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    Home » Recipes » Dessert » Cookies

    Favorite Cookies 2012

    Published by Melissa on December 23, 2012 | Updated November 14, 2022 | 22 Comments

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    I know some of you are still looking for the perfect cookies to bake for Santa. Here’s a roundup of 12 of my favorite cookie recipes that I know Santa would love too.

    1 – Chocolate Nutella Caramel Filled Cookies: a rich, chewy, brownie-like chocolate Nutella cookie with a melted, gooey caramel in the middle. An irresistible cookie I created for World Nutella Day.

    2 – Black Forest Crinkle Cookies: a soft, rich delicious chocolate cookie loaded with chocolate chips and tart dried cherries. It’s rolled in powdered sugar so there is a beautiful contrast between the crackled white outside and dark chocolatey inside.

    3 – Cherry Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Toffee Cookies: a chewy chocolate chip cookie loaded with oatmeal, dried cherries and toffee. The toffee adds crunch and a delicious caramel flavor, which blends perfectly with the rich chocolate chips and tart cherries.

    4 – White Chocolate Kissed Gingerbread Cookies: soft gingerbread cookies dressed up with white chocolate Kisses with milk chocolate swirls. The Kiss melts into a soft, melty puddle of creamy white chocolate – a perfect contrast to the soft, spicy cookie

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    5 –Lemon Bar Cookie Cups: a sweet, slightly crumbly cookie filled with tart, silky smooth lemon curd, dressed up with a sprinkle of powdered sugar. If you’re a lemon bar lover, you’ll love this cookie cup version. It’s easy to make, and easier to serve than lemon bars.

    6 – Caramel Delight Brownie Bites: a rich, fudgy brownie filled with caramel, coconut and drizzled with chocolate. The flavors of a Samoa cookie in a decadent little brownie bite.

    7 – Peanut Butter Nutella Cookie Cups: our favorite peanut butter cookie recipe in a fun cookie cup. I roll it in turbinado sugar so there is a little bit of crunch on the outside, which is a wonderful contrast to the fudgy cookie and smooth creamy Nutella middle.

    8 – Fudge-Filled Toffee Pecan Sandies: loaded with toffee and filled with a rich, creamy fudge, the cookie is rolled in sugar before baking, and the top is sandy and crisp like a Pecan Sandy, while the bottom is softer and chewy like a chocolate chip cookie.

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    9 – Orange Cranberry Rugelach Cookies: adapted from Dorie’s Greenspan’s rugelach recipe, flavored with orange and cranberries. These flaky, sweet and tart little treats are a delicious Jewish pastry but I’m sure Santa would love them too.

    10 – Lime Meltaways really do melt in your mouth. They have a crunchy/sandy texture and a sweet/tart taste that I love.

    11 – Orange Nutella Pinwheel Cookies: if you’re a Nutella addict like me, you’ll love these cookies! They taste like a crunchy, sandy Terry’s orange chocolate that you get at Christmastime.

    12 – World Peace Cookies: another great Dorie Greenspan recipe. It is a chocolate shortbread cookie but a little bit chewy because of the brown sugar in them.

    Christmas Sugar Cookies decorated and resting on a cooling rack

    I still haven’t baked my cookies for Santa. Looks like I’ll be baking on Christmas Eve this year. We have always baked sugar cookies for Santa. Hopefully, I’ll be able to post some pictures to share them with you soon. (Updated with picture. I especially like the cute snowmen my daughter decorated this year.)

    Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a new year filled with love and laughter.

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    1. Judy

      December 29, 2012 at 4:40 pm

      A great roundup, I’ll take two of each, please. Happy New Year, Barbara to you and yours.

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    2. Cindy Harris

      December 29, 2012 at 1:10 am

      So what if they all look delicious and I love cookies?? Now what.

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    3. Aggie

      December 28, 2012 at 10:31 am

      What an amazing collection of cookie recipes Barbara!! Hope you and your family are enjoying your holidays. Happy New Year!

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    4. My Inner Chick

      December 27, 2012 at 6:33 pm

      —Barbara,
      thank you. I shall be keeping this post for next year’s cookie exchange. Xx

      happy 2013

      Reply
    5. Deeba Rajpal (@vindee)

      December 27, 2012 at 9:42 am

      That’s a really tough choice to lay out GF! Good heavens … I want them all. Happy Holidays sweet Barbara. Warmth, peace, joy, happiness … and all things good! xo d

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    6. Cathy at Wives with Knives

      December 27, 2012 at 7:34 am

      Happy New Year, Barbara. I hope 2013 will be a healthy and happy year for us all. I’m looking forward to the coming year and all your inspiring posts.

      Reply
    7. Jen @ Savory Simple

      December 26, 2012 at 7:32 pm

      I don’t think I could possibly choose just one!

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    8. Coleens Recipes

      December 25, 2012 at 3:30 pm

      What a wonderful assortment of cookies, you can bring them over right away!! Merry Christmas and happy cooking!!!

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    9. Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella

      December 25, 2012 at 2:40 am

      Dear mum, I know that if you love the cookies, then I know they’ll be delicious! I hope you and the family have a wonderful Christmas. This morning, I opened up your gift and it was fabulous. Thank you so much and I can’t wait to make something from the cookbook! Lots of love, Lorraine xxx

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      • Barbara Schieving

        December 26, 2012 at 2:52 pm

        Thanks Lorraine! Glad you like the cookbook. I decided it was like sending you a little bit of Utah. Enjoy!

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    10. Angie@Angie's Recipes

      December 24, 2012 at 6:31 am

      Barbara, wish you and yours a happy holiday season too!
      Thank you for this divine cookie roundup! I love those brownie bites the most!

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    11. angela@spinachtiger

      December 23, 2012 at 10:10 pm

      A great selection there. I see a few I could bite right into especially the brownie caramel bites. Merry Christmas.

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    12. natalie

      December 23, 2012 at 8:53 pm

      the white-kissed ginger cookies look amazing, i need to make those!!!

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    13. Carol

      December 23, 2012 at 6:43 pm

      I made the White Chocolate Kissed Gingerbread Cookies-I haven’t tried one but they look really good.

      Been baking cookies all day long-still have a couple to get done tomorrow.

      Your favorites collection all look delicious.

      Merry Christmas to you and your family Barbara.

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      • Barbara Schieving

        December 23, 2012 at 9:50 pm

        Thanks Carol! I’ll look forward to hearing how you like the gingerbread cookies.

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    14. Claire @ Claire K Creations

      December 23, 2012 at 6:13 pm

      Oh my goodness I couldn’t choose Barbara! Merry Christmas!

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    15. Carole Resnick

      December 23, 2012 at 4:09 pm

      Thanks, Barbara. The same to you and your family. I, too, am still baking and I welcome the heat from the oven.

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    16. Melissa B

      December 23, 2012 at 1:19 pm

      Thanks so much for sharing this wonderful list of cookies! =)
      All of them look great!

      Merry Christmas to you and your Family!

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    17. JG

      December 23, 2012 at 9:51 am

      Oh, what great choices! Merry Christmas to you & your family!
      ~Judy

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    18. Averie @ Averie Cooks

      December 23, 2012 at 8:55 am

      ooooh Great Reminders! Love posts like this – reminds me that the oatmeal/cherry cookies need to happen. And those Dorie chocolate cookies look incredible!

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    19. Katrina @ Warm Vanilla Sugar

      December 23, 2012 at 6:49 am

      I honestly love each and every cookie mentioned here! Yum!

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    20. Rosa

      December 23, 2012 at 6:43 am

      A lovely collection of cookies!

      Merry Christmas!

      Cheers,

      Rosa

      Reply

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