Making a Gingerbread House
Guest Post by Deyvid Dimitrov I already bought my plane ticket back home for the holidays, wearing a sweater, drinking hot ginger tea, and listening to Christmas music, I am fully ready for the festivities to begin. I was wondering how should I mark the beginning of this magical time of the year, and what better way than printing out a recipe for a Gingerbread house, and attempting to make one from scratch? Forget about those boxes retailers sell around this time, we are making the cookie dough, the templates for cutting, we are putting everything together, decorating the house,…
Christmas Cookie Recipe: German Cinnamon Stars (Zimtsterne)
Guest Post by Sarah of ThisGermanMama I don’t think there’s many smells that say Christmas more than cinnamon. Nothing makes you feel more at home than smelling a freshly baked batch of cinnamon cookies. Zimtsterne are one of my favourite Christmas cookies to make every year and Christmas wouldn’t be complete without them. It’s a really easy recipe to follow and you just need a few simple ingredients. The cookies are made almost entirely out of ground almonds and cinnamon, of course. If you haven’t tried it before this cookie will become your new favourite. Once they are fully cooled…
Healthy Cranberry White Chocolate Cookies
This is a Guest Post by Hayley of Nourish Your Glow Soft and chewy Healthy Cranberry White Chocolate Cookies. One of the best flavour combinations ever. They make the perfect healthy snack or dessert. They’re perfect for the holiday season & nobody can ever tell that they’re healthy! On 7 ingredients are needed to make these delicious cookies, they are really easy to make too! Overloaded with white chocolate chips and tangy dried cranberries, they are perfect for entertaining at Christmas and also make a lovely gift. After baking the cookies will appear soft and undone in the centre, but will…
Keto Christmas Cookie Recipe
Making cookies at Christmas is a family tradition. A tradition that I didn't want to give up just because we started following a Keto way of eating. Thankfully although Keto is a diet which many people see as very restrictive it's actually pretty lenient once you figure out the rules. Learning how to substitute almond or coconut flour for wheat flour and sweetener for sugar is challenging at first but very simple after you have done it a few times! It wasn't hard to convert an old favorite into these keto Christmas cookies. These roll-out Christmas cookies have always been a…