Christmas cookies - spicy flavors winter evenings

Christmas - peace family holiday even more family in our time than the New year, which is often not seen by many in the circle of relatives. So Christmas table as carefully prepared, because the mother wants to give the best of everything. Along with the main dishes, preparing for Christmas desserts, and in each country these traditional Christmas desserts are different.

In France, a traditional dessert for the holiday table is a Christmas log cake, in the UK this pudding in different countries, their traditions. However there is one common to many countries of the sweet dish, cooked for Christmas - spiced biscuits. It is baked in Estonia, Sweden, Latvia and English-speaking countries, and now this tradition has found its echoes to us.

The peculiarity of this cookie is that it is cooked with various spices and seasonings: cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, star anise, and even black pepper. Spicy fragrant biscuits are often hung on the Christmas tree, because it does not get stale, if cooked correctly, and only then eat.

Recipes for Christmas cookies a lot, we will tell you about some of the most simple and delicious.

Recipe Christmas cookies with ginger

You will need: 100g of butter, 2 cups flour, ? Cup sugar, 1 large egg, 2 tsp. of ground ginger, dried or crushed fresh and 1.5 tsp. baking powder, 1 tsp. of nutmeg and cinnamon, 0.5 tsp. of ground cardamom, 0,3 tsp. of vanilla.

How to make Christmas cookies with ginger. Softened butter to mix with sugar and beat until it is almost complete dissolution. Beat the egg, add the baking powder, add all spices, whisking until the sugar is completely dissolved to white and air masses. The hill sift the flour in the center to make a hole and pour into it the mixture, knead stretching soft dough, put on a dusted flour surface, roll out the layer 3-4mm thick and cut out biscuits. Put the cookies on the baking sheet, covered with parchment paper (grease it with oil), at a distance, bake in a preheated 180 degree oven for 10-15min.

Typically, Christmas cookies beautifully executed using glaze, chocolate and other sweets. For families this can be a real fun, if you connect children and to make beautiful and funny pictures together.

Recipe Christmas honey cookies

You will need: 600g flour 200g butter 180g sugar, 3 eggs, 4 tbsp honey, 2 tsp. ground cinnamon and cloves, 1 tsp. dry ginger and baking powder to the dough.

How to make Christmas honey cookies. Honey in a water bath to melt, add ground spices, 5 minutes to stand for a couple of disturbing. Add in the honey mass of softened butter and mix thoroughly. Beat eggs, USEPA parts sugar, continue beating. Add the egg mixture into honey. Gradually introduce mixed with baking powder flour, kneading the dough with a spoon and then by hand. The dough should be soft and flexible, wrap it with cling film, put it in 2H in the cold, then roll with a layer thickness of 3-5mm and cut out shapes. Put the cookies on with parchment baking sheet and place in a preheated 180 degree oven for 10-in, cool on a rack.

Cook Christmas cookies for the whole family gathered around the table for a Cup of tea, feel what real family warmth and comfort! A Good Christmas!