Christmas Cookies to Gift, simple and delicious, are perfect for gifting to friends and family, wrapped in a Christmas box and accompanied by a greeting card.

Simple treats made with a very simple shortcrust dough, which you can flavor with a teaspoon of cinnamon or ginger, Christmas cookies are also perfect for decorating our tables during this period. Perfect also as place cards.

They can be decorated with melted white chocolate, but also with glaze or icing, or with sugar paste: use what you prefer and have fun making them with your children. If you have Christmas cookie cutters, choose your favorites and create your Christmas gifts to give.

I decided to place some inside a glass candy dish, which I filled two-thirds with granulated sugar and some decorated cookies. Others, I placed inside transparent bags tied with a nice bow, and still others in a cardboard box. There are plenty on Amazon, very cute, like these or these.

But now let’s see together how to make the recipe for Christmas Cookies to Gift. Hands in dough and let’s start.

And if you try them, don’t forget to let me know in the comments on my Facebook page HERE. I’m waiting for you.

Gabriella

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Difficulty: Easy
Cost: Economical
Rest time: 2 Hours
Preparation time: 30 Minutes
Portions: 8
Cooking methods: Oven
Cuisine: Italian
Seasonality: Christmas

Ingredients

3 cups flour
1 egg (+ 1 egg yolk)
3/4 cup butter (at room temperature)
3/4 cup sugar
1 tsp unsweetened cocoa powder (level – if you prefer them white, don't add it)
1 pinch salt
3.5 oz white chocolate

Tools

To make the recipe for Christmas Cookies to Gift, you’ll need:

1 Stand Mixer
1 Pastry Board
1 Rolling Pin
Cookie Cutters
Cookie Cutters
Parchment Paper
1 Piping Bag
1 Bowl glass

Steps

HOW TO MAKE CHRISTMAS COOKIES TO GIFT

First, take the butter out of the fridge at least 1 hour before starting, then weigh all the ingredients you need for the recipe.
Put the butter and sugar in the bowl of the stand mixer and start mixing. Add the eggs one by one, and as soon as they are incorporated, add the flour, the cocoa powder (or omit it) and a pinch of salt. Continue mixing just enough to integrate everything well.
Form a ball, wrap the dough with plastic wrap, and let it rest in the fridge for about 2 hours: this step is crucial because the gluten in the dough needs to rest and relax.
Preheat the oven to 356°F in static mode.
After the indicated time, roll out a sheet of parchment paper on the pastry board and flour it (or work directly on the floured board).
Then place the shortcrust dough and roll it out with the rolling pin into a sheet about 1/8 – 3/16 inches thick. To get a uniform thickness, I used spacers on the sides of the dough and then rolled it with the pin.
Next, cut the cookies with your preferred cookie cutters and place them on baking sheets lined with parchment paper. I used tree and snowman cookie cutters.
Bake them in the preheated oven for about 12 – 15 minutes. Once baking is complete, remove from the oven and let them cool well.
While the cookies are cooling (given the season, to speed up cooling, I placed them outside on the balcony), melt the white chocolate in a bain-marie or for a few minutes in the microwave, stirring well until fully melted.
Put the melted chocolate in a piping bag and decorate the cookies as desired; let them cool.
Take a glass candy dish you intend to gift, fill it 2/3 with granulated sugar, insert the decorated cookies pressing slightly to fit them well, and finally, add some meringues and colored sprinkles.
Here are the Christmas Cookies to Gift ready. Enjoy!
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