Homemade Christmas and Dollar Tree
Homemade Gifts from the Kitchen
It’s time to start planning for homemade Christmas gifts. Cookies, candy, banana bread, mini Pecan Pies.
Fruitcake, maybe? Nah.
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Gather up the flour, sugar, butter, eggs, chocolate chips, nuts.
What am I forgetting? Oh yeah, muffin tin liners, mixing bowl, cooling racks, measuring cups, and spoons.
I’m going to make chocolate chip cookies, both Tollhouse and white chocolate-macadamia nut versions, oatmeal scotchies, peanut clusters, Almond crescents, Oreo truffles, brownies. I think I’ll try white chocolate-coated pretzels this year.
If I get started now, I will have the gifts ready to give before Christmas.
I think I have everything now.
Keep reading, I included my Grandmother’s recipe for Almond Crescents.
Let me share the recipe with you. I hope these delicious cookies are as popular at your house as they are at mine.
Almond Crescent Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter
- 2/3 cup confectioners sugar sifted, plus more for dusting on cookies
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tsp almond extract
- 1 cup almonds finely chopped
- 2-1/3 cup all-purpose flour
Instructions
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Cream butter, thoroughly
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Add sugar, vanilla, and almond extracts
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Add nuts and flour, mix well
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Knead slightly by hand, pinch off small tablespoon-sized portions and shape into a crescent
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Place on an ungreased cookie sheet, fairly close together
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Bake at 350° about 15 minutes or to a light tan color
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Cool slightly then roll in sifted confectioners sugar
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Store in an airtight can
Fun Packaging at a Great Price
For gift-giving I want fun tins, boxes, and gift bags to wrap up my treats. I know some folks would like an assortment of goodies, others want a whole box of their favorite. Either way, I know that I will find the perfect containers at Dollar Tree to pack up all of my holiday treats.
Use muffin cups as dividers if you are filling up a gift box with a variety of treats. Or pack in snack bags and then place them in the decorative treat bag.
Don’t forget to shop for holiday decorations while you are at it. There is also a huge assortment of decorations, gift paper, and bags. Get your shopping done now!
I get requests every year for the Almond Crescent cookies that have been a family favorite for generations. This is a recipe that I usually have to double.
Order online from Dollar Tree and ship-to-store for more savings. You still have stocking stuffers to buy, greeting cards to mail, baking supplies to stock up on, and holiday decorations to put up. Right?
