memories and Christmas cookies

Happy Monday!

I’m over at LoveFeast Table today sharing one of my absolute favorite Christmas cookie recipes.
Strike that.
Cookie Recipe.

These cookies are so much more than holiday cookies: they are awesome all year long.
I promise.

Please head on over and check out the recipe, and Rachel’s gorgeous photos!

You can also win the chance to win one of these amazing Recipe Journals.
{a fifty dollar value! check out my guest post and then leave a comment HERE to enter to win!}

I have an admission to make.

I’m not a big sweets person. I’m just more of a salt-snack girl.

But.
Yes, there is a but…

I will always make cookies with my family. Because for me?

Making them together is the most important part…

{read the rest here!}

Link up with LoveFeast’s 3rd Annual Cookie Exchange here!

Sarah Gerber Hubbard on 10 Dec ’12 at 11:22 am

Thanks so much for posting this! I loved your mom’s baking and especially remember her getting this cookie out of the freezer as a special treat for us. So happy for you and your daughter that the two of you have that special bond like your mom did with you.
- kacia on 10 Dec ’12 at 12:26 pm
  
  So fun to hear from you, Sarah!!!
  
  Aren’t they the BEST right out of the freezer!?
  
  xoxo
Mrs. Z on 10 Dec ’12 at 12:25 pm

I agree, the best part is making them together! :)

I would love the silk red journal.
becca @ sewLOVED on 10 Dec ’12 at 12:58 pm

i’m definitely adding these cookies to our baking list – they look delicious! as for the cover? i’d love the pewter crosshatch! thanks for sharing these little snippets of your life; i love reading along!
mandie on 10 Dec ’12 at 1:04 pm

These are SO pretty!

I love the pewter crosshash cover!
Sana on 10 Dec ’12 at 1:04 pm

They truly are one of the best cookies ever—I remember making mountains of them with Mom (your Gramma H!). It’s amazing how sweet Harlow can make a beautiful picture of anything even that much cuter & sweeter… Linen would be my choice. :)
Jesyka on 10 Dec ’12 at 1:33 pm

Crosshash pewter or linen. They are both great!
And seriously, Kacia…your hair. Fabulous.
Maggie Bailey on 10 Dec ’12 at 1:59 pm

I’m just about to do some christmas cookie baking I will have to try these out…thanks for sharing the recipe!
Tisa Mantle on 10 Dec ’12 at 2:08 pm

I cannot wait to try these out! My kids are going to love making them with me!!! Thanks for the recipe.
Jessie Zamora on 10 Dec ’12 at 2:18 pm

I love the pewter crosshatch :) and these cookies look delish!
Tisa Mantle on 10 Dec ’12 at 2:23 pm

O.k., after giving serious thought about this I am between Pewter Crosshash and the Red one. The color red is more of a food color – many food establishments use the color red and other warm colors to increase your appetite. I also love the Pewter cover because it’s more neutral.

Either one would be lovely!

Tisa
Shannon on 10 Dec ’12 at 3:07 pm

from one salt-snack girl to another, Christmas might do me in with sweets. I add salt crystals to the tops of all my cookies when backing, just to keep the balance right.
Barb F. on 10 Dec ’12 at 5:30 pm

i’d love to win the pear one for a friend. :)

Barb Francek
Maggie Bailey on 10 Dec ’12 at 5:58 pm

I'm just about to do some christmas cookie baking I will have to try these out…thanks for sharing the recipe!
Jessica Heights on 10 Dec ’12 at 6:45 pm

I’m not sure which are more scrumptious…the pictures of your cookies, or your adorable little gal! :)
natalie @ pure&simple on 10 Dec ’12 at 7:15 pm

looks delish!! must give these a try! :)

as for the fab cookbook, i love the pewter crosshatch.
Kasey on 10 Dec ’12 at 8:00 pm

Those sound awesome! The linen finish is lovely!
Nadine S. on 10 Dec ’12 at 8:31 pm

I’m torn between Pewter Crosshatch and Silk Red. SOOOOOOO pretty.
Brittany on 11 Dec ’12 at 12:37 am

A giveaway combining my 2 favorite things! Recipes and a journal!? Yes, please! Headed over now to check them out.
megan on 11 Dec ’12 at 1:21 am

The natural linen is definitely my favorite!
abby on 11 Dec ’12 at 9:58 am

So cute! I bet you could swap out the colors on those cookies for other holidays. Or Tuesdays… whatever :) I love the pewter crosshatch, so simple but classy!
Kristin on 11 Dec ’12 at 4:30 pm

My favorite part of the holidays growing up was making cookies with my mom, grandma, and my sister. It’s a tradition I hope to pass down!!

I love love love the pear one!
Lindsey Taber on 12 Dec ’12 at 1:03 pm

I soooo need one of these! Love the pewter!
Lora on 13 Dec ’12 at 3:11 pm

Sweets are one of my weaknesses but I rarely make any because hardly anything I make turns out the way I want it to, ha. But I’m thinking I might have to give these a try they look very tasty!
- kacia on 13 Dec ’12 at 10:00 pm
  
  Yes!! They are SO good!! for anytime of year!
gina toothe on 14 Dec ’12 at 3:31 am

thank u so much Kacia for sharing about your family and this wonderful recipe! I enjoyed reading your post and can appreciate the memories you have making the cookies with your sisters. i too made cookies at the holidays with my siblings and my Mom and they are some of the sweetest (literally) memories i have of when i was young at the holidays ;)
- gina toothe on 14 Dec ’12 at 3:35 am
  
  so sorry, i forgot to mention that i love the silk red journal ;)
Michelle on 14 Dec ’12 at 3:59 pm

Love the cookies, the photos, and the red recipe journal! Thanks for another recipe for this cookie-lover!