Christmas Cookies

Christmas Cookie Party with Melissa, Melissa and Silas

Double Chocolate with Ghirardelli Chocolate

Cranberry Almond Shortbread- Martha Stewart

Gingersnap- Melissa's Favorite

We also dipped pretzels, dried mangos, clementines (which were the favorite) and made a store bought Better Crocker sugar cookie mix and a Pillsbury peanut butter cookie dough for the traditional Hershey's Kiss cookie.

Melissa's Gingersnap

3/4 cup butter

1 cup granulated sugar

1 egg

1/4 cup molasses

2 cup all purpose flour

1 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. cinnamon

1/2 tsp. salt

1/2 tsp. ground ginger

1/2 tsp. ground cloves

Sift all dry ingredients together, set aside. Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and molasses. Add dry ingredients and mix. Form 1" balls and roll in a dish of sugar. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 375 for 10-12 minutes.