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How to Make Christmas Cookies

Learn how to make Christmas cookies that look as good as they taste from pastry chef Katie Rosenhouse in these Howcast videos.

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Top 8 Tools for Decorating Cookies

Transcript Hi. I’m Katie Rosenhouse and today we’re talking about tools you need for decorating Christmas cookies. You don’t necessarily need every tool for every cookie, but here is kind of a broad range of all of the things that you could use. Starting from the beginning, I have my stand mixer, that’s great for …

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How to Make Meringue Cookies

Transcript Hi, I’m Katie Rosehansen, today I’m going to show you how to make peppermint swirl and Christmas tree meringues. These are very fun cookies and very easy to make, although they do take a little bit of time to bake, but they’re totally worth it. Here I’m starting with two egg whites in my …

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How to Make Chocolate Coconut Macaroons

Transcript Hi, I’m Katie and today I’m going to show you how to make chocolate covered coconut macaroons. So, I’m working with a couple of key ingredients here. I have condensed milk, about a quarter of cup condensed milk, one egg white and I have a whole bowl of shredded coconut. This is just shredded …

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How to Make Hot Chocolate Cookies

Transcript Hi, I’m Katie Roseness, and today I’m going to show you how to take our Double Chocolate Snowcap Cookies and turn them into Hot Cocoa Cookies. So I have my cold Snowcap Cookies here. You can see they have that nice layer of powdered sugar over the tops and it’s a really dense chocolaty …

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How to Make Double Chocolate Snowcap Cookies

Transcript Hi, I’m Katie Roseness and today I’m going to show you how to make Double Chocolate Snowcap Cookies. So I’m starting with kind of traditional chocolate cookie ingredients. I have butter. I have a little bit of brown sugar. This is 4 tablespoons of softened butter going in the mixer. Followed by 2/3rds of …

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How to Make Caramel Chocolate Marshmallows

Transcript Hi, I’m Katie Roseness and today I’m making Chocolate Caramel Marshmallows, the perfect Christmas treat. And in my pot here, which is just about ready, I brought 1-1/2 cups sugar, 1/2 cup of corn syrup, and about 1/4 cup of water to a boil. And I continue to cook it. You don’t have to …

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How to Make No-Bake Cookies

Transcript Hi I’m Katy Rosenas, and today I’m going to show you how to make no bake Christmas cookies. And I have some really great ingredients here. So I’m starting with peanut butter, a little bit of butter, these are ground chocolate wafers, oats, and confectioners sugar, and always a touch of salt. So I’m …

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How to Make Christmas Snack Mix

Transcript Hi, I’m Katie Roseness and today I’m going to make Christmas Snack Mix, also known as Reindeer Chow. But this is the place you can get really fun and creative. You can throw in anything that you like from popcorn to your favorite snack mix. And I’m starting with my favorite. And I also …

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How to Make Decked Out Peppermint Bark

Transcript Hi, I’m Katie Roseness and today I’m going to show you how to make homemade peppermint bark for the holidays. So we’re starting with, I have a bowl of white chocolate and a bowl of dark chocolate. And what I did to make sure I’m going to end up with something that has a …

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How to Make Russian Tea Cakes

Transcript Hi, I’m Katie Roseness and today I’m going to show you how to make Russian Teacakes, also sometimes called Mexican Wedding Cookies, also called a hundred different names. But here is one way of making that classic cookie with a net based dough. So I’m starting with one stick of softened butter. I just …

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How to Decorate Gingerbread Men

Transcript Hi. I’m Katie Rosenhaus, and today I’m going to talk about how to decorate gingerbread men. So we’ve already made the dough, and it’s been baking for about 12 to 15 minutes. And you can see they come out nice and lightly golden right around the edges. So these cookies are ready to go, …

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How to Make Gingerbread Cookie Dough

Transcript Katie: Hi. I’m Katie Risnasi. Today I’m going to show you how to make Gingerbread Cookie Dough. This is probably my favorite cookie of all of the holiday cookies, so I’m very excited. I’m going to start with one stick of softened butter. So I just let the butter sit on the counter until …

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How to Make Thumbprint Cookies

Transcript Hi, I’m Katie Roseness and today I’m going to show you how to make jam thumbprint cookies. I’m using the same shortbread dough I used for my cranberry shortbread, I just omitted the cranberries and the pistachios. And I have this beautiful dough here that I rolled into a log. And just to make …

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How to Make Cranberry Pistachio Shortbread Cookies

Transcript Hi. I’m Katie Rosenhaus, and today I’m going to show you how to make cranberry pistachio shortbread cookies, a cookie that’s perfect for Christmas. And the reason for that is I have the red with my cranberries, and the outside is covered with the green of the pistachios, and it’s just a really festive …

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How to Make Linzer Cookies

Transcript Hi, I’m Katie Roseness and today I’m making Linzer Cookies. So to make things even easier, I’m taking the same sugar cookie dough that I made earlier and I cut out stars and I also cut out the same stars with a smaller cut-out right in the center just like our stained glass cookies. …

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How to Make Stained-Glass Cookies

Transcript Hi, I’m Katie Roseness, and today I’m making my Sugar Cookie Dough and making Stained Glass Cookies. So I had my sugar cookie dough nice and chilled, I rolled it out, and I cut out these stars. So I have my big star cutter on the outside, and then just out of the center …

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How to Decorate Holiday Cookies

Transcript Hi. I’m Katie Rosenhaus, and today I’m showing you how to decorate holiday sugar cookies. So I’m starting with a few different types of cookies. I have a Christmas tree. I have a star. I have a snowman. I have a snowflake. I have a stocking. Whatever kind of Christmas cookie you desire, I’m …

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How to Make Royal Icing

Transcript Hi, I’m Katie Rosness and today I’m going show you how to make royal icing. So when you’re doing something like Christmas Sugar Cookies where you want this kind of painted, decorated surface, royal icing is the perfect icing for you. So it’s pretty simple. I have confectioner’s sugar, also known as powdered sugar, …

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How to Make Sugar Cookies

Transcript Hi, I’m Katie Rosenhaus and today we’re making holiday sugar cookie dough. So, I’m starting with a few basic ingredients in my stand mixer. I have a stick of softened butter, so that basically means a stick of butter from the refrigerator and leave it on your counter for at least half an hour …

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How to Make Buckeyes

Transcript Hi, I’m Katie Rosness [sp] and today I’m going to show you how to make Buckeyes. This is definitely a Christmas favorite. And if you like peanut butter, this is going to be your new year ’round favorite. But I’m starting my mixer with softened butter and peanut butter. I have 4 Tablespoons of …

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