“We did it!!!” [I hope you hear that in the voice of Elle Woods from Legally Blonde…No? Am I alone here?]
We finally made it through 12 days of the second annual 12 Days of Christmas Cookies! As a matter of fact, you will never know what it took to actually pull this off.


11 cookies in 3 days.
3 epic fails. [And I do mean EPIC]
25 pounds of butter; 10 pounds of sugar.
Marathon photography sessions crammed in before sprinting to catch the subway to work.
4 cookies baked in the wee hours of the morning after work.
One very tired and sore individual.
And you know what? It was absolutely and completely worth it!
There were some fantastic cookies this year: some heirloom recipes; some heritage recipes; and some new creations of my own!
Just in case you missed any here is a run through of each delectable one! I’ve added a little comment about how easy or difficult the recipe was, so that you can pick one (or several) that fit your needs.
Because I am sure I don’t need to tell you, but Christmas rapidly approacheth….
[On that note, I haven’t started my Christmas gift shopping yet. I’ve, ummm, been a little busy…]
Day 1: Cranberry Cinnamon Jam Bars
These are easy and fast unless you make your own jam. They use the same dough for the top crumble and bottom crust!
Day 2: Rum Refrigerator Cookies
These cookies are easy but the dough does need to be refrigerated overnight before being sliced and baked.
Day 3: Cardamom Walnut Snowballs
Easy and fast!
Day 4: Spiced Crinkle Cookies
Easy but the dough does need at least 2 hours of refrigeration.
Day 5: Coconut Peppermint Pretzel Bark
Easy, fast, and no baking required!
Day 6: Old Fashioned Date Pinwheels
These cookies are a bit more involved. The dough needs to be chilled several hours before being rolled out and filled with the homemade date filling. Then the cookies are rolled up and refrigerated overnight before being sliced and baked!
Day 7: Cranberry Thumbprint Cookies
These cookies are easy but it does require an overnight stay in the refrigerator and homemade jam!
Day 8: Nana’s Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Quick and easy! You can have cookies in the jar in 30 minutes!
Day 9: Moravian Christmas Cookies
Brace yourselves! This dough needs to be refrigerated overnight and then rolled out to the thickness of paper. Bring your patience because it’s totally worth it!
Day 10: Orange Pecan Milk Chocolate Chip Cookies
Easy, fast and insanely chewy!
Day 11: Fruitcake Cookies with Brandy Cream Cheese Frosting
These seemingly complicated cookies come together quickly and need no time in the refrigerator. Whip up the cream cheese frosting while they cool and you can have an impressive holiday cookie in no time at all! Ok fine. In several hours. But most of that time is waiting for them to cook!
Day 12: Chewy Ginger Bars
These flavorful bars are fast and easy and don’t even require a mixer!
And just in case you want more options, there is always last year’s 12 Days of Christmas Cookies!!!
5 Comments
Lelia
December 21, 2015 at 12:27 pmGreat summary! Thank you for the tips on how easy, hard, time required etc. Very helpful and nice to have all the choices in one place!
Lindsey
December 21, 2015 at 1:08 pmThanks, Mom! xoxoxo
Manali @ CookWithManali
December 25, 2015 at 1:13 amwow I missed so many delicious recipes, these all look incredible! Happy Holidays & Merry Christmas Lindsey!
Lindsey
December 30, 2015 at 10:59 amThank you, Manali! Happy New Year!!!
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