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- I can't hardly believe it, friends,
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but it is time to start making Christmas cookies.
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I'm doing them a little earlier than normal
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so y'all can have the recipes
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and get yourself ready for Christmas.
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I've reached out to y'all
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and asked if y'all would share
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your favorite Christmas cookie recipes with me.
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I thank y'all, because y'all really came through for me.
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The first recipe that I'm gonna do today
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is from Elizabeth Holler.
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She said, "I'm a longtime fan,
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and I saw your request,
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so I'm sending you our favorite Christmas cookie recipe."
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She said her great Aunt Isa made these,
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she remembers, probably the first time 50 years ago,
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and she said every time she makes 'em,
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she thinks of Aunt Isa.
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So it's real, real simple.
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It's a very simple recipe,
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but it sounds so very good.
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I have one cup of solid shortening.
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I choose to use the butter flavor.
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Then I've got one 8-ounce package of cream cheese.
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Now I'm gonna beat these two together.
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I'm gonna cream those,
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and then I'll be back with you in a second.
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I beat up my cream cheese and my shortening.
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Now I'm gonna add my sugar,
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I'm gonna beat that until it's nice and creamy.
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To my bowl, I'm gonna add two egg yolks,
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and that's gonna make it rich, rich, rich.
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Then after I get this cream together,
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I'm gonna be adding my two cups of all-purpose flour
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with a half a teaspoon of salt added to it.
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Now I'm gonna add two teaspoons of vanilla.
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- [Teresa] Do you need more?
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- Perfect. No, that's perfect, Teresa.
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Now I'm just gonna bring the sides down
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so we get all that incorporated.
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- [Teresa] I love cookie dough.
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Okay, y'all, Elizabeth said to drop these
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rather than with an ice cream scoop
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So that's what I'm gonna do.
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She said it just makes a prettier finish
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if you do it with a teaspoonful.
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Then we're gonna put 'em in the oven
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and we're gonna bake 'em for 10 to 12 minutes
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Time to go in the oven.
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See, I got two more extra cookies out of that, Teresa.
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you leave any in there
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for someone to have some cookie dough at the end.
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- I don't think about people
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wanting to eat the cookie dough.
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Alright. In the oven,
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350, preheated, for 10 to 12 minutes.
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Thank you, Elizabeth.
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Okay, it is time to finish up
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Elizabeth cream cheese cookies.
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It calls for an icing.
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Elizabeth said when they cool,
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just frost with your favorite buttercream recipe.
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This is what Elizabeth uses.
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So we did exactly the way she does it.
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We used a stick and a half of butter
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and we mixed it with four cups of confectioner sugar
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and two teaspoons of vanilla.
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Look, it's Christmas time.
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When you start pulling out all of this stuff,
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This is just a little piece of them, y'all.
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Alright. So what are we gonna do here?
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Should we dye this all?
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Because I'm gonna do 'em with sprinkles.
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Definitely, I'm gonna do 'em with sprinkles.
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I'm gonna need a cookie sheet.
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so I can catch all those little jimmies
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that we're gonna be putting on it.
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Let's do it like this first
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and then we'll make our decision.
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You know I love me a frosted cookie.
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a cup of coffee in the morning.
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- [Teresa] You need help frosting?
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- Oh, I would just love your help, Teresa.
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No, I wanna do every one of these by myself.
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One Christmas cookie.
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So what do you think?
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Should I add some color to the..
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- Well, then you're limited
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on what colors you can put on your...
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- I know it, but you know what?
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I don't think I can resist
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doing a little purple
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because Meli loves purple.
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So I may just scoop out a little.
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I think my other grandchildren don't have a preference,
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just as long as it's sweet.
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Alright, I've made up a little purple,
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which is not really Christmasy,
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but I just happen to know that that's Meli's favorite color.
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She loves to wear purple.
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She loves to eat purple.
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Now, what color should we put on with a purple?
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Maybe the Mardi Gras colors,
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I think maybe the pearls, Eddie.
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- [Eddie] The little...
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Yeah, the little ones.
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- [Paula] And look, I'm not stirring
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that purple in completely good,
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so I'll have a little, you know, like a two-tone color.
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So we decided on the pearls, right?
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These look like something
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you would tell your children not to put in their mouth.
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Those are awfully pretty.
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Elizabeth, we all appreciate
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you sharing your Christmas cookie recipe with us.
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Eddie likes his without the frosting.
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He said the flavor is so good just naked.
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Now does that mean you naked, Eddie?
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- [Teresa] Don't make him blush from behind the camera.
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- [Eddie] I guess I'd eat 'em naked, I guess.
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Don't you just feel sorry for him,
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having to spend 24/7 with me?
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Look, I just did all kinds,
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And y'all remember now,
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every Christmas I do 12.
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So y'all are gonna be getting 12 recipes
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that we gonna share with y'all at Christmas time.
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- [Teresa] And if some people
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didn't send theirs in this year,
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please send them in now.
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- So we have them for next year.
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I mean, people have great recipes.
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- Yeah. And I just love. - [Teresa] They're treasures.
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- I just love seeing what other people do.
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So thank you, Elizabeth.
