Christmas Cookies, Sweet Treats for the Holidays

What could be better than family gathered together, baking family tried and true recipes handed down for generations? Eating those sweet treats, of course!  Christmas Cookies abound during the holidays.

 

 

Yummy Cookie Recipes from the Badlands 

We gathered favorite Christmas Cookie recipes from cookbooks originating in western North Dakota and eastern Montana.  You’ll love making, and eating, these favorites!    *Note: all of these cookbooks are true treasures found in thrift stores and antique shops in the badlands area, as well as local bookstores and visitor centers. 

 

 

Gingerbread Boys/Grandma Torg’s Molasses Cookies

From A Taste of History Cookbook, Watford City, North Dakota 

Gingerbread Boys/Grandma Torg's Molasses Cookies A Taste of History Cookbook Watford City. 2014 Christmas cookies

Gingerbread Boys/Grandma Torg’s Molasses Cookies   A Taste of History Cookbook Watford City, North Dakota  2014

North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame Cookbook, Medora, North Dakota. 2002. cover. color

A Taste of History Cookbook, 2014   Watford City, North Dakota

 

 

 

Holiday Cookie Nuggets

From Recipes and Remembering Cookbook, Killdeer, North Dakota 

Holiday Cookie Nuggets from "Recipes and Remembering" Killdeer, ND. Hill Top Home of Comfort. 1993. Christmas Cookies

Holiday Cookie Nuggets from Recipes and Remembering Cookbook https://www.dunncountynd.orgKilldeer, North Dakota  1993

Recipes and Remembering Cookbook, Hill Top Home of Comfort, Killdeer, North Dakota 1993. cover. color.

Recipes and Remembering Cookbook, 1993   Killdeer, North Dakota

 

 

 

 

Swedish Gingersnaps

From Prairie Cooks Cookbook, by Carrie and Felicia Young

 

Pepparkakor (Swedish Gingersnaps) from the recipe book: Prairie Cooks: Glorified Rice, Three-Day Buns, and Other Reminiscences 1993. Christmas Cookies

Pepparkakor (Swedish Gingersnaps) remainder of recipe. from the recipe book: Prairie Cooks: Glorified Rice, Three-Day Buns, and Other Reminiscences 1993. Christmas Cookies

Pepparkakor (Swedish Gingersnaps)  from Prairie Cooks: Glorified Rice, Three-Day Buns, and Other Reminiscences 1993. Christmas Cookies

 

 

Christmas cookies

 

Norwegian Spritz

from Prairie Cooks: Glorified Rice, Three-Day Buns, and Other Reminiscences 

 

 

 

 

 

Spritz 

from First Lutheran Church Diamond Jubilee Cookbook, Savage, Montana 

 

Two recipes for Spritz from the First Lutheran Church Diamond Jubilee Cookbook, Savage, Montana 1988 Christmas Cookies.

Two recipes for Spritz from the First Lutheran Church Diamond Jubilee Cookbook, Savage, Montana. 1988

First Lutheran Church Diamond Jubilee Cookbook, Savage, Montana. 1988 color

First Lutheran Church Diamond Jubilee Cookbook, Savage, Montana. 1988

 

 

 

Berlinerkranser

from Prairie Cooks: Glorified Rice, Three-Day Buns, and Other Reminiscences

 

Berlinerkranser (Christmas Wreaths) from the recipe book: Prairie Cooks: Glorified Rice, Three-Day Buns, and Other Reminiscences 1993. Christmas Cookies

Reminder of recipe- Berlinerkranser (Christmas Wreaths) from the recipe book: Prairie Cooks: Glorified Rice, Three-Day Buns, and Other Reminiscences 1993. Christmas Cookies

Berlinerkranser (Christmas Wreaths) from the recipe book: Prairie Cooks: Glorified Rice, Three-Day Buns, and Other Reminiscences 1993.

 

 

 

Finnish Cookie Sticks

from the First Lutheran Church Diamond Jubilee Cookbook, Savage, Montana  1988

Finnish Cookie Sticks from the First Lutheran Church Diamond Jubilee Cookbook, Savage, Montana 1988 Christmas Cookies.

Finnish Cookie Sticks from the First Lutheran Church Diamond Jubilee Cookbook, Savage, Montana  1988

 

 

Christmas Cookies

from the First Lutheran Church Diamond Jubilee Cookbook, Savage, Montana   1988

 

Christmas Cookies from the First Lutheran Church Diamond Jubilee Cookbook, Savage, Montana 1988 Christmas Cookies.

