Individual cheesecakes are good for a party or a bake sale.
Mini Cheesecakes
32 mini baking cups
25 chocolate sandwich cookies (Oreos)
1/2 cup butter, melted
2 (8 oz. each) packages cream cheese
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
3/4 cup mini chocolate chips
1 teaspoon shortening
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place baking cups in mini muffin pans or use paper-lined foil baking […]

It’s time to begin making my list of Christmas cookie recipes. These are the ones that I’m planning on making this year:
Childhood Thumbprint Cookies
Chocolate Crackles
Eggnog Cookies
Peanut Blossoms
Soft Molasses Cookies
Holiday Spritz Cookies
Forgotten Cookies
2 egg whites
pinch of salt
2/3 c. sugar
1 t. vanilla
1 c. mini chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Beat egg whites until […]

Check out the interactive holiday cookie jar for an assortment of cookie and candy recipes.
Fruit Rugelach
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup butter, cut into pieces
1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, cut into pieces
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups apricot preserves
1 cup chopped almonds, toasted
3 tablespoons sugar
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
Pulse first 4 ingredients in a food processor until […]

Sweet and Spicy Football Cookies
1 cup packed dark brown sugar
1 cup (2 sticks) butter or margarine, softened
1 large egg
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
2¾ cups buttermilk biscuit and baking mix
1 cup (6 ounces) white “chocolate” chips
2 teaspoons shortening
In large mixer bowl, beat brown sugar and butter until creamy, about 3 […]