Two of Our Favourite Christmas Cookies! | Radio Cookies and Shortbread

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Hi friends, as promised, here are two more of our Christmas recipes for you. Today I made my Grandma Pam's Shortbread and Grandma Maude's Radio Cookies. I hope you love them as much as we do.
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[@emilywhite2884]

Cookie baking at Christmas is one of my favorite things!! My son who is turning 25 on Wednesday and lives away from home now took the day off work for his birthday and when i asked him what he wanted to do he said "Mom can we bake Christmas cookies?" My heart melted and of course now im going to be trying some of your cookie recipes!! Thank you for sharing your grandmas recipes with us!!!!

[@RobinMarconeCassidyRN]

They are never too old💗 Such a sweet story. Happy 25th 🎂 Birthday to your son🎈

[@maryfroese7388]

What I enjoy about your recipes is that it's simple and basic ingredients. I hope that's not an insult, with so many recipes out there that need ingredients that are hard to find or so expensive, it's refreshing to watch you! Thank you for all your content!

[@LittleMountainRanch]

Not insulted at all! That's one of the reasons that I like using old recipe books - simple!

[@rhondatrumier5530]

I love this too. I can make any one of your recipes anytime because I always have the ingredients ❤️

[@boething]

I’m starting my Christmas baking now. I’m also making homemade mince meat from my grandmother’s recipe. My sister has made it fairly often, but this is a first for me. I remember her making it and the delicious smells of her kitchen. She was born in 1895, so she’s been gone for a number of years now. She was an excellent cook! She had an old fashioned kitchen and a built-in bin that she stored her flour in. Sweet memories!!

[@barbarakelliherross6019]

You mentioned the bin for flour, which gave me a wonderful memory of my grandmother's kitchen. In the "back room" a little area off the kitchen there were bins for sugar and flour along with the extra fridge. What a great memory you supplied! Thanks so much!

[@user-ql1ov5qm2t]

I love homemade mincemeat as well. I make some every year. Merry Christmas!

[@aloras405]

I have a special cookie that I only make during the month of December and that is my chai shortbread. It's one recipe that I don't share. People love them.

[@lisagrafton2529]

I love the name of the "radio cookies"! My family grew up making those 7-layer bars (graham cracker crumbs, butter, choc. chips, coconut, walnuts, and sweetened condensed milk over top (we never added the "7th layer, which is usually butterscotch chips). We always called them "Hello Dolly Squares". I don't know the reason they were called that, but we still call them Hello Dolly Squares! What's in a name? A lot of family history and fun times!!! We make them every Christmas, and I always make a batch when my husband and I drive out West, to visit our son's, in NM and CO. My youngest son just eloped last May, and his wife LOVES THEM! She's a Dr, and very smart, but never learned to cook or bake!!! I made them a batch while we were visiting in October, and left ingredients, along with detailed directions, for her to make another batch. I called the PKG of ingredients, "Emergency Hello Dolly Square survival kit"! I'm hoping to show her how easy and rewarding, cooking and baking can be!

[@jeanettewaverly2590]

Mom made those cookies. She used both chocolate and butterscotch chips. She called them Magic Bars.

[@ShellyS2060]

Recipe memory Unlocked. I gotta find my Granny's cars for this Recipe. I ❤ these things!

[@seamusfahey6165]

ah yes, Scottish shortbread and Welsh "rarebite" Yes, it's melted cheese on toast and just to confuse us, the Brits say "rare bit" (not bite) Thought your child might enjoy that. It's like saying Wooster sauce :) Thanks for your videos.

[@mumsie2739]

I never knew my grandmothers, but I had a great Mom who did a lot of Christmas baking. And yes, every time I make those cookies, it brings back sweet, sweet memories💕

[@nancystewart2063]

I remember coming home from school one time and our entire kitchen was filled with different kinds of Christmas cookies. We each took a plate of them for our teacher gifts. My mom made the best cookies. She sadly passed away on Christmas Day almost two years ago.

[@cynthiafisher9907]

Aww, what a sweet memory!

[@patriciamcintire]

so sorry for your loss, she must have been a wonderful mother ❤merry Christmas to you and your family.

[@leannekenyoung]

Awe sweet memory, I’m so sorry for your loss. My mom passed away a couple years ago and my Dad told me today that he will give me her old cookbook that I always used as a kid to follow and her handwritten notes inside make it extra special to me! Of course I told him I’d wait until he was finished with it because in his 80’s he’s picked up where my mom left off and he’s been baking!! 🥰❤️

[@nancystewart2063]

@@leannekenyoung I'm sorry for your loss as well. I have my mother's recipe box filled with her handwritten recipes that I cherish.

