# God help me, it's Christmas cookie time
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-help-me-its-christmas-cookie-time/706879
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [December 10, 2014, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-help-me-its-christmas-cookie-time/706879 "2014-12-10T20:19:31Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2014, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-help-me-its-christmas-cookie-time/706879/1 "2014-12-10T20:19:31Z")
Just shoot me now. I’m knee deep in flour, sugar, butter, nuts and other ingredients, and the wife wants a triple batch of everything. :smack:
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### Author:  [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2014, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-help-me-its-christmas-cookie-time/706879/2 "2014-12-10T20:40:30Z")
Heh. Just made the one batch of cookies I make a year: snickerdoodles.
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### Author:  [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2014, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-help-me-its-christmas-cookie-time/706879/3 "2014-12-10T20:54:23Z")
I used to make something’s around Christmas my Norwegian father - and his mother used to make. One was called krumkake. Somewhat similar to Italian Pizelle’s. Made on a two-sided flat iron and curled into a conic shape.
The other was hard waffles. Also made on a two-sided iron (though the electric ones work fine).
Lots of flour, eggs, butter, sugar, and eggs and sugar 😉
I don’t have either kind of iron (those things are _heavy_!) but my mom sent some Nestle dark chocolate chips - which for some reason aren’t sold in St. Petersburg - so that’s this years cookie. Lots of flour, eggs, butter, sugar. 🙂
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### Author:  [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2014, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-help-me-its-christmas-cookie-time/706879/4 "2014-12-10T21:16:46Z")
> [@Coriolanus](#):
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> I used to make something’s around Christmas my Norwegian father - and his mother used to make. One was called krumkake. Somewhat similar to Italian Pizelle’s. Made on a two-sided flat iron and curled into a conic shape.
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> The other was hard waffles. Also made on a two-sided iron (though the electric ones work fine).
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> Lots of flour, eggs, butter, sugar, and eggs and sugar 😉
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> I don’t have either kind of iron (those things are _heavy_!) but my mom sent some Nestle dark chocolate chips - which for some reason aren’t sold in St. Petersburg - so that’s this years cookie. Lots of flour, eggs, butter, sugar. 🙂
Our friend, who originally came from Holland, makes a very thin waffle-like cookie at this time of year that she says is popular in the olde countrye.
I’m trying something new this year in addition to the standbys. They’re thumbprint cookies, which are not unusual, but instead of putting jam in the middle, I’m going to use the cranberry chutney we made at Thanksgiving, which has cranberries, pear, apple and hazelnuts. I think it’s going to be a winner.
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### Author:  [@Grrlbrarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrlbrarian)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2014, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-help-me-its-christmas-cookie-time/706879/5 "2014-12-12T18:19:32Z")
I feel your pain, **ChefGuy**. I usually make around 21-28 dozen cookies at the holidays, plus a couple of kinds of candy. We keep a double portion of stuff for our fam but give the rest away to friends and neighbors. I love the giving aspect but the baking / making has become quite arduous. ☹ Your thumbprints sound delish. You’ll have to let us know what you think once you’ve consumed a few. Or better yet, send samples! 😃
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### Author:  [@Wednesday\_Evening](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wednesday_Evening)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2014, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-help-me-its-christmas-cookie-time/706879/6 "2014-12-12T20:49:56Z")
I made a double batch of spritz cookies last night, which ended up being about 10 dozen cookies. I let my two kids be in charge of decorating them with sprinkles and colored sugar. Of course, this meant that every kitchen surface was covered in sprinkles and sugar after the cookie-making. :smack:
Still on the to-do list are chocolate-espresso cookies, christmas crack, sugared almonds, peanut brittle, pecan snowballs, and decorated sugar cookies. Yes, I love making holiday goodies, how can you tell? 😃 I just saw a recipe for slow-cooker fudge on Pinterest. I may have to try that too.
I tried to get a bit organized with the cookie making and made a list of all the ingredients I would need. I think it included about 4 pounds of butter. :eek:
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### Author:  [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2014, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-help-me-its-christmas-cookie-time/706879/7 "2014-12-12T21:49:56Z")
My mother has a list of recipes from a 1981 holiday magazine. She stopped making them long ago; I persevere.
This year, though, it’s only the chocolate-almond and chocolate-coffee-walnut varieties. The pecan, lemon-currant, and coconut-jam thumbprints are off the list.
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### Author:  [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2014, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-help-me-its-christmas-cookie-time/706879/8 "2014-12-12T23:14:56Z")
> [@Chefguy](#):
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> Our friend, who originally came from Holland, makes a very thin waffle-like cookie at this time of year that she says is popular in the olde countrye.
Like [these](http://ediblestartups.com/2013/10/01/rip-van-wafels-sf-based-startup-brings-a-new-coffee-routine-to-american-consumers/)? Based on [stroopwafel](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroopwafel), apparently. I tried some once, they weren’t bad but I didn’t find them very interesting… But if you like them, now you can get them commercially.
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### Author:  [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2014, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-help-me-its-christmas-cookie-time/706879/9 "2014-12-12T23:19:19Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#):
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> Like [these](http://ediblestartups.com/2013/10/01/rip-van-wafels-sf-based-startup-brings-a-new-coffee-routine-to-american-consumers/)? Based on [stroopwafel](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroopwafel), apparently. I tried some once, they weren’t bad but I didn’t find them very interesting… But if you like them, now you can get them commercially.
Stoopwafel! That’s it! They’re quite good, really.