For all those readers who've asked...here is a whole-wheat Christmas cookie recipe! Now even though these are made with 100% whole-wheat flour please know they do contain some refined sugar (in both the cookie and the icing). I do occasionally post recipes made with refined sugar because, in my opinion, a cookie that's homemade from scratch is far better than the factory-made version (or something like a "slice and bake"). And Christmas just wouldn't be the same without cookies for Santa! When it comes to making Christmas cookies though there always seems to be one dilemma...food coloring. I think I've made it pretty clear that we like to avoid the chemically-laden artificial dyes. So what's one to do? . . . → Read More: Recipe: Whole-Wheat Christmas Cookies (with sugar!)
For all those readers who've asked...here is a whole-wheat Christmas cookie recipe! Now even though these are made with 100% whole-wheat flour please know they do contain some refined sugar (in both the cookie and the icing). I do occasionally post recipes made with refined sugar because, in my opinion, a cookie that's homemade from scratch is far better than the factory-made version (or something like a "slice and bake"). And Christmas just wouldn't be the same without cookies for Santa! When it comes to making Christmas cookies though there always seems to be one dilemma...food coloring. I think I've made it pretty clear that we like to avoid the chemically-laden artificial dyes. So what's one to do? . . . → Read More: Recipe: Whole-Wheat Christmas Cookies (with sugar!)