Christmas Cookies in a Tin with Cookie Shell

A carefully decorated Christmas cookie jar is not only an ornament for the holiday table, but also the best gift to convey warmth. It is also an indispensable warm element in the Christmas season.

Ingredients Needed

Softened butter: As the main ingredient, it is the key basic raw material for making cookies. After being stirred and beaten with powdered sugar and other operations, it can endow cookies with a rich and mellow milky flavor and a delicate and soft texture.

Low-gluten flour: It is the key material for constructing the main structure of cookies. After being sifted, it participates in the mixing to ensure that the cookies have appropriate hardness and crispness, making the shaping effect good and achieving the basic form of cookies.

Cocoa powder: Brings a rich cocoa flavor and unique color to cookies, adding a different taste and visual experience and making cookies more distinctive.

Almond powder: After being incorporated into the dough, it can not only enrich the flavor of cookies and make them have a faint almond aroma but also affect the taste of cookies to a certain extent and make them more delicate and layered.

Whole egg liquid: After being added and beaten evenly, it can add nutritional components to cookies. At the same time, it makes the texture of cookies more fluffy and compact, improving the overall taste.

Powdered sugar: Adds sweetness to cookies to satisfy the taste buds preference for sweetness. During the process of stirring and beating with butter, it helps improve the texture and color of cookies and makes their appearance more attractive.

What are the most popular cookies at Christmas

Gingerbread man: It is the iconic cookie of Christmas. It has a strong spice flavor and is often made into the shape of a person or a house and decorated into a lovely shape. It can not only be eaten but also used as a Christmas tree decoration or a gift.

Butter cookies: They have a crumbly texture and a rich milky flavor. They can be made into various shapes of Christmas elements, such as Christmas trees, snowflakes, stars, etc. Colorful sugar or icing can be sprinkled on the surface. They are delicious and beautiful. This kind of cookie is easy to make and is suitable for both giving as a gift and eating by oneself.

Candy cane cookies: This kind of cookie imitates the shape of a candy cane and is usually in red and white stripes. It has a strong mint flavor and a relatively prominent sweetness. The texture is hard and crispy.

Snowflake cookies: They are shaped like snowflakes and are generally white. Some will have powdered sugar sprinkled on the surface to make them look like freshly fallen snowflakes. The texture is crispy. They are usually made from simple ingredients such as butter, flour, and sugar.

What tools are needed

Container: Provides space for stirring butter and powdered sugar. It is of moderate size and is easy to operate, enabling the initial fusion of raw materials.

Soft spatula: Made of soft material. It is used to stir the dough to prevent gluten formation, ensuring uniform texture and guaranteeing the taste of cookies.

Sieve: Sifts powdered materials to remove lumps, making the raw materials finely and evenly mixed, improving the taste and quality of cookies.

Baking paper: When rolling out the dough, it acts as a separation to prevent sticking and assists in transfer, keeping the shape of the dough intact and facilitating operation.

Rolling pin: Rolls the dough to a specific thickness, such as 0.4 centimeters, to ensure uniform heating and lay the foundation for the formation of cookies.

10×10 square mold: Shapes the dough for easy subsequent embossing and facilitating the batch production of uniformly shaped cookies.

Cartoon cookie mold: Gives cookies unique shapes, such as Christmas elements, adding festival characteristics and attractiveness.

Baking tray: Carries the unbaked cookies. The metal material has good heat conduction and a flat surface to ensure uniform color when heated.

Oven: Core equipment. It precisely controls temperature and heats, creating a baking environment and achieving the ideal taste and color of cookies.

Gift bag: Packs cookies. Select materials and patterns according to the Christmas theme to make a beautiful gift and add festival atmosphere.

Heat-insulating gloves: Used to take out and put in the baking tray from the oven. Made of high-temperature-resistant material, it insulates and prevents burns, ensuring a smooth production process.

What to do if the cookies are not flat enough

When making the dough, the butter should be fully softened to ensure that it is evenly mixed with other ingredients. If the kneaded dough is soft, it can be refrigerated for a while.

During the rolling process, use two rolling pins of the same thickness on both sides of the dough to control the thickness, and the rolling force should be uniform.

During the mold pressing stage, first slightly warm up the refrigerated dough, and use balanced force when pressing the mold. If the mold is easy to stick to the dough, you can dip it in a little flour.

Through these methods, the flatness of the cookies can be effectively improved, making the cookies more beautiful in appearance and taste better.

How can mold pressing of cookies be standard

After freezing, the dough should be warmed up for 3 to 5 minutes before operation to avoid being too hard or too soft. The thickness of the dough should be controlled at 0.4 centimeters. Cookies baked in this way are the most delicious. The mold can be dipped in some flour first to prevent sticking. When pressing, apply force vertically and press for 3 to 4 seconds to make the pattern clear.

If the cookie sticks to the mold, gently patting the back of the mold can make the cookie fall off. The pressed cookie should be immediately and gently moved to the baking tray lined with baking paper with a spatula. Remember to keep the countertop clean. Don't sprinkle too much flour as it will affect the pattern effect. If the pattern is not clear enough, gently dust off the excess flour with a small brush.