Best Yule Cookies Recipes

YULE LOG COOKIES

Steps:

• Place the pistachios and sugar in a food processor; cover and process until ground. Set aside. In a microwave, melt 1 cup chocolate chips; stir until smooth., In a large bowl, cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, melted chocolate, milk and almond extract. Combine the flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in pistachio mixture., Divide dough into eight portions. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate for 3 hours or until firm., Shape each portion into an 18-in. rope; cut each into six logs. Place 2 in. apart on greased baking sheets. Cut the ends of each log at an angle. Using a small amount of egg white, attach removed pieces to each log, forming branches., Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes or until set. Remove to wire racks., In a microwave, melt remaining chocolate chips and shortening; stir until smooth. Working in batches, dip cookies in chocolate, allowing excess to drip off. With the tines of a fork, make strokes in the chocolate to resemble bark. Dust with ground pistachios., For mushrooms, pinch half of each marshmallow to form a stem; flatten the other half for cap of mushroom. Dust tops of mushrooms with cocoa. Attach to cookies with a small amount of melted chocolate., Let stand until set. Store in an airtight container.

CHOCOLATE-NUT YULE LOG COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine butter, sugar, vanilla, and eggs until light & fluffy.
• Add salt & mix well, then cup-by-cup add the flour.
• Last, add the chopped chips and mix well.
• Shape dough into little "logs" (about 1 1/2" long).
• Arrange "logs" on UNgreased cookie sheets fairly close together (don't spread much) -- about 14 to a 10x15 sheet.
• Bake for 12-15 minutes (golden brown); transfer to a cooling rack.
• Melt the shortening & chocolate chips, stirring to mix smoothly.
• Dip one end of each cookie into the chocolate, scraping off the bottom against the edge of the bowl; dip cookie into chopped nuts, then return it to the cooling rack (place waxed paper underneath to catch the chocolate drips).
• OR sprinkle with seasonal or holiday sprinkles and skip the nuts altogether.
• Let cookies sit on racks until firm.
• Store in covered tins with waxed paper between the layers.

YULE COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. beat together egg, sugars, and butter. add the vanilla and flour with the baking soda, baking powder and salt added. Mix well.
• 2. Stir in the nuts craisins and the two kinds of chips.
• 3. Drop by heaping teaspoonful onto an ungreased cookie sheet and cook at 350 degrees for 12-13 minutes until just done. Do NOT over bake.
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