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8 Holiday Cookie Recipes You Should Try
From chocolate to lemon to Santa's favorite, we show you eight cookie recipes sure to please at any occasion.
What you'll need: Butter, marshmallows, cornflakes, cinnamon candies, vanilla, green food coloring
Why you'll love them: The cookies are beautiful to look at. Plus, they combine cornflakes, marshmallows and candy. How can you lose?
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2. Aunt Marion's Toffee Bars
What you'll need: Soda crackers, brown sugar, butter, chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, walnuts or pecans (optional)
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Why you'll love them: Everyone knows that sweet and salty make for the most satisfying holiday snacks.
3. Whirlaway Cookies
What you'll need: Butter, confectioners sugar, vanilla, flour, oats and chocolate shots
Why you'll love them: Try these cookies for when you want a lighter dessert option.
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What you'll need: Cream cheese, butter, 1 egg, vanilla, chocolate cake mix
Why you'll love them: These cookies have "gooey" in their name for a reason. If the words gooey, chocolate and butter don't warm your heart, we're not sure what else will.
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What you'll need: Butter, confectioners sugar, cornstarch, flour, lemon juice, pecans
Why you'll love them: These cookies taste like zesty shortbread, and the lemon juice in the frosting is what will give them a tartness you'll crave.
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What you'll need: Butter, flour, white sugar, confectioners sugar, pecans
Why you'll love them: It's a simple, easy recipe for a never-fail cookie combination. The confectioners sugar on top and the cookies' fun shape will set them apart on the cookie plate.
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What you'll need: Butter, granulated sugar, eggs, pure anise extract, pure vanilla extract, flour
Why you'll love them: With the use of a cookie press, making these tree-shaped cookies is a breeze.
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What you'll need: Butter, flour, powdered sugar, corn starch, vanilla, salt, dark chocolate chips, nuts (optional), sprinkles (optional)
Why you'll love them: You get to dunk the cookies into melted chocolate and then sprinkles and nuts if you wish! It's fondue meets holiday cookie baking.
Have a holiday cookie recipe you'd like to share? Send it to melissat@patch.com.
