Apple Butter Snickerdoodles

It's that cookie making time of year again!

Bread Booze Bacon is co-hosting yet another Blogger Christmas Cookie Recipe Swap!
I last participated in 2013 and had so much fun, I couldn't resist joining in again!
(See the original 2013 post here)

This time around I was paired with The Lawyer's Cookbook
She shared a Pumpkin Butter Snickerdoodle, along with the hint that I could use any type of fruit butter I happened to have on hand.
That being said, I decided to tap into my southern roots and break out the apple butter!

Mmm...the thought of apple cinnamon type cookies was very appealing.
As we know, my hubby is a little snickerdoodle obsessed !

The obstacle in front of me though, was the fact that I was not down south, and apple butter isn't as common up here in New England.
I hit up the local grocery for my normal weekly shop and decided to check out the jelly isle and see what could be found.

Can you believe, I found ONE jar of apple butter....right under a "Clearance, discontinued product" sign! Come on now, this just does not happen to me! Psyched!

So, please, feel free to try her original pumpkin butter, or any other fruit butter!

Ingredients:

3 Cups Flour

2 Tsp Baking Powder

¼ Tsp Salt

¾ Cup Butter (softened)

1 ¼ Cup Sugar + ⅓ Cup Sugar (divided)

2 Eggs

1 Tbsp Vanilla

½ Cup Apple Butter

½ Tsp Cinnamon + 1 Tsp Cinnamon (divided)

Directions:

1. Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
2. To mixer, add 1 ¼ cup sugar and butter
3. Cream until fluffy
4. Add in eggs, vanilla, apple butter, and ½ tsp cinnamon
5. Add flour mixture to wet ingredients
6. Cover with plastic and refrigerate for 4 hours
7. Preheat oven to 350
8. Line baking sheet with parchment paper
9. Mix 1 tsp cinnamon and ⅓ cup sugar into shallow dish
10. Roll dough into 2 tbsp sized balls
11. Roll balls into cinnamon sugar mixture
12. Bake 13-15 minutes

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Gingerbread Cookies

'Tis the season to eat lots of cookies
Stuff your face and eat more cookies...

OK, I won't quit my day job and try to be a jingle writer, I promise.

Julie from White Lights on Wednesday put out a call for her second annual cookie recipe swap. This is something new to me and I couldn't wait to jump right in!

I was excited to find out that I was paired with Jordan from Jordan's Journey. We swapped recipes and the rest is history!
(I cannot wait to find out if she liked mine as much as I liked hers!)

She sent me her gingerbread cookie recipe (below) which made me a little more excited than I should have been maybe. See, I have an unhealthy obsession with gingerbread. I like it in cookies, cakes, bars, soft, hard, crispy, mmmmmmmmmmmm.

Jordan's original recipe called for gingerbread man shaped cutters.
Yeah, I am not in possession of anything of the sort. I have biscuit cutters (which I considered) and this mini star shaped one.

The mind set (at the time) was that stars were a bit more "festive" than boring ole circles.
Oh...my...goodness.
Can I tell you how many bajillion million cookies my tiny little star cutter made?

Holy schnikes!

We have been eating cutie patootie stars for a week now!
I brought a gallon sized ziploc bag of them to work...we are still eating the ones at home.
I think I finally see the bottom of the container!

These cookies came out crisp and spicy.
Not the heated, burn your tongue spicy, I mean cinnamon and ginger yummy spicy.

Thank you for sharing Jordan, I am pleased to add this to my recipe box!

Ingredients:

1 Cup shortening

¾ Cup honey

1 Egg

1 Cup molasses

1 ½ Tsp baking soda

½ Tsp salt

2 Tsp ginger

1 Tsp cinnamon

5 Cups flour

Directions:

1. Mix shortening, honey, egg, and molasses

2. In large bowl, sift flour, baking soda, salt, ginger, and cinnamon

3. Mix the wet and dry ingredients

4. Roll dough on lightly floured surface until ¼ inch thick

5. Cut with cookie cutters

6. Bake at 375 for 10 minutes

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This recipe was shared on: White Lights on Wednesday. Gooseberry Patch, Lady Behind the Curtain, Sugar and Dots, Cooking with Curls, Your Homebased Mom, Simply Gloria, The Weary Chef, A Peek Into my Paradise, Tumbleweed Contessa, Future ExPat, and Livin the Mom Life