Great Cakes Soapworks

I was pretty excited to try some of the great recipes that were submitted for the Christmas cookie recipe contest. I wanted to try Abby’s Andes Mint Cookies, but I couldn’t find boxes of Andes Mints anywhere in Walmart last night. They have the Andes Mint pieces in the baking aisle, but not the full size mints.

So I tried Megan’s Double Chocolate Snowquakes. I didn’t quite have enough cocoa powder, so I had to borrow 1/4 cup from my neighbor. These were very easy, and not as time consuming as I thought they might be. Like the recipe says, you do have to keep the dough chilled – it’s quite sticky! The only thing I wish I had done differently was to use less salt since I used salted butter and the recipe calls for unsalted. They aren’t ruined by any means, but they would be that much better with a touch less salt. (My husband says they are fine! Don’t change a thing!)

I also tried Heidi’s Fruit-Filled Cookies. I cheated a little and used the sugar cutout recipe that I already had, and used cherry pie filling for the fruit. I used a simple biscuit cutter and had a little trouble with a couple of them because the dough wanted to break when I folded the dough over the cherry. Perhaps if I had used the sugar cookie dough in the recipe, it might have worked better! I put a little powdered sugar in my sieve and dusted the tops. They look awesome!

If anyone else tries a recipe from the contest, please let us know how you liked it!

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