Christmas Cookies from the First Lutheran Church Diamond Jubilee Cookbook, Savage, Montana   1988

 

 

Christmas cookies

 

 

Chocolate-Coconut Christmas Cookies

from the North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame Cookbook, Medora, North Dakota  2002

Chocolate-Coconut Christmas Cookies from the North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame Cookbook, Medora, North Dakota. 2002 .

Chocolate-Coconut Christmas Cookies from the North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame Cookbook, Medora, North Dakota. 2002

 

The Best (& Easiest) Cut-Out Sugar Cookies!

from the North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame Cookbook, Medora, North Dakota  2002

The Best (& Easiest) Cut-Out Sugar Cookies! from the North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame Cookbook, Medora, North Dakota. Christmas Cookies 2002

The Best (& Easiest) Cut-Out Sugar Cookies! from the North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame Cookbook, Medora, North Dakota  2002

 

Chocolate Peppermint Cookies

from the North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame Cookbook, Medora, North Dakota   2002

 

Chocolate Peppermint Cookies from the North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame Cookbook, Medora, North Dakota. Christmas Cookies 2002

Chocolate Peppermint Cookies from the North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame Cookbook, Medora, North Dakota   2002

North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame Cookbook, Medora, North Dakota. 2002.

North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame Cookbook, Medora, North Dakota.  2002

 

 

 

 

Gumdrop Cookies (Grandma Tescher’s)

from the 4-H Centennial Cook Book, A Book of Favorite Recipes, Badlands 4-H Club of Medora, North Dakota 1989

 

Gum Drop Cookies from the 4-H Centennial Cook Book, A Book of Favorite Recipes, Badlands 4-H Club of Medora, North Dakota 1989

Gum Drop Cookies from the 4-H Centennial Cook Book, A Book of Favorite Recipes, Badlands 4-H Club of Medora, North Dakota 1989

4-H Centennial Cookbook: A Book of Favorite Recipes, Badlands 4-H Club of Medora, North Dakota cookbook. black x white 1989

4-H Centennial Cookbook: Book of Favorite Recipes, Badlands 4-H Club of Medora, North Dakota cookbook.  1989

Hand drawn illustration from the 4-H Centennial Cook Book, A Book of Favorite Recipes, Badlands 4-H Club of Medora, North Dakota black x white 1989

Hand drawn illustration from the 4-H Centennial Cook Book, A Book of Favorite Recipes, Badlands 4-H Club of Medora, North Dakota   1989

 

 

 

 

Cannibal Cookies 

from the Abbey Cookbook, Richardton, North Dakota

Cannibal Cookies. from the Abbey Cookbook, Richardton, North Dakota 2010 Christmas Cookies.

Cannibal Cookies  from the Abbey Cookbook, Richardton, North Dakota 2010

 

Festive Cream Cheese Cookies

from  Abbey Cookbook, Richardton, North Dakota  2010 

Festive Cream Cheese Cookies from the Abbey Cookbook, Richardton, North Dakota 2010 Christmas Cookies.

Festive Cream Cheese Cookies from the Abbey Cookbook, Richardton, North Dakota  2010

 

Swedish Ginger Cookies

from Abbey Cookbook, Richardton, North Dakota  2010 

Swedish Ginger Cookies from the Abbey Cookbook, Richardton, North Dakota 2010 Christmas Cookies.

Swedish Ginger Cookies from the Abbey Cookbook, Richardton, North Dakota   2010

Abbey Cookbook, Assumption Abbey, Richardson, ND 2010 Christmas cookies recipes

Abbey Cookbook, Assumption Abbey, Richardson, North Dakota   2010

 

 

 

 

Anise Cookies

from Alma’s Favorite Recipes, by Alma (Janke) Schott    2012 

 

Anise Cookies from Alma's Favorite Recipes, by Alma (Janke) Schott. 2012. Christmas Cookies

Anise Cookies from Alma’s Favorite Recipes, by Alma (Janke) Schott   2012

 

 

Pfefferneuse Cookies (Pepper nuts)

from Alma’s Favorite Recipes, by Alma (Janke) Schott   2012  

 

Pfefferneuse Cookies (Pepper nuts) from Alma's Favorite Recipes, by Alma (Janke) Schott. 2012. Christmas Cookies

Pfefferneuse Cookies (Pepper nuts) from Alma’s Favorite Recipes, by Alma (Janke) Schott   2012

Alma's Favorite Recipes, by Alma (Janke) Schott. 2012. cover

Alma’s Favorite Recipes, by Alma (Janke) Schott    2012

 

 

 

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