# Christmas Cookies **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 4, 2003, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-cookies/217020 "2003-12-04T21:03:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![White\_Ink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c0e974/32.png) [@White\_Ink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Ink)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-cookies/217020/21 "2003-12-05T21:46:07Z")
**Mr. Dorkness** What would I have to do to get some of those delightful sounding orange brownies? Slobber! ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-cookies/217020/22 "2003-12-05T22:21:41Z")
Man, right now I’m wishing I lived in Ashville. Caffeine cookies, ideed! I very rarely make cookies, and don’t have any specific Christmas cookie memories. But for some reason I have a hankering to bake this year. I’m either going to go for some shortbread, or make some concoction that has peanut butter chips in it, just 'cause that sounds yummy to me right now. ---
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-cookies/217020/23 "2003-12-05T23:53:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by flodnak \* > **One does not make krumkaker, chique. One buys krumkaker at the bakery. 😉** Coincidentally, I found out just this week that the local hoity-toity grocery store (as opposed to the others all us normal schlubs frequent) is carrying both this year. Things that make you go hmmm… **vunderbob** , I think two pain IN the ass Scandahoovian cookies are quite enough. The rest of our normal repetoire consists of five or six pain IN the ass cookies from other places. By the end of the day we’re normally ready to kill each other. . . ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-cookies/217020/24 "2003-12-06T01:32:44Z")
I’m of German descent, so the cookies I grew up with, and hence, crave, are: Springerle Lebkuchen Pfefferneusse Sugar cookies, spritz and such are just meh. ---
**Author:** ![c\_carol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e79b87/32.png) [@c\_carol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/c_carol)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-cookies/217020/25 "2003-12-06T04:28:49Z")
Moravian spice cookies. ---
**Author:** ![Undine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e99b99/32.png) [@Undine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Undine)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-cookies/217020/26 "2003-12-06T13:05:23Z")
Pfeffernuesse. And pepparkakor. _Oh_ yeah. As far as the cut-out-and-decorate category goes, I’ve never really liked sugar cookies, they’re usually kind of squishy and bland. Homemade gingerbread men, though, with cinnamon imperials… ---
**Author:** ![Proudest\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/proudest_monkey/32/13257_2.png) [@Proudest\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Proudest_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-cookies/217020/27 "2003-12-06T22:34:53Z")
Christmas just wouldn’t be the same without my Grammie Rand’s Scotch Cakes which are an iced shortbread-type cookie. As for the rest of the Christmas cooking, it runs more toward candy (chocolate dipped coconut balls which taste like Mounds, homemade peanut butter cups, homemade caramels). Mmmm…my mouth waters. ---
**Author:** ![The13thUnicorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/85e7bf/32.png) [@The13thUnicorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The13thUnicorn)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-cookies/217020/28 "2003-12-06T23:32:13Z")
I make shortbread and dip one end in dark chocolate every year. My father complained so much the one year that I didn’t, I make them every year. ---
**Author:** ![DaisyFace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/848f3c/32.png) [@DaisyFace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaisyFace)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-cookies/217020/29 "2003-12-07T01:05:46Z")
I am the offical cookie baker in my family, but I go do it at Mom’s house since she has the nice kitchen and the big island for cooling the cookies. Every year, I am contractually obligated to make: Chocolate chip Almie’s Peanut Butter Cookies Uncle Bob’s Sugar Cookies Shortbread with melted Hershey bar and peanuts Skor™ Bar Cookies (OMG! The recipe is on the back of the Skor chips bag in the baking section. Wow!) I also have made: Lemon Bars (regular and sugar free) Press Cookies (never again) Cut-out cookies Candy Cane Cookies Mary-Pat’s 7 Layer Cookies The best thing isn’t even a cookie. I make a Kuchen dough (from Gramma’s 1934 Settlement Cookbook recipe) and turn it into sticky buns, coffee cake and/or struesel. I also like to make gingerbread but no one else in my family likes it so I haven’t made it in a while. BTW anyone else notice how the best recipes have someone’s name attached (or at least you know whose recipe it is)? Yay Christmas. ---
**Author:** ![Barks\_dog\_food](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c68b51/32.png) [@Barks\_dog\_food](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barks_dog_food)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-cookies/217020/30 "2003-12-07T01:11:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by flodnak \* > **One does not make krumkaker, chique. One buys krumkaker at the bakery. 😉** :eek: Next you’ll be telling me you buy your Christmas tree. \*\* > [@](#): > > This year I’m making honey cake, banana bread, fudge (these three are already made and in the freezer), chocolate chip cookies, ginger snaps, and oatmeal butterscotch cookies. We’ll be buying pepperkaker and krumkaker. If I’m inspired enough, I might add those five-layer bar cookies with the chocky chips and coconut and all, and Rice Krispie treats to the mix. \*\* No Peppernøtter? ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-cookies/217020/31 "2003-12-07T03:07:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by LifeOnWry \* > \*\*I do enormous cookie trays every year as gifts. My personal record was 30 kinds of cookies, but I discovered that was absolutely insane, so now I limit myself to ten kinds: \*\* **LifeOnWry** Are you my wife? 😕 This is exactly what my wife does every year, I carry a huge baker’s tray of cookies into the offie every year. People stand around like vultures waiting… ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-cookies/217020/32 "2003-12-07T11:34:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Barks’ dog food \* > \*\*:eek: Next you’ll be telling me you buy your Christmas tree. > \*\* Sit down and put your head between your knees, **Barkie**. We have an _artificial_ tree, owing to the fact that the little flodnaks and I enjoy breathing. > [@](#): > > \*\*No Peppernøtter? \*\* Nobody ever eats them at Casaflodnak. I suppose we could sort of have them as garnish on the plate or something, but they take up valuable space that could be put to better use holding more krumkaker and chocky chips… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-cookies/217020.md?page=1)