Can you believe it’s already day 4 of 2018 Sally’s Cookie Palooza? If you’re just joining us, here are all the recipes published so far this week:
Peppermint Bark Cookies Spritz Cookies Christmas Cookies in a Jar (with free printable!)
Today I’m sharing an adorably named slice and bake cookie known as Santa’s Whiskers Cookies. My sister-in-law told me about these cookies last Christmas and I waited all year to bake them. Rolled in coconut, these almond flavored cookies are bejeweled with festive cherries and baked until golden around the edges. Aren’t they pretty? Let’s talk about Slice and Bake Cookies. There are many cookies I obsess over, but if one type of cookie were to win 1st place… it would be the slice and bake cookie.
Slice and Bake Cookies
I love baking slice and bake cookies because sometimes I don’t feel like rolling 2 dozen cookie dough balls. Who’s with me? Instead of rolling each individual cookie, you roll the cookie dough into logs, then slice the logs into discs. These discs are your cookies. It’s literally so easy. Here are some you can try:
Toasted Hazelnut Slice and Bake Cookies Sprinkle Slice and Bake Cookies Dark Chocolate Orange Slice and Bake Cookies Salted Pistachio Chocolate Slice and Bake Cookies Pecan Shortbread Pinwheel Cookies Cranberry Orange Icebox Cookies Brown Sugar Shortbread Cookies A mint chocolate version, a maple walnut version, and a vanilla spice version in Sally’s Cookie Addiction
All the Good Stuff About Santa’s Whiskers Cookies!
Easy ingredients: sugar, flour, butter, egg. There’s no leavener, so the cookies are extra dense and buttery. 1 bowl recipe. Since you’re slicing the dough, you control the thickness. Soft and thick in the centers! So festive with cherry and almond. Crunchy crumbly toasted coconut edges = coconut is Santa’s “whiskers” 🙂 Make ahead. Make the dough, roll into logs, chill for up to 5 days, slice then bake.
I have some success tips for you. First, divide the cookie dough in half and roll into 2 logs. Smaller logs are easier to roll in the coconut. Chilling the cookie dough logs is imperative to the recipe. The cookie dough is very buttery and without time in the refrigerator, the cookie dough will spread all over the cookie sheets. Remember that chilling is the #1 tip for how to prevent cookies from spreading. You could even shape this cookie dough into logs and freeze. Simply thaw in the refrigerator for an hour or two before slicing and baking. Santa Claus does not have whiskers. The whiskers = his beard and mustache! I used maraschino cherries and green candied cherries; I found the green cherries in the holiday section of my regular grocery store. If you can’t get your hands on green cherries, just use red maraschino cherries or add some pistachios or green sprinkles. At the very last minute, I decided to garnish the cookies with melted white chocolate. Optional, of course, but since this is a Christmas cookie—it made for an extra special accessory! Could these cookies BE more jolly? Cue Chandler Bing’s voice.