[@maryjanegibson7743]

Keeping some recipes only for Christmas keeps them as really special treats that everyone gets quite sentimental about.

[@debbiebarnes4688]

The cabinets will be so beautiful! Also, we make raspberry thumbprints that have almond extract in them. It’s a delightful combination!

[@ShellyS2060]

Just skimming through the comments has made me find so many cookie ideas for this season. Thank you everybody ❤

[@jeanettewaverly2590]

For a tasty variation, try rolling the Radio Cookie dough balls in finely chopped nuts before you “print” and fill them.

[@patriciamcintire]

yum❤

[@ShellyS2060]

Yes! That's also how we make them. Another variation is to fill the thumb prints with a powdered sugar and lemon juice icing tinted red and green. So pretty on a Christmas cookie tray.

[@leannekenyoung]

Or another variation is rolling them in some crushed cornflakes

[@shirleymeyle3702]

Yes that's what I do too. Also it's best to use a cookie scoop so they're all the same size. My friend always called them "Bird Nests" because of rolling them in chopped nuts before jam! Yummy

[@ShellyS2060]

@@leannekenyoung ooo, I like that idea

[@monikajarsch7766]

Hello Chelsea, I'm watching from Bavaria, southern Germany. Your “radio-cookies“ are called “Husarenkrapfen“ or “Husarenbusserl“ in Austria and Bavaria. The Hussars were military members of a Hungarian light cavalary unit in the 15th and 16th centuries. Seems to be a very old recipe. :)) We spread the cookies with egg yolk before filling them with jam. Makes them even more colorfull and appetizing. 🙋🎄

[@beverlyzylstra6721]

My grandma and I made your radio cookies but they were called clothespin cookies because we made the indentation with the head of a round headed clothespin! They have special memories for me.

[@dolorescampbell]

My daughter in law (Cochrane, Alberta) found a very cute wallpaper of bees that she put at the back of a vintage armoire. It’s so pretty and fun. The background is a very light color and the bumblebees made me think of you 😊

[@patriciakoester1580]

Outstanding, thank you Chelsea so much. ♥️ Patricia & Daniel

[@lynnelliot7256]

When I make shortbread I plonk the mixture on the counter and roll into a sausage, then I slice into cookies, it's faster than rolling each one. Thanks for the recipes. We use to make the radio cookies and call them jam cookies lol 🌻

[@wrinklesandsprinkles]

Why haven’t I thought of that? Thanks for the tip!👏🏼

[@beverleyspugsandhomestead.]

My dad used to eat Welsh rabbit every week as his favourite snack. You melt some sharp cheddar in a saucepan and add small amount of milk and some Worcestershire sauce pour over hot buttered toast. It’s delicious. 😊😊❤

[@LittleMountainRanch]

Now I have to try it!

[@leoratriden8757]

🎵 tis the season to be jolly 🎶🎄🎅⛄❄

[@artzology]

I have been making shortbread for years (a recipe from my mom). I'm 72 and have never made them with almond extract. I have to try them! They sound delicious! Got the recipe in your newsletter! Thank you for sharing what you do! ♥

[@valeriejohnston6574]

Ooo.. I love the idea of putting a pretty paper in the back of the cupboards, it would be so cozy.

[@anounimouse]

Very different to see you 'cross-hatching' on the Shortbread cookies; here in the States that's the standard finish on Peanut Butter cookies. It helps denote that flavor on a plate of mixed cookies.

[@Ucongold]

I'm an old Canadian, and like you, I connect crosshatching with peanut butter cookies. I have never rolled and flattened them them like this, but I'm doing that this year. Maybe press a stamp in the centre . Thanks so much for the ideas. ❄️🍪

[@RJFord-xs2os]

I make my grandma’s version of a spritz cookie, it is really a vanilla shortbread with multi colored nonpareils. She would make batch after batch and give them out in coffee tins wrapped in Christmas paper topped with a bow. I took on the gift of these cookies and still use her hand cranked cookie press she got as a wedding gift (1935). When i make them and pop a little dough in my mouth i am transported back to her kitchen and am ready for the season. ♥️

[@HuberRhonda]

I use the Almond extract when I don’t have cherries to use😎

[@4nicmac4]

Welsh Rarebit is an old Welsh recipe, now made all over the Uk and is pronounced rare-bit so doesn’t actually have rabbit in it any more😊 It’s a lovely gooey melted cheese recipe.

