{"id":3896,"date":"2017-12-14T12:43:31","date_gmt":"2017-12-14T12:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/?p=3896"},"modified":"2017-12-17T01:51:37","modified_gmt":"2017-12-17T01:51:37","slug":"christmas-cookie-party-perfection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/christmas-cookie-party-perfection\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas cookie party perfection"},"content":{"rendered":"

The next best thing to baking cookies\u00a0for many home chefs\u00a0is baking cookies with friends. Dust off your favorite recipes, create a festive playlist and fill your home with the tantalizing aroma of baked goodies for the ultimate Christmas cookie party.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Turn things up a notch and swap classic sugar cookies for these festive Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies. Along with those tasty treats, don’t let your guests go thirsty. Add peppermint extract to a slow cooker hot chocolate so guests can sip and be merry throughout the party.<\/p>\n

Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies<\/b><\/p>\n

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In medium bowl, mix flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt; set aside. In large bowl, beat butter and granulated sugar with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add eggs, food color and vanilla extract; mix well. Gradually beat in flour mixture on low speed until well mixed. Refrigerate 4 hours.<\/em><\/p>\n

Heat oven to 350 F. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Roll in confectioners’ sugar to completely coat. Place 2 inches apart on baking sheets sprayed with nonstick cooking spray.<\/em><\/p>\n

Bake 10-12 minutes, or until cookies are puffed. Cool on baking sheets 2 minutes. Remove to wire racks; cool completely.<\/em><\/p>\n

Slow Cooker Peppermint Hot Chocolate<\/b><\/p>\n

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Place whole milk, condensed milk, chocolate chips and peppermint extract in slow cooker. Cover. Cook 60-70 minutes on high, or until chocolate is melted and mixture is heated through, stirring every 15 minutes.<\/em><\/p>\n

Reduce heat to warm or low to serve.<\/em><\/p>\n

Find more holiday recipes at\u00a0McCormick.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Turn things up a notch and swap classic sugar cookies for these festive Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies. Along with those tasty treats, don’t let your guests go thirsty. Add peppermint extract to a slow cooker hot chocolate so guests can sip and be merry throughout the party.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3897,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,3],"tags":[19,650,1504,20],"class_list":["post-3896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nutrition","category-spotlight","tag-health","tag-nutrition","tag-recipes","tag-wellness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3896"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3899,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3896\/revisions\/3899"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}