Easy Christmas Cookie Recipe Recipe
Merry Christmouse Cookies—Easy Christmas Cookie Recipe
November 28, 2014 by Sandy 11 Comments
These adorable Christmouse Cookies will completely steal the show at every holiday party or cookie swap this year. Pssst… no one has to know that they are one of our easy Christmas cookie recipe.
Don’t you love these cute little cookies? I love baking around the holidays. Especially cookies. I love baking all of my family’s favorite cookies and putting them all on a giant tray at the same time. You know, all at once, together in one place. Little things make me happy, what can I say?
Most of my boy’s favorite cookies are big, hearty, rustic type cookies like peanut butter and oatmeal raisin and massive chocolate chip cookies with lots of nuts. Delicious but, not that cute and certainly not pretty little dainty things. So, I always try to put a surprise cookie on the plate, a cute cut out cookie or one with fancy frosting ( I even made a pink cookie once… once). Most cute little cookies are just for fun and to make people smile. But, these cute little cookies are actually good! They are made out of a firm sugar cookie dough that is shaped like little mice and the ears, eyes and tails are put on after baking while the cookies are still hot.
We were invited to share easy Christmas cookie recipes with several of our fellow bloggers
at the Christmas Cookie Party 2014 hosted by Amber (the master mind behind Rick a Bam Boo) and Donna’s Merry Christmouse Cookies was the first recipe I thought of. They are such a hit at every party she takes them to that I knew you would love them. In fact, when Donna shared them on her other blog, Apron Strings, they were such a hit that someone (who will remain nameless) put the recipe in their cookbook and even featured a picture of them as their own! Now, if that isn’t an endorsement of how adorable these cookies are, I don’t know what is!
So, without further adieu, here are Donna’s Merry Christmouse Cookies.
Merry Christmouse Cookies-an Easy Christmas Cookie Recipe Tip: Cut and prepare the garnishes while the cookies are baking or before they are placed in the oven so that you can work quickly and decorate the cookies while they are still hot, Author: Donna Kelly Recipe type: Dessert Cuisine: American Ingredients
2 – ½ cups all purpose flour ½ teaspoon salt ½ teaspoon baking soda ¼ teaspoon baking powder 12 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature ⅔ cup sugar 3 ounces cream cheese 1 large egg 2 teaspoons vanilla extract Cinnamon sugar for garnish Candies for making cookies look like a mouse Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix dry ingredients together and set aside. Cream the butter and sugar in a mixer until fluffy, about 2 minutes. Mix in cream cheese, egg and vanilla. Slowly add in dry ingredients. Roll pieces of dough into balls the size of ping pong balls. roll into egg shapes. Roll in cinnamon sugar. Place on baking sheet lined with a silicone mat or parchment paper. Bake at top of oven for 15 to 18 minutes, until solid and lightly browned. Take out of oven and add garnishes to make cookies look like a mouse, working quickly while cookies are still warm. Use sliced almonds for ears, mini chocolate chips for eyes, a small red candy for nose and licorice ropes for tails. 3.2.2885
Have fun visiting the other great bloggers and trying some of their favorite recipes! Here are the links to the Christmas Cookie Party 2014.
See you soon!
—Sandy