# Whatever happened to real Christmas Cookies? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 12, 2012, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-real-christmas-cookies/643864 "2012-12-12T21:55:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Fool\_in\_the\_Rain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8491ac/32.png) [@Fool\_in\_the\_Rain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fool_in_the_Rain)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-real-christmas-cookies/643864/41 "2012-12-14T00:35:05Z")
Oh the memories of real homemade Christmas cookies šŸ™‚ For the first twenty odd years of my life, my great-grandmother made a variety of cookies and shipped them up to us (Virginia to Rhode Island) in two Christmas cookie tins. They were a childā€™s dream: Hershey Kiss cookies, jelly sugar cookies, peanut butter cookies, butter pecan cookies, and ginger cookies. You could taste the love in every cookie. Oh man, Iā€™m tearing up nowā€¦I so miss her. Unfortunately she had passed away around 2000. She was the greatest great-gramma anyone could ask for. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-real-christmas-cookies/643864/42 "2012-12-14T02:23:08Z")
> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > My daughter doesnā€™t really care for very sweet things, but she likes the occasional cookie. I think that sheā€™d really enjoy these crisps. But I probably need to make a couple of trial batches before I give them to her. But how to dispose of the trial batches? šŸ˜ƒ You may need to tweak the amount of liquid. More liquid makes for softer cookies. My motherā€™s version were very hard and crunchy. I prefer them to be moister. Hers were quite small; I like them a bit larger, perhaps 2". ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-real-christmas-cookies/643864/43 "2012-12-14T03:59:49Z")
Yes, yes, I definitely need to experiment here. Itā€™s all in the name of SCIENCE! ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-real-christmas-cookies/643864/44 "2012-12-14T04:08:36Z")
I like cheese straws. Baked savory cheddar cookies. More cheese than flour. Yum! StG ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-real-christmas-cookies/643864/45 "2012-12-14T18:44:33Z")
It actually inspired me to make dozens of cookies last night. My freezer is now stocked for Christmas. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-real-christmas-cookies/643864/46 "2012-12-14T19:19:12Z")
Reading the OP description and that has got to be the worst description of real Christmas cookies i.e. spritz cookies Iā€™ve ever read. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2012, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-real-christmas-cookies/643864/47 "2012-12-18T00:33:35Z")
> [@Moonlitherial](#): > > It actually inspired me to make dozens of cookies last night. My freezer is now stocked for Christmas. My mom does this! The freezer is stuffed with sugar cookies, gingerbread cookies, and butter spritz shapes (with colorful sugar crystals on top). The spritz cookies are made with an aluminum press she got when she was in college. It has lots of different shapes, and a few piping tips too. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2012, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-real-christmas-cookies/643864/48 "2012-12-18T00:49:09Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Neither one is a problem, really. Youā€™ve just got the head, the plunger and the barrel to clean. A soak in hot water gets rid of a lot of the residual dough. Gotta revise this. I got the electric press out yesterday, made up some spritz dough, then read the instructions which said not to use refrigerated dough. Well, what were supposed to be wreaths, xmas trees, etc., came out as amorphous blobs. Tasty enough, but not attractive. Now I remember why I disliked this thing last year, also. Into the ā€œsellā€ bin it goes. Back to slicing a cold log and decorating the slices. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2012, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-real-christmas-cookies/643864/49 "2012-12-18T00:51:31Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Fudge using a jar of marshmallow fluff and toll house chips is something else we make and freeze during the holiday. Fudge at Christmas is something my wife and I have always done. We freeze enough that lasts until Feb or March. I like that fudge, either with chocolate chips or butterscotch chips substituted. Reminds me, I do have the materials on hand for a batch of each. Hope I donā€™t need a thermometer, since mine got broken when we moved. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2012, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-real-christmas-cookies/643864/50 "2012-12-18T01:10:07Z")
Momā€™s old cookie press uses room temperature dough; in general, the shapes plop out quite neatly (assuming you have the die facing in the right direction, which isnā€™t always easy to tell because some of the engraved markings have worn away over the years). ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2012, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-real-christmas-cookies/643864/51 "2012-12-18T01:51:07Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I havenā€™t seen them in at least ten years. > [@Bob Ducca](#): > > Iā€™ve seen cookies like you describe at the dollar store. Which still doesnā€™t disprove the theory that they havenā€™t made them for 10 years šŸ™‚ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-real-christmas-cookies/643864.md?page=2)