Yahoo!  It's time to kick off the 24 Days of Christmas event, and what better way to do than then to trade recipes?  I want you to share your most favorite recipe for not just cookies, but candy, pie, dessert, etc!  Whatever is your favorite thing to make that ALWAYS reminds you of this wonderful time of year!  I'll start off with mine:

Cookies!

with this frosting:

Frosting!

Total noms!  Now hurry up and share your favorites so we can try them out this season! ☺

Omg... baking is one of my favorite forms of de-stressing. Plus, after when I get stressed out again... I can stress eat! (only halfway joking on the last part there).

My favorite cookie is an old family recipe that would get me disowned if I shared. So I will share another (similar) recipe (that I often give out as 'my' recipe to peope who ask, like my in-laws). These are close and taste almost as good. 

 Peanut Butter Cookies!

I have a secret family recipe I can't share either Con!  That's why I shared Alton Brown's!  His is just as yummy though!

Norwegian Kringle -

4 cups flour

1 cup sugar

4 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. vanilla

3 tablespoons oil

1 cup sour milk - can be replaced with regular milk and 4 tablespoons powdered buttermilk or 2 tablespoons vinegar

1 egg

1/4 tsp salt

Mix and knead like bread dough. You may have to add flour to roll it, but only use what's necessary. Cut off a piece about the size of a ping pong ball and roll it (with floured hands) until it's about 10-11 inches long with the thickness of a fat pencil. Shape like a small pretzel (or in a figure 8 like this: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/35325178297688146/ ). Bake at 350* about 7-10 minutes until bottom is slightly browned.

I love them with milk, the older generations of my family slather them in butter. Do as you so desire. =3

sour milk? As in milk that has gone bad? Or is this something you buy at the store?

Yes, actual sour milk. :P I don't think we've ever actually made it that way haha, that just what the recipe says. We almost always go the powdered buttermilk route. 

These cookie sandwiches are one of my favorite things to make for the holidays. I've also made them with red velvet mix and they're super festive looking. 

Chocolate Cookie Sandwiches! from Taste Of Home

Oops, I thought we were supposed to message tron. Mine can be found here:

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/9870/easy-sugar-cookies/

I like to melt a Hershey kiss on top!

Gingerbread Men!

http://tinyurl.com/jttvqbk

A favourite when I was a kid! 

I hate baking. I'm terrible at it. Although I love peanut butter kiss cookies.

Nutella cookies!

 2 1/2 c. Flour

3/4 c. Sugar

3/4 c. Brown sugat

1 tsp vanilla extract

3 large eggs

1 tsp salt

2 c. Nutella

2 c. chocolate chips

2 sticks of butter

Bake at 350 for 9 to 11 minutes

I don't bake much, but Christmas is the one time of the year I get the chance to make cheddar biscuits! (I don't have my exact recipe on me at the moment, but this one is very similar)

i too am submitting a secret family recipe lol my dad's world famous (no joke) chocolate puddings. now ill try and see if i can get a real pic of these before the deadline but for now this google image is very close. 

but here is a recipe for simple butter cookies easy and cheap to make and my son loves them!

http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/16632/basic butter biscuit dough

RUMBALLLLLSSSS!!!!!! Man I want some now!!!

I Have Mums secret recipe but this is very similar.

You must make them with weatbix as the base!

http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/38535/rum balls

The only cookies we make at christmas are the ones you take out of the package and put into the oven :P

But I love these cookies sooo

http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/easy-peanut-butter-blossoms/2e4a51ea-363e-4f54-a950-5e44e42cf1ea

I suck at making cookies. Cakes and Brownies I'm okay at but cookies and shortbreads are a no-no. These all look so scrummy though!

SHORTBREAD!!

http://www.robinhood.ca/BakeClassVideo/Melt-in-Your-Mouth-Shortbread-Cookies

Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread

(I change the flour to gluten free)

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/6732/chocolate-chip-pumpkin-bread/

We just do your classic Betty Crocker Sugar Cookie recipe with white frosting from a can that we add food coloring to:

http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/classic-sugar-cookies/90993177-b5fe-4cc7-a6b6-8f58913d36e8

We also use various christmas themed cookie cutters and docorate the cookies accordingly. Last year I made a Nigel Thornberry cookie, it was smashing. ;)

I always make Banana Nut Bread during the holidays :)

I also make French Cherry Pie at Thankgiving and Christmas dinners

http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/gingerbread-cookies/

I cut them into gingerbread man-size instead of house-size, haha. This year I am going to do ginger-reindeer!