Baking Christmas cookies is a big holiday tradition that started nearly 1,400 years ago.http://www.answers.com/topic/cookie The first cookie associated with Christmas is believed to be Lebkuchen, or gingerbread, which originated in Germany.
One of today's most common American Christmas cookies is the sugar cookie. The dough is rolled out to be a quarter of an inch thick and then cut into shapes like trees, bells, angels, and wreaths using cookie cutters and are decorated with frosting.
Decorating
Decorating Christmas cookies is a family tradition. There are many variations of adornment along with numerous types of cookies. A popular Christmas treat is the sugar cookie. Sugar cookies are adaptable to most decorating techniques. The gingerbread man is another Christmas favorite along with spritz cookies and cookie bars. Royal icing is a well-liked frosting used for decorating.
Royal Icing Recipe
- 2 or more egg whites
- 4 cups sifted confectioners sugar
- Juice of one lemon
Beat the egg whites until they form a stiff peak. Stir in the lemon and sugar until the icing is blended and smooth.MarthaStewart.com: Royal Icing
American Christmas Cookies
Australian Christmas Cookies
German Christmas Cookies
Italian Christmas Cookies
Jamaican Christmas Cookies
Norwegian Christmas Cookies
Scottish Christmas Cookies
Swedish Christmas Cookies
Swiss Christmas Cookies
How to Bake Christmas Cookies
Learn how to bake Christmas cookies with Mahalo's Danielle Bernabe in this Christmas food tutorial. Use a store bought sugar cookie dough and roll it out before cutting into holiday shapes and baking. The cookies can then be decorated with royal icing.
How To Decorate Christmas Sugar Cookies
Season's Best Cookies
This video, hosted by Cooking Light's, Ann Pittman, features a look at the holiday season's most popular cookies. Ann discusses how each cookie is prepared, and how the final product tastes. She describes cooking making as an exact science, where the ingredients must be added to the mix in exact amounts.
How to Make Royal Icing
Mahalo’s Danielle Bernabe demonstrates how to make Royal Icing which can be used for decorating holiday cookies. The icing is made from powdered sugar, warm water, and meringue powder and is beat for 5 to 8 minutes until it reaches a soft peak stage.
How to Make Gingerbread Men
Professional chef Danielle Bernabe teaches how to make gingerbread men from scratch. Step by step instructions are given for mixing the dry ingredients, creaming the wet ingredients, merging the two, and then chilling the dough before baking.
Other Mahalo Christmas Food and How-to Pages
- Christmas Salad Recipes
- Decorated Christmas Cookies
- Christmas Punch Recipes
- Best Vegetarian Christmas
- Christmas Casserole
- How to Bake Christmas Cookies
- How to Decorate Santa Cookies
- How to Make Gingerbread Men
- How to Decorate Candy Cane Cookies
- How to Make Fruitcake
- How to Make Gingerbread
- How to Decorate Reindeer Cookies
- How to Make Pumpkin Pancakes
- How to Decorate Snowman Cookies
- How to Make Royal Icing
References
Fast Facts
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Many Christmas cookies are decorated
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The gingerbread man is a popular favorite
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Royal icing is frequently used and easy to make
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Make a popular Christmas gift
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Great to take to Christmas parties
