Christmas Treats!

Joe and I made some Christmas goodies over the weekend and through the week and I figured I'd share the pictures and give the recipes!

Egg Nog Cookies
1 1/4 cups white sugar
3/4 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup eggnog
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 egg yolks
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Preheat oven to 300°F (150°C).
Combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon and nutmeg.
Cream sugar and butter until light.
Add eggnog, vanilla, and egg yolks; beat at medium speed with mixer until smooth.
Add flour mixture and beat at low speed until just combined.
Do not overmix.
Drop by teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet 1 inch apart.
Sprinkle lightly with nutmeg.
Bake 20 to 23 minutes until bottoms turn light brown.

Truffles:
1 package cream cheese
3 cups chocolate chips
3 cups powdered sugar
1/2 tbsp vanilla extract
Cream cream cheese until smooth.
Melt chocolate chips in a sauce pan on low and add to cream cheese.
Add vanilla extract.
Gradually add powdered sugar and mix well.
Refridgerate for 30 minutes to an hour.
Roll into bite size balls in your palms and roll them in sprinkles, powdered sugar, nuts, crushed candy canes, etc.

Peppermint Bark
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
2 cups white chocolate chips
6 candy canes
wax paper
Lay a sheet of wax paper on a cookie sheet and set aside.
Crush candy canes into small chips and set aside.
Melt semisweet chocolate chips in a sauce pan on low and pour/spread onto wax papered cookie sheet. Refridgerate until hardened.
Repeat with white chocolate chips and pour/spread onto hardened chocolate.
Sprinkle candy cane chips on top of white chocolate whil still melty.
Refridgerate until hardened and break into pieces.

Reindeer Cookies
1 package gingerbread cookie mix
tiny pretzels
chocolate chips
red M&Ms
Follow directions on cookie dough package.
Roll dough into 1 inch balls and place onto cookie sheet 1 inch apart.
Pretzels are antlers, chocolate chips are eyes, M&Ms are noses... you can do it! Just follow directions on the package!

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good BITE!