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Cookie Press Cookies in 3 Flavors for Your Holiday Tray

December 14, 2014 By Laura 2 Comments

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The same simple dough for the cookie press flavored 3 different ways for the Holidays: Peppermint Christmas Trees; Salt and Pepper Maple Wreaths; Fiori di Sicilia and Orange Snowflakes. Affiliate links have been used in this post to link to items I am discussing.

The same EASY basic cookie press dough flavored 3 different ways for the holidays: Fiori di Sicilia (citrus vanilla); Salt and Pepper Maple; Peppermint

I am determined to slide these cookies in right before Creative Cookie Exchange on Tuesday in case some of you are still looking for cookies for your cookie tins. Cookie press cookies have been a total revelation this season. They come together quickly in festive shapes made more festive with sprinkles. And as I guessed earlier in the fall, the simple vanilla dough I shared before was the perfect blank slate for various flavor variations. First I made Fiori di Sicilia and Orange Snowflakes:

Cookie Press Fiori di Sicilia Orange Snowflake Cookies--simple and fast with a cookie press!

For these I added 2 teaspoons of Fiori di Sicilia Extract and a few drops of orange oil to the dough when I added the vanilla. You could also use a teaspoon or two of orange zest instead of the oil.

Next I made Salt and Pepper Maple Wreaths:

Cookie Press Salt and Pepper Maple Wreath Cookies--easy and fast!

These were Alex’s favorites. For them I added 1/4 teaspoon of freshly ground black pepper to the butter. Then I added 2 teaspoons of Maple Extract with the vanilla. A good coarse grey sea salt was sprinkled onto the unbaked cookies with Christmas sprinkles.

Last I made Peppermint Christmas Trees:

Cookie Press Peppermint Christmas Tree Cookies--super easy and super fast!

You could use peppermint extract to make these, adding it with the vanilla, but I prefer peppermint oil. I added drops of peppermint oil until the dough was as strong as we wanted it (pretty strong). The first few drops I added with the vanilla, but I mixed a few extra drops in after the flour had been added because I wanted a stronger flavor (we really like peppermint).

These cookie press cookies have been this year’s cookie revelation! Such festive shapes, such easy flavor variations, and they keep really well in cookie tins. I took some to a party last night, the oldest of which were made 2 weeks ago, and you could not tell. They were all devoured.

The same EASY basic cookie press dough flavored 3 different ways for the holidays: Fiori di Sicilia (citrus vanilla); Salt and Pepper Maple; Peppermint

You can find the basic recipe here. Happy holiday cookie baking!

 

 

 

Filed Under: Cookie Press, cookies, fiori di sicilia extract, Holiday and Christmas Cookies, maple, oranges Tagged With: citrus, cookie press, cookie tins, cookies, fiori di sicilia, Holidays, maple, orange, peppermint, vanilla

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Comments

  1. Joanne says

    December 15, 2014 at 7:59 am

    I love how you took one base dough and added bits of different flavors to each batch of cookies! Definitely a great time saver.

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  2. Raquel @ My California Roots says

    December 17, 2014 at 4:09 pm

    These are so cute! My mom has a cookie press and I’ve never learned to use it, but I think I will now! I love how easy these and flexible these are. Can’t wait to get my hands on that press!

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Hi! I’m Laura and I am a recovering history major who has re-channeled all of my passion for learning about the history of different countries to learning about their food culture. That doesn’t mean every dish on here is strictly authentic, but it does mean that even my adaptations are not undertaken lightly. My goal is to show you–by doing–that these dishes are possible in your kitchen. Including desserts because I have quite the sweet tooth! Read More…

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