
Holi-Doodles
Yield:
5 dozen cookies
Prep Time:
15 minutes
Cook Time:
9 minutes
Total Time:
24 minutes
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1/2 cup shortening (I used Crisco)
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp cream of tartar
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 cup red sugar crystals, for rolling
- 1/4 cup green sugar crystals, for rolling
- 2 Tbsp cinnamon, for rolling
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 F degrees. Line cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- In the bowl of your stand mixer, cream together the butter and shortening until combined.
- Add the sugar and mix on high for 2 minutes or until light and fluffy.
- One at a time, add the eggs and mix until incorporated. Scrape the bowl to ensure everything has been combined.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt.
- In three parts, add the flour mixture to the wet mixture and mix until combined.
- In a small bowl, combine the red & green sugar crystals with the cinnamon.
- Roll 1" balls of dough in your hand then toss them in the sugar/cinnamon until coated.
- Place 2" apart on the prepared baking sheet.
- Bake 8-10 minutes. The cookies will puff up at first, but will flatten out.
Nutrition Information
Amount Per Serving Calories 0Total Fat 0g
Want more cookies?
Here is the complete list of the 12 Days of Cookies!- Day 1 – Frosted Sugar Cookies
- Day 2 – Christmas Tree Peanut Butter Blossoms
- Day 3 – Holiday Spritz
- Day 4 – Russian Tea Cakes
- Day 5 – Holi-Doodles
- Day 6 – Haystacks
- Day 7 – Lebkuchen
- Day 8 – Molasses Cookies
- Day 9 – Raspberry Thumbprints
- Day 10 – Peppermint Meringues
- Day 11 – Lemon Ricotta Cookies
- Day 12 – Peppermint Chocolate Cookies

Christina Cobb
Sunday 22nd of December 2013
Made these today and they are soo good! Thank you for the recipe! Merry Christmas!
Betsy Eves
Sunday 22nd of December 2013
Awesome, Christina! Glad you liked them! Merry Christmas!
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Tuesday 10th of December 2013
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casshunter
Monday 9th of December 2013
Oo! These look great! Can't wait to try them! Such a cute idea with the cookies, too - great job!
Betsy Eves
Monday 9th of December 2013
I know right!! I love taking a traditional cookie and making it extra special for the holidays!
Marilyn Bergeron
Monday 9th of December 2013
Love the Russian Tea Cakes..whipped these up in no time
Betsy Eves
Monday 9th of December 2013
Awesome! :)