try the following wide variety of mouth watering recipes to cook and bake with your kids these cookies are guaranteed to make everyone happy this festive season not only are they fun to eat but they re also fun to make the process of baking them with your kids makes beautiful memories too it s a timeless joy to pass down from generation to generation building up a library of recipes as the years go snowflakes 1 cup butter flavored shortening 1 package cream cheese softened 1 cup white sugar 1 egg yolk 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 teaspoon orange zest 2 cups all purpose flour teaspoon salt teaspoon ground cinnamon directions step 1 preheat the oven to 175 degrees c step 2 in a medium bowl cream together shortening cream cheese and sugar beat in egg yolk vanilla and orange zest continue beating until light and fluffy gradually stir in flour salt and cinnamon fill the cookie press and form cookies on an ungreased cookie sheet step 3 bake in a preheated oven for 10 to 12 minutes remove from cookie sheet and cool on wire racks 2 peppermint brookies 1 tablespoon unsalted butter 1 tablespoon canola or coconut oil 2 cups semisweet chocolate chunks 2 large eggs 1 2 teaspoon peppermint extract 3 4 cup light or dark brown sugar 1 2 cup all purpose flour 1 4 teaspoon baking powder 1 4 teaspoon kosher salt 1 cup candy canes hard peppermint candies or chopped mms preheat the oven to 350f degrees directions step 1 place the butter oil and one cup of chocolate chips in a microwave safe bowl or in a metal bowl over a double boiler and heat in one minute intervals until chocolate has melted allow cooling step 2 whisk the eggs peppermint extract and sugar brown in a bowl until combined stir into the chocolate mixture step 3 whisk the flour baking powder and salt to combine in a separate bowl add the flour mixture into the chocolate egg mixture and then stir to combine step 4 fold in the remaining cup of chocolate chips and chopped candies step 5 freeze the mixture for 10 minutes to firm up slightly step 6 use a tablespoon ice cream scooper or spoon place the cookies on a parchment or silpat lined baking sheet step 7 bake for 12 minutes or until the tops look dry and cracked step 8 cool completely it will be soft and chewy 3 gingerbread men 1 package cook and serve butterscotch pudding mix cup butter cup packed brown sugar 1 egg 1 cups all purpose flour teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoons ground ginger 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon directions step 1 in a medium bowl cream the dry butterscotch pudding mix butter and brown sugar together until smooth stir in the egg combine the flour baking soda ginger and cinnamon stir into the pudding mixture cover and chill dough until firm about 1 hour step 2 preheat the oven to 350 degrees f 175 degrees c grease baking sheets roll the dough out on a floured board to about 1 8 inch thickness and cut it into man shapes using a cookie cutter place cookies 2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheets step 3 bake for 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven until cookies are golden at the edges cool on wire racks 4 peanut butter cup cookies 1 cups all purpose flour teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking soda cup butter softened cup white sugar cup peanut butter cup packed brown sugar 1 egg beaten 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 tablespoons milk 40 miniature chocolate covered peanut butter cups unwrapped directions step 1 preheat the oven to 190 degrees sift together the flour salt and baking soda set aside step 2 cream together the butter sugar peanut butter and brown sugar until fluffy beat in the egg vanilla and milk add the flour mixture mix well shape into 40 balls and place each into an ungreased mini muffin pan step 3 bake at 375 degrees for about 8 minutes remove from the oven and immediately press a mini peanut butter cup into each ball cool and carefully remove from the pan 5 reindeer cookies 1 cup butter softened 1 cup white sugar 1 cup smooth peanut butter 2 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla extract teaspoon salt 3 cups all purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking soda 72 small pretzel twists or as needed cup chocolate chips or as needed directions step 1 preheat the oven to 190 degrees c step 2 beat butter sugar peanut butter eggs vanilla extract and salt together in a bowl until smooth and creamy stir flour and baking soda into creamed butter mixture until well incorporated step 3 roll dough into 36 balls flatten each ball and shape it into an upside down triangle press two pretzels into the two top corners of each triangle for the antlers press two chocolate chips in the center of each triangle for the eyes press one chocolate chip or mm on the bottom of the triangle for the nose arrange cookies on baking sheets step 4 bake in the preheated oven until the cookies are golden brown 10 to 15 minutes add a red mm and make rudolph