The Unique Christmas Cookie Flavor That Is Wyoming’s Favorite

Every December, families gather together to bake and cook their favorite meals and treats. For many, the Christmas cookie is the one cookie per year that they'll put aside healthy eating to enjoy.

How do you pick your favorite, though?

That's a tricky question.

You rarely get a straight answer, even when you Google the top 10 best Christmas cookie recipes.

Popular cooking sites like Taste of Home, The Pioneer Woman, and All Recipes.com offer lists that range from twenty-five to hundreds, making it difficult to choose one. 

According to Google Trends, the peppermint Christmas Cookie gets the most attention in Wyoming. Montana and Oregon also searched for this flavor more than others.

When I looked up how they were made, Allrecipes.com showed that they take about 40 minutes from ingredients to eating.

Here are the ingredients you'll need to make this peppermint cookie recipe:

• Butter: These peppermint cookies start with two sticks of softened butter.
• Sugar: You'll need white sugar for the cookie dough and confectioners' sugar for the icing.
• Egg: An egg adds moisture and helps bind the cookie dough together.
• Flour: All-purpose flour forms gluten, which creates structure.
• Salt: A pinch of salt enhances the overall flavor, but it won't make the cookies taste salty.
• Candy canes: You'll need ½ cup crushed peppermint candy canes, plus a couple of tablespoons for topping the cookies.

How to Make Peppermint Cookies

1. Beat the butter and sugar, then beat in the egg.
2. Mix in the dry ingredients and fold in the peppermint pieces.
3. Roll the dough into balls. Bake until the edges are golden.
4. Ice the cookies and top with more peppermint pieces.

For the full recipe, check out this link.

A couple of Christmases ago, my cookie-baking wife Dana from Dana's Cookies created her version of this Cookie, which has become one of my favorite Christmas cookies.

Before that, my favorite flavor was a No-Bake cookie.

A word-finding expert from Unscramblerer says that when the team was looking at Christmas word search puzzles:

we wanted to find out what cookie language do Americans speak right before Christmas. Using the right words to spread cheer and joy can bring a smile to everybody's face. Yet nothing beats the taste of the most popular Christmas cookie. Even language nerds like us agree! Interestingly English usage of the word 'cookie' began in the 17th century thanks to Dutch settlers arriving to America. The word 'cookie' originates from the Dutch 'koekje'(little cake). Cookies have become a cornerstone of American Christmas. Leaving cookies for Santa began during the Great Depression in the 1930s. The idea was to teach children generosity during hard times. Unscrambling Christmas we arrived at the word generosity."

We all love Christmas Cookies. What is your favorite flavor? Shoot me a message.