Cookies!

On my last video, I promised to put up recipes for Christmas cookies, so here you go!

Warning: This post will be long!

In case you missed it, here's my last video:

Vlogmas Day 2: Cookies!

Apricot Hearts:

What you will need:

250g flour

150g butter

80g powdered sugar

1 egg

1 package vanilla sugar

apricot jam/jelly

heart-shaped cookie cutter

thimble

baking paper

rolling pin 

How to:

1. Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl.
2. Knead it until the dough is smooth. If it’s too sticky, add a little bit of flour. If it’s too dry, add a little bit of butter.
3. Roll out the dough on a flat and clean working surface. Make sure the dough isn’t too thin or too thick!
4. Cut out an even number of hearts with your cookie cutter. Make a hole in half of the hearts (with your thimble).
5. Place the hearts onto a baking tray covered with baking paper.
6. Bake them at 170°C for approximately 10 minutes, or until firm.
7. After letting them cool down, spread the jam on the whole hearts and place the ones with the holes on top.
8. Optionally, you can either sprinkle the cookies with powdered sugar or add your favorite sugar frosting on top. If you do so, let them dry for about an hour before putting them away.

Vanilla Crescent Cookies/Vanillekipferl

Ingredients:

280g flour

210g butter

100g grinded hazelnuts or almonds

70g powdered sugar

1 egg yolk

1 package vanilla sugar

How to:

1. Mix all ingredients together in a large bowl until you get a smooth dough.
2. Put into the fridge for one hour.
3. Cut off small pieces, form it until finger-shaped, then curl in the end until it is shaped like a crescent moon or a croissant.
4. After putting it onto a baking tray with paking paper, bake it at 170°C for about 15 minutes or until slightly gold-brown.
5. Let it cool down just a bit, then roll in a bowl with sugar and vanilla sugar.
6. Put away when cool.

Star Windows

Ingredients:

250g flour

1 tsp baking powder

50g powdered sugar

170g soft butter

1 egg

jam/jelly

How to:

1. Mix the flour and baking powder together in a bowl.
2. Mix in the other ingredients one at a time.
3. Knead the dough and put it into the fridge for about half an hour.
4. Roll out the dough and cut out circles with a cookie cutter. In half of these, cut a little star out of the middle.
5. Bake at 180° for about 12 minutes.
6. After they cooled down, spread jam onto the whole circles and put the ones with the star on top. 
7. Wait for an hour before putting them away.

Simple Sugar Cookies

Ingredients: 

250g flour

80g butter

80g sugar

1 egg

1 tsp lemon juice or zest

1 tbsp milk

How to:

1. Mix together all the ingredients and knead until smooth.
2. Put the dough into the fridge for 10 to 15 minutes.
3. Roll it out and cut out your preferred shapes.
4. Bake the cookies at 160°C for about 8 minutes or until gold-brown.
5. Put away after letting them cool down.

Sooo, I hope you enjoy making these! We make them every year and they are always very popular among my family and friends. I hope you are having a nice day and I’ll see you in my next post!

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