[@loremeissmer8776]

The "radio cookies" are called "angel eyes". I bake them every year for Christmas and my family loves them

[@kathystarnes6744]

You could add a drawer to your island you use. See Acre Homestead, she has that in her kitchen

[@barbaragottko2698]

It’s funny to me how families have different names for certain foods. I feel like the food just tastes better when there’s a memory attached. Your story about your Radio Cookies reminds me of my Aunt Irene’s Potatoes! My aunt made them all the time when I would visit as a child, but I didn’t realize until my mom told me as an adult that Aunt Irene’s Potatoes are really fried potatoes or home fries!

[@sheilaknight9849]

Love the name radio cookie! I am making cookies this week for a Christmas party and I will be making the radio cookies! I will be making the shortbread for myself ❤️ Thank you for sharing these recipes

[@belieftransformation]

Fantastic watching you make yummy cookie! I love shortbread cookies & will have to try the almond extract! Your kitchen is looking beautiful! Thanks for sharing! Blessings to all 🤗💕🇨🇦

[@bonitaassure1565]

Hi there I'm Bonita from Cape Town South Africa I always watch you the cookies you baked throat pack memories my mum always used to bake those two cookie my mum passed away this year in June Christmas is going to be hard with her this year so tnx for bringing back memories 😢

[@robertdknight]

I love the 'radio' cookie story. I can visualize that era with the AM radio blaring and a grandmother writing down the recipe with her lead pencil. Wonderful. :) Thanks for sharing. God bless

[@MsLisaBrooks]

I loved your story about your grandmother's "radio" cookies. It reminds me of a cake recipe in our family called "Blue Horse Cake". My mother had written this recipe on a page in a Blue Horse brand spiral notebook (not sure if there is a blue horse notebook company anymore). My Mom was talking on the phone and doodleing while talking and wrote Blue Horse at the top of the page. Her housekeeper that came once a week saw the recipe and said "Can i get your Blue Horse cake recipe?" So when anyone makes that cake in our family we say I am making a Blue Horse cake. 🙂 By the way--I just googled Blue Horse notebook. I wish I could post a picture but there are vintage notebooks on ebay!!!!

[@lynsmith2698]

Awww Chelsea, you always spark so many fond memories in your videos. It got me thinking about my Grama Forrest standing over her wood cook stove baking shortbread. I loved her plain but very functional kitchen and her gray arborite and chrome table and chairs and painted plywood cupboards. I think of her whenever I bake one of her recipes or when I use her cast iron Dutch oven. Thank you for making my day 🇨🇦❤️

[@LittleMountainRanch]

I love that!

[@deborahtrout8821]

Cookies look delicious! A little Almond Extract in cherry pie is heavenly! 😊

[@jackieperkins691]

Those cookies look fabulous!

[@kaybusby7507]

I've been doing Christmas cookies as well. I've always made one of my grandmother recipe is gum drop cookies. My kids love them. Thanks for sharing your family favorite

[@anncurran4704]

My Mom always did gum drop cookies. She saved the red and green ones to decorate the tops. It is still a family favorite even when her kids are in their 70's and 80's.

[@tammyjocooke-ov1nw]

Love those little voices 🥲

[@Psalm.146]

Thanks for sharing! At first glance, I was thinking that the Radio Cookies were my favorite: peanut butter cookies with a Hershey's kiss in the center, but it turns out that these are ones that my husband is always picking up at the bakery. Now I'll be able to make them for him instead. 😀

[@SJC49]

Yeah - green in the uppers! Yummy cookies! 😍🇨🇦

[@lornabischoff5560]

We roll thumbprint cookies in walnuts, then we call them bird's nests cookies.

[@leannekenyoung]

That’s what we always used was almond extract for us it wasn’t a shortbread cookie unless it was made with almond extract and we always rolled them out and used cookie cutters and sprinkled colored sugar on them. Colored sugar is easy to make with food coloring a couple of drops with some plain white sugar in a ziploc bag and mush it around and it will turn the sugar all one color and then we just sprinkle a little of it on top of our cut out cookies. Always had to bake on parchment and they were much more a KID FRIENDLY type of shortbread with the added sugar. 🥰❤️🙏🏻🇨🇦🍁

[@lynnmilton1240]

Absolutely love the copper handles and the sage green cabinets!

