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 […]

Hershey’s helps with gift giving:
A video with suggestions of ways to package your cookie gifts
Printable gift tags and gift coupons
Crafts with Hershey Kisses
Land O’Lakes also has gift labels, holiday coloring sheets (to keep the kids busy while you’re waiting for the cookies to bake!), and plenty of cookie recipes.

Chocolate Crackles

Peanut Blossoms

Spritz

Tiny Holiday Tarts
The rest of the list of cookies that we made is in this post, plus Chocolate Bar Cookies. I ended up throwing out the Eggnog Cookies because they were too sweet. (Even my kids thought so.)

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 […]

Sour Cherry Pie
Pastry for a 9-inch pie with lattice crust or double crust
5 cups pitted sour cherries
1/2 cup cherry juice
3/4 cup sugar, or to taste
2 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice, optional
1/4 teaspoon almond extract
Pinch salt
1 tablespoon butter
Vanilla ice cream
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Make your own pastry or have packaged pie […]

Chocolate Nut Bars
1 cup butter, at room temperature
1/2 cup sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
2 cups flour
1 (14 oz.) can sweetened condensed milk
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Beat butter on medium in a large mixing bowl for 30 seconds. Add sugar and 1/8 teaspoon salt; beat until combined. Beat in the […]

Cherry Bonbon Cookies
1/2 cup butter
1/4 cup confectioners sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup chopped walnuts
1 cup flour
24 candied cherries
Confectioners sugar frosting
Cream together butter, sugar, and vanilla. Stir in walnuts and flour until well blended. Cover and chill for 30 minutes or until firm enough to handle.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Divide dough into 24 equal […]