A Merry Mixture of Holiday Sweets

Last week at MK we had holiday get togethers on the mind and wanted to come up with festive cookie ideas to share. We each made our favorite holiday treats and brought them into the office for an exchange. We haven’t been able to stop snacking on them since!

Katie’s Ginger Cookies

*Makes three dozen

¾ cup shortening

1 cup brown sugar

1 egg

4 tbsp molasses

¼ tsp salt

1 ¼ cup flour

½ tsp cloves

1 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp ginger

1. Cream shortening and sugar
2. Beat in the egg and molasses
3. Stir in all dry ingredients together
4. Chill dough overnight*
5. Preheat oven to 375 degrees
6. Mold the batter into small balls
7. Dip the tip of the balls into the sugar
8. Use a fork to flatten the ball for desired look
9.  Bake at 375 for 10 minutes

Ashley’s Toffee Pretzel Bark

*Makes 1 ½ lbs of bark

14 oz dark chocolate

¾ broken pretzel pieces

¾ heath toffee pieces

14 oz white chocolate

1. Line baking sheet with parchment paper
2.  Melt dark chocolate, stirring until smooth
3. Stir in ½ cup pretzels and ½ cup toffee
4. Spread mixture on baking sheet
5. Refrigerate for 30 minutes
6. Melt white chocolate, stirring until smooth
7. Spread white chocolate on top of the hard dark chocolate
8. Spread the remaining pretzel and toffee on top, pressing them firmly into the chocolate
9. Refrigerate for 30 minutes
10. Use a sharp knife to break into pieces

Mary's Merry Mixture!

Mary couldn’t chose just one and went for a mixture! She decided to make a few family favorites, Carmody's Choco-Chip Bars, Meltaways and Holiday Meringues. Want the recipes? Email mary@mkeventstudio.com.