#yulecookies

[windyskykicker]

Boozy Yule Pie-Crust Cookies

Takes a little less than one batch of pie crust in order to make both fillings

This recipe is perfect for solstice/Yule celebrations or for New Year celebrations, especially if you also celebrate Thanksgiving or Christmas and have leftover crust. The pinwheel shape of the cookies is typically a symbol of self-actualization and perseverance, and can symbolize our perseverance through the darkest night of the year.

Cranberry Gin Filling

⅓ can of whole crushed cranberries

1 shot of gin

¼ tsp dried lemon balm (or a few leaves of crushed fresh)

¼ tsp dried mint (or a few leaves of crushed fresh)

A few dashes of salt

- Combine with whisk

Warm Honey Rum Filling

1 shot of rum

4 Tblsp of honey

1 tsp of cinnamon

1 Tblsp of vanilla

- Combine with whisk

For each filling type:

Roll out ½ your leftover pie dough thinly in a roughly rectangular shape (trim to straight edges for more uniform cookies)

Combine one of the fillings with 1tsp of cornstarch

Paint or ladle the filling onto the crust and spread evenly

Starting at one long end, roll the crust around the filling onto a log 

(Note: filling will be liquid and may pour out the edges. Roll the dough up slowly to avoid some of this. You can roll the outside of the log in the spilled filling if you wish.)

(Note #2: The cranberry filling will have lumps. You can substitute jellied cranberries for whole crushed to avoid this if you wish.)

Cover log in plastic wrap and chill in freezer for 1 hour or until firm.

Preheat oven to 325° F

Remove & slice log short ways into ½ inch rounds.

Place on greased or non-stick baking sheet

Bake for 8-12 minutes, depending on the size of your rounds.

(Note: Recommend checking the cookies every 4 minutes or so. Cookies are done when still slightly soft to the touch in the center. Cranberry cookies may take slightly longer to cook than the rum cookies)

Remove from oven and let cool slightly, then place on cookie tray.

Glaze cookies lightly with powdered sugar glaze. Keep in mind that the fillings are already quite sweet.

(Note: For either recipe, sprinkled powdered sugar or a honey glaze could be used instead. For the rum recipe, try sprinkling cinnamon and brown sugar instead of a glaze. For Cranberry recipe, a mint or lemon flavoring could be added to the glaze and cookie plate could be garnished with fresh mint.) 

Other suggestions: A knife could be used to cut symbols of suns, stars, pentagram, runes etc into either the logs before cutting or the top face of pinwheel rounds before baking.

Cookies will be very flakey, depending on your pie crust recipe. For more moist cookies, coat the rounds in egg wash before baking.

[alicianyblade]

I was supposed to have cataract surgery today on my one good eye, my right eye. It will be a riskier procedure than it usually would since, like I said, my right eye is the only eye I have sight in. The surgery had to be postponed until the 18th. While I'm disappointed, I didn't waste the day. My mom, sister, and I cheered ourselves up by making a batch of peppermint cookies. The recipe comes from my Aunt Julie (my mom's sister) and have been in the family for ages. They're the crunchiest, most Christmas-y cookies ever. How can you get more holiday-ish than crushed candy canes melted into cookies? Yum, yum! Aunt Julie’s Peppermint Cookies 1 cup (2 sticks) of butter, softened 1 cup sugar 1 1/2 t. vanilla 1 1/2 cups flour 1 cup oats 1/2 t. salt 1 t. peppermint extract Sugar, for coating 1/4 cup coarsely-crushed candy canes Preheat oven to 325° F. Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper. Cream the butter, sugar, and vanilla together. Add the flour, oats, and salt. Stir in the peppermint extract. Shape the dough into balls and roll them in granulated sugar. Place the balls on the cookie sheets and flatten them with a fork. Sprinkle with the crushed candy canes. Bake for 18-20 minutes. #FeedingCreatively #HolidayBaking #YuleCookies #ChristmasCookies #FamilyChristmasFavorites #PeppermintCookies #CandyCaneRecipes https://www.instagram.com/p/CIZNVmwAFEh/?igshid=7va1vj6ilw18