The basic ingredients are flour, sugar, butter, baking powder, and eggs. Just as you were making the batter for a cake. After that it's the flavorings and additional ingredients that change the batter. Some recipes call for a dough to be rolled. Still there are recipes where the dough is just stiff enough to be dropped from a spoon.
The answer to this depends on how much time one has. If there is little time, the best thing to do it get already baked Christmas cookies or Pillsbury's Christmas specials. If one has time, however, the best thing to do is make sugar cookies and either cut them into Christmas shapes or use frosting to decorate them for the season.
Some good Christmas craft ideas for toddlers include: coloring their own Christmas cards, making felt Christmas ornaments, or decorating their own Christmas cookies. This YouTube video shows some good crafts for toddlers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyY0DVh43o4
There are many different Christmas activities that can be done with friends and family. Some ideas include going caroling, baking cookies, and watching classic Christmas movies like White Christmas.
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You want to have fun with your kids. Some ideas are chocolate chip, sugar, ginger, almond raisin cookies. You can get more ideas at www.allhomemadecookies.com/recipeindex/���kidsrecipes.htm
There are many good Christmas decoration sites. Some good Christmas decoration sites for ideas include: familyfun.go.com/christmas/christmas-decorations/ and www.hgtv.com Decorating Entertaining.
Christmas cookies are an excellent way to get friends, family, and relatives into the Christmas spirit with the delicious smell and fun ever member of the family can have while making these tasty treats! Some recipes include: Monster cookies, Sugar cookies, Butter crescents, Gingerbread Men, and many other delicious recipes. Be sure to top the cookies with colorful red and green sprinkle to add color to your holidays!
There are so many great Christmas activities for kids! Making cookies, helping to decorate the tree and home, picking out presents for their parents or siblings, caroling, making Christmas-themed art projects, and much more. The KinderArt website has some great craft ideas.
Good ideas for interior Christmas decorations depend on one's particular taste. A Christmas tree is always a hit, as well as a garland or a wreath with ornaments.
Some good ideas for gag gifts to give at Christmas would be, an ugly Christmas sweater, lump of coal soap and a mooning Santa. While those are some of the more traditional gag gifts for Christmas, there are many more to choose from and even a gag gift box.
Any label that is bright, colorful, has a generally positive message, and features a "To" and "From" section are good ideas for Christmas gift labels. Phrases like "Merry Christmas!" are highly encouraged.
Some good Christmas greeting card ideas are to use stamps to make the cards themselves, attaching small ornaments to the cards as gifts, or using calligraphy pens for the script.
There are many websites online that offer good ideas for making a Christmas centerpiece. Some of these websites include BHG, Midwest Living and Digs Digs. You can also find some videos of ideas on Youtube.