Christmas Cookies
Christmas, the festival of joy, is no longer just a festival for Christians in India. All Indians celebrate it as a time to rejoice and enjoy tasty cakes and cookies.
Let me share some Christmas Cookie recipes that can be prepared at home. Celebrate the festive cheer and have a ‘Merry Christmas’.
Ginger Cookies and Stars
This traditional Christmas cookie recipe is an all-time favorite. You can use this easy and quick recipe to prepare it at home.
What you need is:
All-purpose flour: 2 ½ cups
Margarine, softened: ¾ cup
White sugar: 1 cup;
White sugar: 2 tablespoons – for rolling
Molasses:2½ cups
Water – 1/3 cup
Baking soda: ½ teaspoons
Ground ginger: 2 teaspoons
Ground cinnamon: 1 teaspoon
Ground cloves: ½ teaspoon
Nutmeg: ½ teaspoon
Fresh ginger, chopped: 1 tablespoon
Salt: ¼ teaspoon
Raisins: ½ cup
To prepare put the margarine and 1 cup sugar in a large bowl and cream it until the mixture turns light and fluffy. Add in the molasses and continue to stir the mixture. Add water and baking soda and stir again. Sift the flour, salt, and dry spices and gradually add this to the sugar-margarine mix. Combine the sifted ingredients and add ginger and raisins, into the molasses mixture.
Shape the dough into ping-pong sized balls. Wait for about half an hour for the dough to firm up a bit. Place the balls of dough about two inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten the cookies to about 0.5 cm using a rolling pin. Some balls can be rolled and then use a cookie cutter to cut the cookie into stars. Bake at 165°C for about 10-12 minutes. Wait for the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for five minutes. Wait for five minutes and then transfer the cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.