[@karenfraser6488]

I can always remember those radio cookies as jam drops. exactly the same recipe

[@natalieredmond1601]

Welsh rarebit or Welsh rabbit (/ˈrɛərbɪt/ or /ˈræbɪt/)[1] is a dish consisting of a hot cheese-based sauce served over slices of toasted bread.[2] The original 18th-century name of the dish was the jocular "Welsh rabbit", which was later reinterpreted as "rarebit", as the dish contains no rabbit. Variants include English rabbit, Scottish rabbit, buck rabbit, golden buck, and blushing bunny.

[@LittleMountainRanch]

I love that! Thank you.

[@user-qr8fv2uu3c]

Chelsea, here is a suggestion for your background in your top cupboards, find some sunflower wallpaper. I think it would be awesome to look at sunflowers all year round. Happy Holidays, Love & Hugs Laurie

[@jo-annjewett198]

I used to bake A LOT especially for the Christmas holidays when my kids and then grandkids were young. They are all adults and the great grands are very young. Now they all watch their weight or do Keto or carnivore. The 6 pies I made for Thanksgiving only 3 pieces were eaten. There were 16 of us!! I do have special Christmas recipes too. I will make the cookies and freeze in balls and just cook when needed. I always make Nanimo Bars even though we have lived in the US now for nearly 40 years. We lived in Canada for 15 years and all our children were born there. One in by Chemainus not far from Nanimo.

[@teresar.1152]

I love love rarebit. Hopefully you guys will love it also.

[@annecaunce]

I love having recipes that only come out at Christmas! I've been out today and bought all the things to make and decorate a gingerbread house with my daughter and granddaughter. The little one is only 2, so I'm not sure how it's going to look, but making the memories is as important as making the house! I want her to grow up and enjoy the nostalgia that this time of year brings. Interesting to see how you make shortbread. I always use the rubbing in method, and as with pastry, use chilled and cubed butter. The only other ingredients are flour and caster or granulated sugar. Roll out, mark into bars, prick with a fork and bake. I think this is probably a Scottish recipe, but I sometimes replace 1/4 flour with semolina as it gives a crisper biscuit.

[@sherrypool7653]

My grandma had a old hutch that flour bins in them wish I had it

[@user-ci1fv9dw9q]

So nice to hear your kids!!!

[@georginaboateng4901]

Thank you

[@susanmurten6178]

Yay! I'm just writing my Christmas baking list, will be adding these!

[@MrsBrit1]

Welsh Rarebit is a traditional breakfast dish. It is NOT a substitute for rabbit! 😂 It's a fancy cheese on toast, basically. Popular, unsurprisingly, in Wales! I live in England and my husband has family in Wales, so we have been there a number of times.

[@kimkerley4218]

Your cabinets are looking great 😊

[@sherriramsey593]

Thank you for sharing these recipes, Chelsea. *And* for talking about the consistency of the finished shortbread cookie. This is exactly what I'm going for! Can't wait to see your finished cabinets. Living the idea to wallpaper the back of the cupboard.

[@sherriramsey593]

*Loving 🤦‍♀️🤣

[@lindamills9444]

I could watch your videos every day. Your recipes are simple, and most people will have the ingredients on hand.

[@LittleMountainRanch]

I so appreciate that. Thank you.

[@lindamills9444]

💜You're welcome!@@LittleMountainRanch

[@kellyhawes9293]

It is true, most of our treasured memories of grandmothers and of moms , are the times spent in the kitchen. Warm cozy delicious smells that came from holiday baking, powder sugar in the air and laughter all around. ❤

[@cathykillion6544]

Enjoyed the video and your sweet daughters in the background

[@colleenknudsen6036]

If you can find it....we always use Danish Margarine for shortbread....a great alternative...we can only usually get it at Safeway's

[@Sylvie_M]

My Mom used a glass with an deeply etched bottom (or a fork) to dip in milk and squash the shortbread cookie dough. Lemon extract would also work in the cookies. We too made "radio" cookies but of course called them thimble cookies. Great job!

[@karenvis6700]

I also had a Grandma Maude 💞💞

[@lidiyaagne8381]

I bought charcoal bin with flip top (easy open close and tight) for my flour the whole bag fits into it, I just cut the top off for easy entry.

[@shirleybenson4368]

My moms thumb print cookies have black walnuts in them with the raspberry jam.🎄

[@Linda-kq8ef]

Thank you for sharing your recipes, I so enjoy trying them to. Especially old recipes.

