The Holidays are quickly approaching, get into the holiday spirit by trying some of these tasty treats! Here are treats to try this holiday season!
Decorating Gingerbread Cookies!
Baking & decorating gingerbread cookies have been a tradition that I have done with my family for years!
To make these fun and festive cookies you will need:
Gingerbread Mix
Gingerbread man cookie cutter
Other fun Christmas cookie cutters
Different colored cookie frosting, I used Betty Crocker Icing
Sprinkles
M&M's
Directions:
Follow instructions on gingerbread mix packaging.
To roll out your gingerbread dough, flour your surface, and roll your dough until it is about 1inch thick.
After you roll out out the dough, take your cookie cutters and punch out your cookie shapes, and put them on a non-stick cookie sheet or baking stone, about 2 inches apart.
Next, put them in the oven according to the directions on the gingerbread mix package.
Once cookies are cooled, have fun decorating!
Decorating Reindeer Gingerbread Cookies!
These are a fun take on your classic Gingerbread cookie!
Things you will need are:
Gingerbread Mix
Gingerbread man cookie cutter
Different colored cookie frosting
- White
- Red
- Black
- Blue
Directions:
Follow instructions on gingerbread mix packaging.
To roll out your gingerbread dough, flour your surface, and roll your dough until it is about 1inch thick.
After you roll out out the dough, take your cookie cutters and punch out your cookie shapes, and put them on a non-stick cookie sheet or baking stone, about 2 inches apart.
Next, put them in the oven according to the directions on the gingerbread mix package.
How to turn them into Reindeer:
Once cookies are cooled, turn the cookie upside down, to have the head facing down.
Frost each antler on the legs
The hands are ears, if you would like to make "c"'s to create details for the ears you can, but that is optional.
To frost, the reindeer's face, take your colored icing of choice, pipe dots on the top and take the black or red frosting, and make a horizontal oval. then make 2 "J"s connecting each other to create its mouth!
Christmas/ Holiday Cupcakes!
What makes the holidays great is that there are so many cute ways you can decorate cupcakes! There are so many different options to choose from! You can put sprinkles on top, use fondant to make a cute cupcake decoration, making your frosting 2 different colors, or just adding food coloring to your frosting to make it red or green!
For a great take on a classic holiday, Starbucks drink try these!
If you are in a rush, you can also purchase your favorite cake mix and frosting!
Here are some of my favorite cupcake decorations ideas!
Holiday sprinkles:
Fun with Fondant:
For printable cut-out, templates click here.
- Holly leaves and berries
- Reindeer Antlers
- Santa Hats
Things you will need for these fondant creations!
- Red Fondant
- Green Fondant
- White Fondant
- Brown Fondant
- Knife
Directions:
Cut out each stencil.
warm-up and knead fondant with your hands to make it pliable.
On a piece of wax paper sprinkle confectioners sugar and rub it on your surface. (This will prevent fondant from sticking). Then roll out fondant with your rolling pin to about 3/4 inch thickness.
Place the stencil on the fondant and cut each piece out with a knife.
Next, place the fondant on a plate to dry, for the decoration to harder.
Once the decoration is hardened. Place on top of the cupcake.
* Once fondant is hardened please do not eat. It will harden from being out in the open air for a long period.
* If you would like to eat it when it is on your cupcake once you are done making the decoration you can place it on the cupcake to eat.
Linzer Torte Cookies
*contains nuts
These cookies are one of my dad's favorite cookies around the holiday time! These cookies originated from Austria and were originally made in the 1700s. For this cookie recipe, with jam in the middle, you will need...
Ingredients:
Sugar Cookie Mix
1/3 cup of slivered almonds, toasted finely chopped
1/3 cup of butter, melted
1/2 tsp almond extract
1 egg
2/3 cup Seedless Raspberry jam
Powdered Sugar
Directions
Pre-heat oven to 375.
Stir together cookie mix and almonds in a large bowl. Stir in melted butter, almond extract, and egg until dough is stiff.
Sprinkle four on a surface and roll your dough out 1/4 thickness. Cut 2 inches round or fluted shaped cookie cutter.
Take an apple corer, and take out the center of half your cookies. (you are cutting out the center so the jam will poke through)
Once all the cookies are cut and the centers are cored, place them on your non-stick cookie sheets and bake them for 7-9 minutes or till golden brown. Let them cool on wire wracks.
After cookies are cooled, take the bottom cookie (the cookies with no hole in the middle) and place a teaspoon/ nickel-sized jam amount of seedless raspberry jam and place the cookie with the hole in it, on top.
Once all the cookies are assembled, plate and dust some powdered sugar over the top and they are ready to serve!
Spritz Cookies!
These are a fun take on a traditional sugar cookie! My mom and I make these every holiday season, and we have so much fun making them! This recipe yields about 7-8 dozen cookies!
Ingredients
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon of baking soda
1 1/2 cups (3 sticks) of butter
1 cup of granulated sugar
1 Egg
2 tablespoon of milk
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon clear almond extract
Wilton Cookie Pro Ultra II or a Saken Deluxe II Cookie Press Kit.
Sanding Sugar
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Combine, flour and baking soda in a medium-sized bowl and set aside.
In a large bowl, beat butter & sugar until light and fluffy.
Then, add egg, milk, vanilla, and almond extract.
After, gradually add the flour mixture and mix well.
Screw off bottom & spoon cookie dough into Pro Ultra II, or Saken Deluxe II Cookie Press canister about 1/2 to the top with the press still attached.
Once the dough is in the canister, take a cookie design and stick it to the bottom of the clear canister and then screw on the bottom lid.
Pump the press until some of the cookie dough is showing through the stencil.
On a non-stick cookie sheet take the cookie press and press it to the sheet and press the trigger for 2-3 clicks. Do this one each pan in a line alternating 3/2/3 depending on how large your cookie sheets are. Make sure you leave about a 2-inch gap between each cookie.
Before placing into oven add sanding sugar if you would like, and follow baking, and bake for 10-12 minutes.
Pillsbury Christmas Cookies!
These fun slice and bake holiday cookies are a quick and easy treat to make this holiday season. To make these Pillsbury slices and bake cookies you will need:
Pillsbury Christmas cookies
Pillsbury Reindeer cookies
Pillsbury Snowman Cookies
Directions:
Take cookies out of the packaging.
Place about 2 inches apart on a baking stone or a non-stick cookie sheet.
Follow the directions on the packaging.
Holiday Pretzel Squares!
These are a great combination of sweet and savory snacks! Thue Holiday Pretzel Square bites are even perfect for a bite-sized dessert! For these tasty little bites, you will need:
Square pretzels
Red & green m&m's
White swirl Hersey Kisses
Directions:
Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
On a non-stick baking tray with parchment paper, lay out your pretzels and then stick your Hershey kisses in the middle of the pretzel.
Put the pretzels in the oven for 3-4 minutes. When the chocolate is warm, stick your M&M in the middle of the kiss.
Put them on a plate and refrigerate for 30-45 minutes.
Once they are cooled, serve!
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