas season gets so hectic that you only have time to bake one batch of cookies, we suggest that this be the one you make. This is the kind of sugar cookie that generations of bakers have relied on, with a buttery texture and just-right tenderness. The accompanying glaze requires just three ingredients and is a standby that you can just as easily rely on when you need a glaze on other cookie varieties. It sets up nicely and is ideal for decorating, tinting well and spreading easily. The process of making sugar cookie cutouts is as essential to the holidays as opening gifts and singing Christmas songs, and if you can clear some time out on your schedule, it’s a relaxing activity, too. Pull out all your favorite cookie cutters, whether they’re classic hearts and stars or cute winter characters like reindeer and penguins, and bake up a batch—this recipe yields 60 cookies. When it’s time to decorate, you have a blank canvas to indulge your style and creativity. Some bakers like to go all in on color and whimsy, while others prefer more simple and elegant finishing flourishes—it’s all up to you. What we can promise is that no matter what shapes you cut them into or how you decorate them, you’ll end up with cookies that are as delicious as they are beautiful.

Provided by Betty Crocker Kitchens

Total Time 4 hours 10 minutes

Prep Time 1 hours 0 minutes

Yield 60

Number Of Ingredients 12

• Ingredients

Nutrition Facts : Calories 65 , CarbohydrateContent 9 g, CholesterolContent 10 mg, FatContent 1/2 , FiberContent 0 g, ProteinContent 1 g, SaturatedFatContent 2 g, ServingSize 1 Cookie, SodiumContent 40 mg

These Italian ricotta cookies are and adaptation from Giada’s recipe. Made with healthy homemade ricotta cheese these cookies are soft and moist. The cookies can be flavoured lemon, orange, lime or vanilla. Great for giving at Christmas, Easter, Mother’s Day, Bridal showers or even Valentine’s day.

Provided by Harriet Britto

Categories     Desserts

Total Time 40 minutes

Prep Time 25 minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes

Yield 55

Number Of Ingredients 12

• Ingredients

Nutrition Facts : ServingSize 1 cookie, Calories 89 kcal, CarbohydrateContent 14 g, ProteinContent 2 g, FatContent 3 g, SaturatedFatContent 2 g, CholesterolContent 14 mg, SodiumContent 71 mg, FiberContent 1 g, SugarContent 8 g