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Christmas cookie recipes and other holiday treats

Visions of sugar cookies dancing through your head? Dreaming of a white chocolate Christmas? Stir It Up! has a collection of a festive Christmas cookie recipes, plus a few other favorite holiday treats.

Jingle all the way through December with snicker doodles, spiced mice butter cookies, and – oh what fun – peanut butter fudge! 

This year, turn that Christmas list into a grocery list, and give everyone a holly jolly holiday treat.

Whipped, The Blog
These Greek little balls of heaven are a Christmas special.

Cherry winks

Kitchen Report
Cherry Blinks are a cheerful Christmas cookie made with cereal, nuts, and topped with maraschino or candied cherries.

  • By Laura Edwins Contributor

By Kendra Nordin, Kitchen Report 

1-3/4 cups cereal (Wheaties, Special K, or cornflakes)

1/2 cup sugar

1/3 cup shortening

1 tablespoon plus 1-1/2 teaspoons milk

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 egg

1 cup all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup dried dates, chopped

1/2 cup chopped pecans

About 36 candied or maraschino cherries (red and green)

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

2. Crush cereal; set aside.

3. In large bowl, mix sugar, shortening, milk, vanilla and egg. Stir in flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Stir in dates and pecans.

4. Drop dough by teaspoonfuls into crushed cereal; roll gently until completely coated. Place cookies about 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Press cherry into each cookie.

5. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or just until set. Immediately remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.

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