Christmas Cookie Butter

Are you looking for a way to get rid of those millions of Christmas cookies you have sitting around without just eating them all yourself?  This treat is delicious and perfect for snacking or gifting!  It’s quick and easy to make, so you can whip it up and put it in a jar for a last minute gift or just keep it at home and have a new way to enjoy those leftover Christmas cookies!

This recipe works for just about any cookie, but to keep it festive we used snowflake cutouts with red and green sprinkles!

Ingredients:

2 cups of cookie crumbs

½ stick of butter

½ cup of condensed milk

¼ cup of evaporated milk

Put the cookies in the food processor and crush until you have very fine crumbs.  (Only put dry cookies in the food processor; scrape off any frosting beforehand.  Frosting can be mixed into the cookie butter later.)  If there were not any sprinkles on the cookies or you want more sprinkles in the cookie butter, add some to the crumbs!

In a saucepan, melt and combine the butter, condensed milk and evaporated milk over low heat.  Then add small amounts of liquid to the cookie crumbs at a time, mixing until the crumbs are wet enough to stick together.  (At this point you can mix in any frosting you scraped off earlier.  It may need to be heated a little just to mix in correctly.)

Chill the cookie butter for a few hours, then enjoy!

This Christmas cookie butter tastes great on pretzels and spread on graham crackers or rice cakes!

~Alyssa