First of
all I have to say I’m so sorry that I didn’t post a lot in the last weeks. Actually…
nothing. But due to the fact that I’m currently moving, I didn’t find a lot of
time to cook or bake!
The last
years I nearly went crazy with all that Christmas bakery stuff. I did more than
12 different types of cookies! But this year…since I’m quite busy I wanna take
it easy. And…I kept cool! So far.
Enough
excuses and blabla…here are some of my favorite Christmas cookies for you.
Easy to
make, delicious and I really love to decorate them. Then I listen to Christmas
songs while sitting in the kitchen and spreading a huge amount of choco on my
cookies.
Guys…I LOVE
Christmas!
Here are
the directions:
Place 100g
of flour, 200g of shredded coconut and 100g of sugar in a mixing bowl. Then
add in 200g of cold butter, one egg and one teaspoon vanilla extract. Knead all
ingredients together by using a mixer or knead with your hands. As soon it
comes to a ball, wrap in foil and let your dough sit for about half an hour in
the fridge.
Afterwards
roll it out (about 3mm thick), take a gingerbreadman cookie cutter (you can
order it here >> amazon.com)
and cut as many men as you can until all the dough is used up.
Place them
on a lined baking sheet and bake them for 15-20 minutes at 200°C.
Next remove
them from the oven and let them cool completely. Meanwhile melt about 200g of
dark chocolate until it’s liquid. Be careful you don’t want to burn it!!
Take your
cooled men and dunk their feet and the top of their head into the melted choco.
As long as the choco is wet dunk their feet and the top of their head into
shredded coconut as well. Then place them on a lined tray again.
To give my
gingerbreadmen mittens I spread the choco in the “hand area” by using a
teaspoon. For the eyes and buttons I used the handle of a wooden spoon.
After I
finished all my decorations I let them dry for one hour.
Enjoy
...and don’t
forget to send me pics of your men!!!
xo
Andrea
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