Black and White Cookies
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Thank you!
I can’t get over 5+ cups of confectioners sugar for 12 cookies. That seems like a lot, but I’m sure they’re wonderful.
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I used the entire 5 1/2 cups but I had a lot of icing left over.
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I was inspired by your posting with this recipe–it was the maple glaze that hooked me. Made them and decorated them just like the picture! So good! I think it will be on the regular holiday cookie rotation. Thanks!
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I’m doing an annual Christmas cookie baking day with a friend on Saturday. We will have 8 different kinds of cookies in total. We are making peppermint blossoms, Russian tea cakes, chocolate crinkles, ginger crinkles, chocolate truffles, peanut butter crunch balls, and a cookie with dried cherries and pistachios. We think it’s going to be a very colorful and varied tasting presentation!
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Is a peanut butter crunch ball along the lines of a buckeye? Round ball, unbaked, pb mixture on the inside and dipped in chocolate
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Very similar to a buckeye but also has Rice Krispies in the PB mixture. It’s PB, butter (you actually heat up the PB and butter), XXX sugar, and Rice Krispies. Shape into 1 inch balls. Refrigerate until firm. Dip in melted chocolate chips and sprinkle with rainbow sprinkles or chocolate sprinkles.
Very tasty. A little crunchier than buckeyes.
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My
Mom always made her buckeyes that way with Rice Krispies - I actually prefer it that way!
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Not a “cookie” but a Christmas toffee…I’ve done the original Christmas Crack with saltine crackers (addicting) but I’m liking the look of this toffee and it reminds me of a Heath bar, a family favorite candy.
Has anyone made toffee/Heath? Does this recipe look accurate in ingredients/directions? It’s very simple - so I’m wondering if it’s too simple! Have to check at home to see if I have a candy thermometer…
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We have made that…and it’s easy and a nice addition!!
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My mom and I make that together - you absolutely must have that candy thermometer!
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My mom made toffee like that when we were growing up. It is delicious as are Buckeye Balls.
I THINK I have one but there’s a chance it could be a meat thermometer - obviously I don’t use it much!!! 
Appreciate the thumbs up that it’s a decent recipe.
@FallGirl I do buckeyes SOME years. Only because we Ohioans like PB, not because of that univ in Central Ohio.
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I am going to try this recipe out - they sound delicious to me and so pretty (the holiday variation with rum glaze). Pan-Banging Ginger Molasses Cookies | Sarah Kieffer | Vanilla Bean Blog
This weekend will be doing sugar cookies, peanut blossoms, candy canes and the ginger cookies. Then I’ll be hiding them from myself!
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So that must be why my H (who grow up in Ohio) is such a fan of buckeyes! They are always part of his cookie repertoire. My kids (native New Englanders) love them. In fact, we’re going to spend the Christmas holidays with my older D and her family (who live in Indiana) and she’s already asked H to make buckeyes!!
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For those that want to experience a Buckeye but not make them - or you might want to send some as a treat, these local (not only to Ohio but to my Ohio area) are pretty decent. Looks like they are also stocked at Cracker Barrels across the country.
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I buy them at dollar general! 
My husband isn’t a big fan. But he grew up in that state up north so what does he know!
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I’d way rather have a brownie than an iced sugar cookie! Not a fan of iced cookies. My favorite cookie is oatmeal chocolate chip with pecans and a sprinkling of sea salt, but I don’t know that it’s a Holiday Cookie. I just can’t do super sweet stuff any more and if I’m doing sweet it better be chocolate! (Hence, preferring the brownie over the sugar cookie.)
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Homemade cookies are not sweet at all, not sickly sweet. The last batch of cookies I made are nearly gone. Today I will make another batch, most likely ginger cookies, they were so good last year, and lemon squares, are they Christmas cookies or not, I have lots of lemons right now.
We’ve often said, “if we like this type of cookie so much why do we not bake it at other times besides Christmas?!” - of course there is no reason not to, but it often just doesn’t happen!
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