Christmas cookies

Latvian Christmas cookies

To prepare this cookie you will need:

• 450 g of flour


• 200 g of powdered sugar


• 125 g unsalted butter


• 2 tsp. ginger


• 2 tsp. light treacle


• 1 tsp. baking powder


• ¾ tsp. cinnamon


• 1 egg


• 1 pinch of red pepper


• 1 pinch of salt

Sift the flour, baking powder, ginger, cinnamon,red (cayenne) pepper and salt in a large bowl. Add chopped butter and sugar, grind until the mixture on the structure begins to resemble sand.

Pour molasses and beaten egg, stir untilAs long as you do not get enough thick dough without lumps. Roll a ball out of the dough and wrap it in a food film. Put the dough in the refrigerator for 45 minutes.

Heat the oven to 180 ° C and butterbaking tray. Take the dough from the refrigerator and roll it to a thickness of 3 mm. Cut out cookies with molds and lay them on a baking sheet. Bake the biscuits for 10-12 minutes until golden brown.

Bon Appetit!

German Christmas cookies

In order to prepare a flavored rose water German biscuits Lebkuchen, you will need the following ingredients:

• 400 g of sugar


• 400 grams of chopped almonds


• 75 g of orange candied fruits


• 20 ml of rose water


• 15 g of powdered sugar


• 5 g cinnamon


• 4 eggs


• a quarter of grated nutmeg


• grated peel and juice of one lemon

Heat the oven to 180 ° C. With a mixer or whisk, whisk in a large bowl of sugar and eggs until a thick creamy state. Gradually add almonds, candied fruits from orange, lemon zest, nutmeg and cinnamon. Stir thoroughly.

Put on the baking sheet rice paper and with a spoonput a dough on it - two spoons of dough for each cookie. Smooth out the dough with a knife soaked in rose water so that it does not stick. Bake the biscuits for 15 minutes - until it becomes firm.

While the cookie is cooling down, cook the icing. To do this, mix lemon juice and powdered sugar. Pour a warm biscuit with lemon glaze.