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"These are my hubby's favorite Christmas cookies. His Great Aunt Gin used to make them for him every year and it just isn't Christmas without them. She always made green Christmas Trees and pink Wreaths because those were her two favorite colors. Since they use all shortening they are a very crisp cookie. The recipe is originally from the cookbook..."

Ingredients: eggs, food coloring, salt...

"I have been making these buttery little cookies for Christmas every year since I was a little girl. You can color the dough any color you like or leave them plain. I sometimes color half the dough green and half red, then put two lumps of each color through the cookie press at the same tiem to create two-toned cookies. I originally got the recipe from..."

Ingredients: colored sprinkles, eggs...

"A really terrific variation of the old classic."

Ingredients: sliced almonds, eggs...

"A perfect spritz cookie recipe (with lemon and almond variations) from the folks at Cook's Illustrated/America's Test Kitchen. This recipe includes detailed instructions for piping which you can ignore if you're experienced.
If using a pastry bag, use a star tip to create the various shapes. For stars, a 1/2- to 5⁄8-inch tip..."

Ingredients: egg yolks, heavy cream, salt...

"This is another traditional Christmas recipe in my family. We usually use a cookie press and add red and green food coloring to the dough to make the cookies really festive! The serving size is an estimate, and applies to cookies made in a press. You'll get less if you roll them into balls."

Ingredients: egg yolks, salt, shortening...

"My grandma gave me a cookie press a few years back, and has since been asking me to use it. I was a bit intimidated by it.. but once you get the hang of it, it's easy. The original recipe called for margarine, which I've replaced with butter. Also, sometimes I have to add 1/8-1/4 cup extra flour to get a texture that will hold its shape, I..."

Ingredients: eggs, granulated sugar, cocoa...

"these are melt in your mouth good..can't hardly eat just one"

Ingredients: eggs, fresh lemon juice...

"My mom got this recipe from an English cookbook that she brought with her when she moved to the USA. Please note the flour measurement has you measure out 2 3/4 cups and then take out 5 1/2 T. Not sure why they wrote it like this but I am putting it down as written. These cookies go really fast so we usually tripled the recipe. We usually make a..."

Ingredients: confectioners' sugar, eggs...

"This is an old family recipe for a tasty (and rich) treat. We typically make these once a year--during the winter holidays.

These will burn easily, so please watch them carefully when baking! They are also brittle when cooled, so they aren't always the best for travel."

Ingredients: eggs, sugar, oleo...