Molded Christmas Cookies
Molded Christmas cookies are Christmas cookies that are shaped or formed by hand.
Fast Facts
- Perfect cookies for cookie swap
- Dough generally needs to be chilled after mixing
- Can be dipped in sugar or nuts
- Can be simple or sophisticated
Ingredients
Molded Christmas cookies can have any variety of ingredients from chocolate to peanut butter, peppermint to molasses.
Popular Types
There is an unlimited amount of molded Christmas cookie recipes, some of the most popular include:
- Mice Cookies: Made to look like a small mouse with a licorice tail and cinnamon candy for eyes.
- Thumbprint Cookies: Made by forming balls of dough, then pressing the thumb into the top, causing it to flatten and made a pit to fill with jam, chocolate or other fillings.
- Rum Balls: Sweet, round candy made of chocolate, rum, vanilla wafers or leftover cake, and coated with coconut, sprinkles, cocoa or a number of other ingredients.
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