Best Holly Cookies Recipes

HOLLY CHRISTMAS COOKIES

Steps:

• In a saucepan over low heat, melt together the marshmallows, butter, vanilla, and food coloring. Mix in the cornflakes cereal.
• Drop by spoonfuls on wax paper, and decorate with red hots. Set aside, and allow to cool.

HOLLY BERRY COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the first 5 ingredients. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. In a small bowl, beat egg and milk. Add to crumb mixture just until moistened. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour or until dough is easy to handle. , On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to 1/8-in. thickness. Cut with a 2-in. round cookie cutter. Place on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 375° until edges are lightly browned, 8-10 minutes. Cool on wire racks. Spread jam on half of the cookies; top each with another cookie. , In a small bowl, combine the sugar, milk and vanilla until smooth; spread over cookies. Decorate with Red Hots before glaze is set. Let dry. Using a small new paintbrush and green food coloring, paint holly leaves on cookies.

HOLLY BERRY COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl combine the flour, white sugar, ground cinnamon, baking powder and salt. Cut in the butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. In a small bowl beat the egg and 1/4 cup of milk. Add this to the crumb mixture until the dough is moistened. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• On a lightly floured surface roll out the dough to 1/8 inch thick. Cut with a 2 inch round cookie cutter. Place on ungreased baking sheets.
• Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 8 to 10 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Cool on wire racks. Once cool spread jam on half of the cookies then top each with another cookie.
• To Make Glaze: Combine the confectioners' sugar, 2 tablespoons milk and vanilla until smooth. Spread glaze over the cookie and decorate with red cinnamon candy before the glaze is set. Let dry. Using a small new paintbrush and green food coloring, paint holly leaves on cookies.

HOLLY CHRISTMAS COOKIES

Steps:

• Melt margarine and the 32 marshmallows together in a pan over low heat. Stir as needed.
• Once the marshmallows have all melted, remove pot from heat and stir in the green food coloring and the vanilla. Stir until the marshmallow mixture is a uniform green color (no streaks).
• Fold the cornflakes into the marshmallow mixture and stir until all are coated.
• Drop by teaspoon full onto aluminum foil or parchment paper and place 3 red cinnamon candies in the center of each cookie. Let dry.

CHRISTMAS HOLLY COOKIES (NO BAKE)

Steps:

• 1. Melt butter & marshmellows, stir in vanilla and green food coloring.
• 2. Add corn flakes and mix until coverd with coloring. Drob by teaspoons full on wax paper.
• 3. Trim each with 3 cinnamon candies.

CHRISTMAS HOLLY COOKIES NO BAKE BY FREDA

Steps:

• 1. Melt Butter or Margarine with all 32 marshmallows together over low heat. Keep stirring to melt, as needed
• 2. Remove from Heat after melted, Stir in green fool coloring and vanilla. Still well til a uniform green color, (with no streaks)
• 3. Fold in all cornflakes into marshmallow mixture. Stir till completely coated.
• 4. Drop By small Teaspoons full onto wax or parchment paper. Place 3 red cinnamon candies in the center on each cookie. Let dry. several hrs. or chill in refer til set and dry. Enjoy.

HOLLY CHRISTMAS COOKIES (SHAPED INTO WREATHS)

Steps:

• In a saucepan over low heat, melt together the marshmallows, butter, vanilla and food coloring.
• Mix in the cornflakes cereal.
• Drop by spoonfuls or shape into wreaths on wax paper (a lot of the other readers strongly suggest either the non-stick aluminum foil or parchment paper instead), and decorate with red hots. Make sure that you put the red hots on before they are set up.
• Set aside, and allow to cool.

HOLLY COOKIES CORNFLAKE STYLE

Steps:

• 1. Cut the candied cherries into fourths(1/4), set aside for decoration.
• 2. Add marshmallows and butter(in pieces) to a microwave safe container. Micorwave until mixture is melted. This will take about 1 - 2 minutes. Stir well to make sure that everything has melted and is smooth.
• 3. Mix in Pure Vanilla and green food coloring. Stir well to combine.
• 4. Add cornflakes to the marshmallow mixture. Stir well to combine.
• 5. With greased or damp fingers, drop the cornflake mix onto parchment paper. I used mini paper cups. Place a red candied cherry in the middle of the "Wreath".

