Christmas and the Holiday Season always means cooking and baking.  Below are a couple of wonderful and easy recipes.

This is the best & easiest sugar cookie recipe I have ever used to make rolled & decorated sugar cookies.

 

Sugar Cookies

 

1 cup butter                              3 1/2 cup flour

1 1/2 cup white sugar                  2 tsp. cream of tartar

3 eggs                                       1 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. vanilla                                1/2 tsp. salt

 

Cream butter and sugar; add eggs and vanilla, then the dry ingredients.  Chill the dough several hours or overnight.  Roll out and cut into desired shapes.  Bake at 375°F for about 6 minutes.  Watch carefully and do not over bake.

 

 

This one is a family favorite and soooo easy!

 

Almond Bark Cookies

 

2 lb. almond bark or 1.5 pounds                3 cups Rice Krispies

2/3 cup peanut butter                           1 cup whole peanuts

3 cups mini marshmallows (colored)           You can also add some plain M&Ms or Reece's Pieces

 

Melt the almond bark.  Stir in the peanut butter.  Pour over Rice Krispies and whole peanuts, add M&Ms and mix well.  When mixture cools somewhat, add miniature marshmallows  Drop by teaspoonfuls on waxed paper