Perhaps, on the whole earth there is not a single person who does not like to have fun. Holidays even have wild African tribes, what can we say about modern civilized society. Celebrations for the year are many, and each is good in its own way, but none of them compare with the magic time of Christmas. This wonderful fairy-tale holiday of even the most cynical people makes sentimental and at least briefly, but returns to childhood, well, is it a miracle? And how happy kids are! After all, for her, Christmas is a vacation, freedom from boring lessons, gifts from Santa Claus or Santa Claus and, of course, many, many sweets. And what about without them? And the main delicacy these days is the homemade Christmas cookie, which moms and grandmothers bake without regret. Moreover, every housewife has her own corporate recipe. Let's join this indefatigable army and we will please our people with new, never-before-seen biscuits for Christmas.
What should be a Christmas cookie?
There is no single opinion on this, but some rules still exist. First, the Christmas cookies should reflect the essence of the holiday in its form, that is, look like Christmas trees, stars, little animals or little men. Secondly, according to the opinion of many peoples of the Catholic world, many spices must be present in the recipes of Christmas cookies. Vanillin, rosemary, cinnamon, nutmeg and the like. Well, if you do not like them, then you can do with honey, chocolate and nuts. And now the actual recipes.
Christmas Cookie "Letter"
Ingredients:
Dough:
- flour - 250 g;
- butter - 250 g;
- egg yolks - 8 pcs.
Filling:
- sugar - 180 g;
- Peeled ground almonds - 180 g;
- boiled egg yolks - 5 pieces;
- raisins - 180 g;
- eggs - 2 pieces;
- juice from 1/2 lemon.
Preparation
Knead the dough, form from it 40 pieces of balls, cover and put in a cold place for the night. The next day roll the balls into thin cakes, put the filling in the middle of each and wrap the edges of the dough in the form of an envelope. Cookies should be baked at high temperature and hot sprinkled with vanilla sugar.
You can come up with your own stuffing. And to make it more interesting, in some "envelopes" hide a surprise, a small coin, a piece of chocolate, a large nut. Who will find a "surprise", will receive a small gift from the hostess, for example, a balloon or a motley magnet.
Honey-gingerbread Christmas cookies
Ingredients:
- flour - 500 g;
- honey - 200 g;
- powdered sugar - 200 g;
- vegetable oil - 100 ml;
- eggs - 2 pieces;
- soda (not hydrated!) - 1 tsp;
- gingerbread mixture (cinnamon, vanilla, cloves, nutmeg, ginger, baden, anise) - 1 tbsp. l.
If desired, you can add a spoonful of cocoa powder. If there is no gingerbread mixture, make it from your favorite spices, mixing in an arbitrary proportion.
Preparation
Honey is mixed with butter, eggs, sugar powder, spices, soda (it should not be quenched) and pour in flour. We knead a soft dough, wrap it in a film, leave it for a day (or at least for the night) at room temperature, soaked in spices. The dough will be sticky after kneading, but it should be so. When you lay down, it becomes denser. Roll out into a thin layer, cut out the figurines and bake the cookies on medium heat for 8-10 minutes. Let's cool down, and decorate with white and chocolate icing. Because the figures are very thin, they can be made two-layered. We take one figure, grease it with any confectionery cream, and we put the second same figure on top. We get extra pleasure.
Christmas cookies "Fantasy"
Ingredients:
- margarine - 250 g;
- sugar - 1 cup;
- eggs - 2 pieces;
- sour sour cream (you can take yogurt or yogurt) - 0,5 cup;
- salt and soda;
- flour;
- any spices to taste;
- candied fruit.
Preparation
Margarine melt, add sour cream, eggs, sugar, salt and soda and mix everything thoroughly. Add the candied fruits and spices and mix again. In the last turn, pour in the flour. It should be added in small portions, mixing the dough well. As a result, we should get an elastic, not sticky to the hands of com. Cover it with a warm vessel and let stand for 30 minutes.
Put the dough into layers 1 cm thick and cut shapes into shapes. Bake in the oven at 180-200 degrees for 20 minutes. If desired, the biscuits can be covered with glaze, and you can leave it as it is. Have a nice appetite and a merry Christmas!