NEW ZEALAND HOLLY COOKIES

Steps:

• Combine flour, sugar, cinnamon, baking powder and 1/4 tsp salt.
• Cut in margarine (like pie dough).
• Make a well in the center of the dough.
• Combine egg and 1/4 cup milk and pour them into the well.
• Stir dough until moist.
• Flour a flat surface and roll dough out to 1/8" thick.
• Cut into 2" circles.
• Bake at 375°F for 8-10 minutes.
• Place on a rack to cool.
• Once cooled, place 1/2 tsp jam on the bottom of one cookie.
• Cover the jam with another cookie, ie cookie- jam- cookie.
• In a small bowl stir together powdered sugar, vanilla and enough milk to make a glaze.
• Glaze the top of one side of each double cookie and place 2-3 cinnamon candies into the glaze.
• The candies are to be the holly berries.
• Allow glaze to set.
• Use a small clean paintbrush to paint several holly leaves and a stem on each cookie using green food coloring.

HOLLY BERRY COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Line 2 large baking sheets with wax paper; then set sheets aside.
• 2. In a large kettle or Dutch oven, add the butter. (I used a 5-quart Teflon coated Dutch oven.)
• 3. Melt the butter over low heat, then add the marshmallows; stirring constantly until the marshmallows have melted completely.
• 4. Remove kettle from heat, and add the vanilla extract and food coloring; stirring until the food coloring has blended well into the melted marshmallow mixture.
• 5. Drop mixture, one heaping tablespoon at a time onto the wax paper; spacing them at least 1-inch apart, then decorate each with 2-3 red hots cinnamon candies (quickly before they set).
• 6. Allow cookies to set on the wax paper for a few hours, so they will harden.
• 7. To store cookies, place them in an air tight container with a lid.
• 8. Note: When I display the cookies on a platter, I keep them intact on the wax paper. If giving cookies to others, I cut closely around the wax paper and cookies with a scissors. And when ready to eat the cookies, just peel off the wax paper.

HOLLY WREATH COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar. Beat in egg. Combine the flour, cream of tartar and baking soda; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in almonds. Divide in half. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours or until easy to handle. , On a lightly floured surface, roll out one portion of dough to 3/8-in. thickness. Cut with a floured 2-1/2-in. round cookie cutter. Place on ungreased baking sheets; cut out centers using a floured 1-in. round cookie cutter. , Bake at 375° for 8-9 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool for 2 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool completely. Repeat with remaining dough. Chill and reroll scraps if desired., In a bowl, whisk confectioners' sugar and milk until smooth; gently spread over cookies. For holly trim, roll out gumdrops to 1/16-in. thickness; cut two holly leaves from each green gumdrop and nine berries from each red gumdrop. Arrange one leaf and three berries on each cookie.

HOLLY COOKIES

Steps:

• Melt butter and marshmallows together.
• Add vanilla and food coloring. Mix well.
• Stir in corn flakes.
• Drop in a holly pattern on wax paper. Decorate with red hots.
• If sticky on the bottom, dip in sugar.

HOLLY WREATH COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream butter, cream cheese and sugar well. Beat in vanilla. Gradually blend in flour. Fill cookie press. Form cookies on ungreased cookie sheets using star plate NO. 2 Hold press in semi-horizontal position and form wreaths by moving press in a circular motion. Gently push ends of dough together to form wreaths. Sprinkle with colored sugar. Bake at 375 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes. Remove at once to cooling racks. Decorate with red hots.

NO-BAKE HOLLY COOKIES

Steps:

• Melt butter in large saucepan on low heat. Add marshmallows; cook and stir 3 to 4 min. or until melted. Remove from heat. Stir in food coloring.
• Add cereal; stir to evenly coat. Drop by tablespoonfuls into 30 mounds on waxed paper-covered baking sheets sprayed with cooking spray. Press candies into cereal mixture, flattening each mound slightly.
• Let stand 30 min. or until firm.

SNOWY HOLLY BERRY TREE COOKIES

Steps:

• gather your ingredients together. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
• combine all the ingredients in a mixing bowl
• mix all the ingredients
• prepare cookie sheet with a little oil or a silicone mat. place a rounded tbsps of dough on cookie sheet.
• bake for 8-10 minutes or until cookies are done. enjoy!

HOLLY JOLLY PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven at 350. Combine, flour, oats, baking powder, and salt in medium bowl, set aside. Use an electric mixer on medium-high speed to beat peanut butter, butter, and both sugars until fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Reduce mixer speed to low and gradually add flour mixture. Use a wooden spoon to stir in M&M's. Shape into 1" balls. Place 3 inches a part on nonstick baking sheet and flatten with tines of fork in crisscross pattern. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until edges are lightly browned and centers still soft. Cool 1 minute on baking sheet. Then transfer to wire rack. Cool completely. Yummy!