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Christmas dessert recipes

 

Because there is no Christmas dinner without a sweet ending, even for the less experienced in the kitchen, we present you the  Christmas dessert recipes with which to surprise your guests this holiday season.

Easily to be had components, brief processing instances, and simple guidance techniques to create sweet dishes which are best to complete a special meal with a flourish.

For many humans, dessert is the fave part of the meal, and whilst the moment comes, their faces light up with happiness. So lovingly put together this a part of dinner. Think about your guests, their tastes and their weaknesses, but also their allergic reactions and intolerances. The ideal is to advise at the least options to offer diners a preference. We recommend deciding on a recipe wherein chocolate is the protagonist, which includes a  coolant (we already recognize the passion it raises) and a lighter one as a counterpoint.

But if you have not yet begun to not even raise your Christmas menu, Christmas Eve or  New Year's Eve take note of this guide to Christmas recipes we suggest. And if you also need ideas with your starters, take a look at these Christmas appetizers.

Christmas dessert recipes

Sweeten your Christmas recipes

There is no Christmas without candy, and that is something we all know. For this reason, your Christmas recipes mustn't lack homemade desserts, those desserts that will sweeten your menu and that will undoubtedly triumph these days. With fruits, chocolate desserts, light desserts, with cream, with cream ... there are all kinds and varieties! The fundamental thing and what cannot be missing in this type of dish is the love and affection when making them. So, without further ado, get to work!

Christmas recipes and desserts

Christmas cookies

If you prefer to make chocolate and nut cookies, we also leave you the recipe we made on its day.

Here in Spain, we are more used to taking other types of sweets at Christmas, such as mantecados, marzipan or nougat, but these Christmas cookies, which are very attractive, are a perfect option to invite family and friends to have a snack and show off the good do your little ones in the kitchen. Spending some time as a family preparing these  Christmas recipes can be a lot of fun.

The original recipe that is usually made in the United States uses ginger and cinnamon. It is usually the traditional figure of the man and they call him gingerbread man. But if you don't like the spicy touch that ginger gives it, you can try making it only with cinnamon or directly without any spices. With the icing of the decoration, you will already have a very tasty cookie.

Christmas dessert recipes

If you are looking for more recipes to inspire you this Christmas, do not miss our guide.

This is how we cook it

Cookies are one of the most typical Christmas desserts. And, best of all, they like everyone. Therefore, today we are going to teach you how to make this recipe, and thus be able to make Christmas cookies with children. How to make Christmas cookies? Let's do it!

1. To start this simple recipe, gather all the ingredients to make the dough. If you want to make the cinnamon gingerbread cookies, you must add a pinch of each of the spices. Remember that the ginger will add a spicy touch to the cookie. In the same way, you can make the recipe only with cinnamon or without any of the spices, the result will be very good.
2. If you have a food processor you can put all the ingredients in the glass and mix it well for about 20 or 25 seconds. This task can also be done by hand. First, mix the butter and sugar in a bowl. You can do it with a whisk rod. Then you add the egg, and finally the flour. You will have to work the dough with a spoon and then with your hand until you get a consistent dough.
3. Wrap the dough for our Christmas cookie recipe in transparent film and let it rest for 15 minutes in the refrigerator.
4. With this amount of ingredients, you can cut the dough into three equal parts. Take one of the parts and reserve the other two wrapped in plastic wrap in the refrigerator.
5. Now you need to roll out the dough. To do this, place it between two plastics and, with a roller, roll it out so that it is the same thickness, between 5 and 8 mm. Your little ones can help you knead with the rolling pin. When it's spread out, put them in the freezer for 8 minutes.
6. Meanwhile, put the oven into operation and preheat it to 180 degrees, and on the other, place parchment paper on the trays.
7. Now is the time to cut the dough with the pasta cutters, which can also be done easily by children. Use Christmas molds like stars, a Christmas tree, or Santa Claus.
8. When the shapes are done, place them on the previously prepared baking sheets and bake for 10-12 minutes at 180 degrees. Remove them from the oven and let them cool.

Now comes the most fun for the little ones in the house: decorating our Christmas cookies.

1. To make the frosting or homemade fondant, mix the egg white, sugar, and lemon drops. You can mix it all in the food processor or by hand with the whisk.
2. Place the mixture in several bowls, depending on the number of colors you want to prepare. Then you just have to add the drops of colorants to each of the jars and mix everything well.
3. Put each color in a disposable piping bag.
4. When the cookies have cooled, your kids can decorate them with whatever frosting they want. Let them dry and these quick and easy cookies will be ready to eat or store. They keep quite well in a can for up to two weeks.

 Tricks and tips

To make this cookie recipe for kids, use different shapes of cutters to give your cookies a fun shape. We give you an idea, how to make your Christmas tree cookies and then decorate them with green food coloring and other colors.

If you don't have a pastry bag, you can also paint the cookies with a brush, as we show you in the image. Let's cook!

 

coconut buns

This dish is cooked with a dessert base and belongs to the conventional delicacies dishes. As a general rule, it is consumed mainly throughout the year, and it is usually served to diners as a dessert.

These coconut buns are a clear example of how to obtain a rich recipe with very few ingredients. Good pretty and cheap.

 Christmas dessert recipes

This is how we cook it

Beat the eggs with the sugar in a bowl until you get a smooth and fluffy mixture. Then, add to the sifted flour with the yeast and mix well.

 Finally, add the grated coconut and continue mixing until you get a creamy dough.

 Place the dough that we have just made into a pastry bag with a curly nozzle.

 Pressing the sleeve, form the buns on a baking tray lined with parchment paper.

 Bake at 180ºC for 20 minutes, or till golden brown.

 Tricks and tips

For best results, once you have filled the pastry bag with the dough, put it in the refrigerator to rest for a couple of hours.

Nougat Tiramisu

This dish is cooked with a dessert base and belongs to the traditional delicacies dishes. As a general rule, it is consumed mainly throughout the year, and it is usually served to diners as a dessert.

Tiramisu is a dessert that enjoys great success in almost every kitchen. Today we make it but giving them a mousse texture

Christmas dessert recipes

This is how we cook it

In a saucepan, we put the water with the sugar to boil. Let it boil for a minute and remove.

 We hydrate the gelatin following the manufacturer's instructions. We mount the yolks and add the syrup first. We add the melted gelatin to the microwave. We mix well.

 Apart we mix the cream with the cheese. We beat until it is semi-assembled. We add the yolk cream. We mix well. We separate the resulting cream in two.

 One, we keep it in the fridge. To the other we add a tablespoon of cocoa powder with mixed soluble coffee, to taste. Mix well and also put in the fridge. At the time of serving we help ourselves with some molds and place a little of each mixture.

 Tricks and tips

You can accompany this tiramisu with hot chocolate, nuts, fruits, and even a rich sponge cake.