Day...whatever...of Christmas Cookies

Well I'm not really going day by day on the Christmas cookies. It's my blog I can do what I want. So here is today's cookie!!!

Eggnog Sandwich Cookies

Ingredients:
Cookies:
1 C butter softened
1 1/4 C sugar
1 egg yolk
1/2 C sour cream
2 1/2 C AP flour
1/4 tsp salt
1 tbs sugar
1/2 tsp grated nutmeg
1/4 tsp ground ginger

Filling:
1/2 c butter, softened
1/4 C shortening
2 1/2 C powdered sugar
2 tbs bourbon

Process:
Preheat oven to 350. (I had to boost my oven temp to 375 to make them brown on the bottom)
Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg yolk and beat until blended. Combine flour and salt in a small bowl; gradually add to butter mix until well blended.

Combine sugar, nutmeg, and ginger in a small bowl. Form dough into small balls, dip top into sugar mixture, place on parchment lined baking sheet and flatten slightly.

Bake 12 minutes or until edges are golden. Cool on the cookie sheet for 5 minutes then transfer to a cooling rack.

Beat butter and shortening until well blended. Add powdered sugar and bourbon; beat until blended. Spread on flat side of a cookie and top with another cookie.

Blog Fail/Christmas Cookies

Ok, so I failed miserably at the Pumpkin a day recipe challenge...oops! But you know what... I'm in law school!! That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it!

Anyways, finals ended on the ninth and believe me I have been baking since (and before) then, after all I hate studying.

So I'll just start catching up for December Christmas Cookies. Now I must remind you! I'm leaving on a cruise on the 24th...so that's when the cookies end!!

Alrighty, we're going to start with...

Chocolate Peppermint Cookies!
These were a request from Robert and I couldn't find a recipe I liked, so this is my own creation!! How fun!!

Ingredients
1 C Butter
1 3/4 C Sugar
2 Eggs
2 TBS Peppermint Extract
2 C AP flour
1 C Cocoa (Dutch Process)
1 TSP Baking soda
1/2 TSP Salt
1 C Chocolate Chips

Process:
Set oven to 375 F
In a bowl mix together flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt.
Cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add in eggs and peppermint extract and mix until thoroughly combined. Slowly add dry ingredients to wet, you might want to do this in installments. When then is all combined and looks like cookie dough stir in the chocolate chips. Now, I added crushed peppermints! You can add these to the batter, or roll the cookies in the crushed peppermints, or sprinkle on top after baking...really whatever you want.
Now scoop them onto a parchment or silicone mat lined cookie pan and into your pre heated oven.

Bake for 7-9 minutes or until the cookies look done on the bottom. I check this by lifting one edge with a spatula. Since these are chocolate it's harder to tell, but feel the center, you don't want your finger to sink it, but you don't want it to be hard either (that's burned).