[@janetennis3451]

Almond extract in cookies is fabulous. I make chris cringle cookies with vanilla and a batch or 2 with almond. Almond extract in choc chip cookies is also delicious and in pb cookies as well. When I make pastry with dough and cream cheese, Sometimes I add almond extract in place of vanilla. Excellent sub/choice.

[@johnensminger7675]

Thanks for sharing this!!😊 Looks great! Cabinets are coming together!

[@shelleyennis4489]

Love both those cookies. I'm not a jam girl so I like a pecan instead. Good on the sugar cookie too. 🙂🇨🇦

[@sherriramsey593]

I'm going to fill them with a pecan filling, too!

[@kimkerley4218]

I love that counter top. I would love to have it! It’s so cool. 😊

[@ericataylor1708]

Love those kitchen windows ❤

[@cherylsaunders1265]

Good morning, in Australia, we call them jam drops. 😊

[@marietensen-bb9mi]

Hello, in Sweden we called your ”Radio cockies” Hallongrottor (Rasberry caves) i bake same cockies yesterday but i have blueberry jam on.

[@shelly936]

Was I wrong that you had a giveaway scheduled for 9pm PST last night? Thank you for taking the time out of your life to make such a wonderful channel; love it!

[@LittleMountainRanch]

I did and I’ve emailed the winners and will announce them in next weeks newsletter. One from Canada and one from the US.😊

[@shelly936]

@@LittleMountainRanch Thank you, appreciate the reply. Thank you for the free e-book!

[@charlacarson473]

Merry Christmas from Huffman Texas!

[@lauracassell144]

Just about can’t wait for the upper cabinets they are going to look so fantastic. Thanks for the new recipes

[@TheBonnieberry]

I'm truly loving this! You are an amazing cook/baker...love from Yarmouth,N.S.

[@user-ql1ov5qm2t]

Well hello neighbor! I'm from Weymouth, Nova Scotia.🖐️

[@user-ql1ov5qm2t]

I always enjoy your videos so much! I make whipped shortbread cookies every year but this year am hoping to make a rolled one as I have a Christmas embedded rolling pin I have been wanting to try. Whipped cream doughnuts are something extra special here everyone looks forward to as well. Merry Christmas to you and your family!🎄♥️❄️

[@olivebobo6885]

I use a Melon ball scoop to make my thumb print cookies.

[@kathleenroberts7972]

I love thumbprint cookies but if you find a recipe for cherry winks you will really love them.happy baking!

[@kallie1100]

Thanks for sharing, I will be adding these radio cookies to my list of Christmas cookies I will be making

[@anuhjarpe1812]

❤❤❤❤ lovely

[@marvona3531]

Thanks for sharing🌺👍🌺👍🌺👍

[@Its_Ev]

I ran out of butter while making shortbread cookies last year and did a butter and lard combo- and that batch turned out the tastiest!

[@ericataylor1708]

Thanks for sharing your delicious recipes 😊

[@debbielicis6257]

Thanks Chelsea

[@leighannf.4730]

I only make shortbread with almond extract because I'm crazy about it! Your cookies look beautiful!

[@michellegrew77]

The jam drops look great

[@bellabailey1183]

Wow!! Such a great video. Love following you!❤

[@heatherbarbour781]

Great recipes! Thanks for sharing!

[@lucywk7635]

We call the radio cookies jam drops in Australia 🤤

[@katiebowen2194]

An antique Hoosier cabinet would look beautiful in your kitchen and then you could have your flour drawer. How many children do you have

[@amyerion9710]

I bet the smell is awesome in the house.

[@loriwhitesell2213]

Shortbread with chopped nuts, pecans are my favorite and a pecan half pushed into the top. Yummy! It's so nice to see that your daughter is watching, helping and interested in the cookbooks. Merry Christmas to you and your family.

[@sweetdweams]

Jam Drops, delicious and the shortbread 😋 looks nice and buttery.

[@amygriffin7216]

We just made the radio cookies tonight. They are a new family favorite for sure! Thank you so much for sharing!

[@ilonacrooks5899]

Hi from Australia, those cookies you made are actually called Jam drops...

[@babsgilbert518]

The cookies look great. I always use almond extract in my shortbread. I don't like vanilla at all. I want to try the radio cookies 😊 thank you for sharing

[@naomihartman6623]

My nana used make shortbread from New Zealand. And the dairy from New Zealand is more creamier and cream horns and brandy snaps and homage fudge

[@basilcarroll9729]

They look delicious Chelsea ,Thanks for the recipes ,Merry Christmas from Cape Breton N.S.

[@janetgrooms]

Love Christmas baking videos ❤