Here Are 5 Cookie Tricks You Should Know For Christmas
By Dreamer
One of the main things people look forward to during the holiday season are Christmas cookies. Of course, we can bake cookies at any point in the year but there is a very special reason to make them in December. Friends always look a good exchange of cookies during this time, they are great as gifts and of course...we have to feed Santa!
Now there are many Christmas cookie recipes out there, and the taste of these treats is crucial, sometimes that isn't what means the most. While you may not know how a cookie may taste just by looking at it, we can all agree that no one wants to take the burnt, badly decorated cookies at the cookie exchange.
So we have gathered some of our favorite cookie tips that we pretty much consider life-savers, or cookie-savers. These tips can be used to make a wide variety of Christmas cookies look as good as they taste and taste fresh as long as possible. Santa will definitely be impressed!
Save Burnt Cookies
First and foremost, you don’t want your cookies ending up in the trash just because they have some burnt edges or bottoms. Every home chef experiences the horror of burnt cookies once in awhile. If you have a grater or zester, you can easily save these cookies. Simply use your grater to scrape off the burnt part, and keep the rest. Nobody will ever know.
Frosting Made Easy
This stencil can be paper cutouts, a doily or even a piece of lace. Put the stencil over your cookies, and sift powdered sugar or cocoa powder on top. Once you remove the stencil, you’ll be left with a beautiful design. (We prefer powdered sugar because it looks like snow!)
Chocolate
Use chocolate, melted chocolate that is. Chocolate is an easy way to make simple cookies look fancy. You can either dip half of a cookie in melted chocolate or drizzle the melted chocolate on top. Either way, you can’t go wrong. Use whatever type of chocolate you like – milk, dark, or white. If you choose white chocolate, you could even add a drop or two of food coloring (like red or green). Make the cookies extra fancy by sprinkling some festive sprinkles on top before the chocolate dries.
Keep Cookies Fresh
Now that your cookies look amazing, you want to prevent them from getting stale. You can easily do this by putting tortillas between the layers of cookies. Really. The moisture in the tortillas will help keep your cookies moist when they’re in a confined space like a cookie tin. For best results, put a layer of cookies, a layer of parchment paper, a tortilla, another layer of parchment paper, and repeat for however many layers of cookies you have.
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