What I most look forward to during the holiday season is the food! Namely, the desserts, of which cookies are my favorite. I am giving two cookie recipes which are very easy to follow and make for great cookies!
Snowball Cookies
Very easy to make even for those that never baked a thing!
Ingredients:
- 300 ml sweetened condensed milk (or unsweetened but add a spoon or two of sugar in it)
- 200 g grated coconut
- 35 g all-purpose flour
- 2 egg whites
- powdered sugar
How-to:
- Preheat the oven to 180°C.
- Line two baking trays with parchment paper.
- Take a large bowl and combine all the ingredients with a wooden spoon.
- Slightly wet your hands (as the dough is very sticky) and shape the mixture into small balls, around 2.5 to 3 cm in site.
- Place the balls on the trays, making sure they are spaced evenly.
- Bake one tray at a time for about 10 minutes. Since all ovens are different, you can bake the cookies until they get an even golden-brown color.
- Take them out and let them cool.
- To give your cookies a snowy look, dust them with powdered sugar.
Butter Cookies
Christmas classic that lets you then decorate cookies to your delight.
Ingredients:
- 500 ml all-purpose flour
- pinch of salt
- 250 ml softened unsalted butter
- 180 g sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 egg
How-to:
- Combine flour and salt in a bowl and set aside.
- Take another bowl and mix together butter, sugar and vanilla. Add the egg and beat it until it is smooth.
- Add in dry ingredients you set aside with a wooden spoon.
- Make two discs and cover them with plastic wrap. Put them in the fridge for an hour.
- Preheat the oven to 180°C (350 °F).
- Line two baking trays with parchment paper.
- Lightly dust a straight work surface with flour, roll out one disc of dough at a time to about half a centimeter thick.
- Cut out cookies with a round cookie cutter or a small shot glass. You can do that with other shapes if you want.
- Spread cookies over baking trays.
- Bake one tray at a time for about 12 minutes or until lightly browned. Let cool completely.
- Decorate the cookies to your wishes.