Christmas Cookies

We have a basic chocolate cookie recipe that is made often (usually by Savannah) at our house.  The cookies are “delish”, as Sadie says, but especially so when we dress them up a bit for Christmas.  Here’s the basic recipe, followed by the extra Christmas treat:

Fudgy Chocolate Cookies

1 box Devil’s Food Cake Mix

1/2 c. oil

2 eggs

1 cup chocolate chips

Directions:  Combine dry cake mix, oil, and eggs.  Mix well.  Stir in chocolate chips.  Use a cookie scoop or drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto an ungreased cookie sheet.  Bake at 350º for 8-11 minutes.  Do not overbake.  SO Easy!

And here’s how to dress them up for the holidays…

Minty Chocolate Christmas Cookies

Follow above recipe, but leave out the chocolate chips*.  Bake as directed, but as soon as you take them out of the oven, top each cookie with a Candy Cane flavored Hershey Kiss.  Bake for an additional 30 seconds, remove from oven and let stand for 2 minutes.  Then spread the kiss like frosting.  Allow to completely cool — if you can wait that long — before eating.  Yumm-o! 

[*August 2021 update: We are still making these, but we leave in the chocolate chips. The chocolate with peppermint is super delish! Also, instead of melting the kisses on top of the cookies, I open all the kisses (~30 kisses per batch) and microwave them in a small glass bowl, stirring after each 30 second increment, until completely melted. It should only take a minute or just barely longer. Pour into a ziplock bag and cut off a tiny corner then pipe the peppermint onto each cookie, back and forth in stripes or however you want to do it. These are a favorite of Soren and several of his friends. :)]