It's officially Christmas season now as we light the first candle on the advent wreath and the snow is glittering in the sun outside! Christmas markets are everywhere and the first mug(s) of mulled wine were consumed. No better time than the present to share a quick and easy 5 ingredient cookie recipe with you guys to add to your Christmas baking this year. They take barely any time at all to make and are a real crowd pleaser. 

Here's what you'll need:

some icing sugar to decorate

Simply add all the ingredients into a big mixing bowl and whisk together until you've got a smooth consistency.

Form little walnut sized balls from your dough and place them on a lined baking tray.

Bake at 180°C for about 10 minutes then take them out and leave to cool completely before taking them off the tray and giving them a light dusting of icing sugar.

I hope you enjoy these as much as we do over here. Let me know if you decide to give these a go and how they went down with your loved ones.

Not even four weeks til Christmas now guys! I can't quite wrap my head around the fact that another year is almost over but I'm still very excited for the Christmas season. So the advent wreath is ready to go (just in time for the first advent Sunday today), the first Christmas movies have been consumed and the first batch of Christmas cookies has been baked. A really easy but super delicious recipe I made for the first time this year are these Swedish julkuchen that are basically just cookies covered in ALL the cinnamon! Classically they are made with round cookie cutters for a basic cookie shape but I felt like switching it up a bit and did a few different ones. Grab your aprons and get baking :)

Here's what you'll need:

In a big mixing bowl, beat together the butter, sugar and egg.

In a different bowl mix together your dry ingredients: the flour, baking powder and salt.

Slowly add the flour mixture into your big mixing bowl until it's all combined well. You will have to get your hands in there to knead the dough to get everything mixed together and to form a smooth dough.

Divide your dough into two. Roll them into balls and cover those in cling film. Put in the fridge for at least 3 hours until it's gotten quite firm.

Now preheat your oven to 200°C.

Take out the first dough and roll it out until it's about 5mm thick. You want to roll it out quite thin, because your cookies will rise quite a bit when baking. Use any cookie cutters you like and add the cut cookies to a lined baking tray. Brush your cookies with the egg white then cover them in your sugar/cinnamon mixture! There's no such thing as too much at this step :)

Bake your cookies for about 10-12 minutes, then take them out and leave to cool on a wire rack.

Continue to do this with the second batch of dough as well :)

Now there's only one thing left to do: cosy up with a plate of these and maybe a little mulled wine to get into the festive spirit! :)

Have you started on the Christmas baking yet? What are your favourite recipes? I have a list of a few more that I want to make this year and may share a few more recipes with you guys in December :) Make sure you leave me a comment if you make these and let me know how you got on! Happy baking guys, stay cosy :)

Happy December guys! I can't believe it's the last month of the year already! Christmas is mere days away and 2021 is fast approaching. Let's hope we can go back to some sort of normality next year and resume our travels and other plans. But for this month, let's make the most of a Christmas period that is quieter and more cosy than ever. And one thing that you absolutely shouldn't miss out on this Christmas is homemade cookies! I tried these marzipan and nutella filled stars for the first time this year and I loooove them! Here's what you'll need to make them yourselves:

Add the flour, cornstarch, sugar, a few drops of vanilla extract as well as the egg and butter in a big mixing bowl and knead until you've got a ball of dough. Chill you dough in the fridge for at least an hour.

After an hour, roll out the dough and, using a star shaped cookie cutter (obviously you can chose any shape you want :) ) cut out your biscuits. 

Bake  the biscuits on a baking tray lined with parchment paper for about 12 minutes at 180°C.

Leave them to cool and meanwhile mix your marzipan with the icing sugar then thinly roll out the mixture and cut out your marzipan stars. Make sure you cut out half the amount of biscuit stars you made.

Once your biscuits have cooled, take two of them and spread each one with nutella, then put a marzipan star on one star and cover with the nutella side of the second star. Repeat until all your biscuits have been made into little sandwiches, then cover with melted chocolate and walnuts.

And there you have it. Get yourself a steaming mug of mulled wine to go with these and maybe even enjoy a cheesy Christmas movie :)

Let me know if you try these at home :)

Lots of Love
Jess xx