One of the most loved hobbies during the period of Christmas is that of prepare the cookies, to eat then a snack with tea or a steaming cup of hot chocolate, or to offer to friends who pass from home to wish us well. In addition to being good, i decorated Christmas cookies they are also beautiful to see and they will make you look great even with Santa Claus (as long as they do not disappear before his arrival).

Decorated Christmas cookies: the simplest solution

The easiest way to decorate cookies is with the melted chocolate, maybe playing with the different colors of the white, milk and dark chocolate, or with the icing. Prepare i cinnamon and ginger cookies to recall the Christmas even with the spicy scent and let them cool. Then dissolve yours chocolate favorite and dip the biscuits for half. Alternatively you can draw doodles using one toothpicks like brush or by dropping some chocolate on the biscuits and decorating them with small splashes. If you are particularly greedy, complete with grains of dried fruit – like nuts, hazelnuts or almonds – which at this time of year is always at home. For the icinginstead, mix 100 g of powdered sugar with a egg white or with one or two tablespoons of water. You can completely cover the cookies and then decorate them with some sugary or use the icing to draw on your Christmas cookies. With a drop of food coloringmoreover, you will be able to create a real painter's palette.

The reindeer of Santa Claus

Even these decorated Christmas cookies are, in reality, very simple. Make some round biscuits and let them cool. With a toothpick dipped in melted chocolate designed horns and eyes of the reindeer. At the center of the biscuit "stick" with another bit of melted chocolate typical red nose, what else will be but a classic one chocolate candy covered with colored sugar, those that are easily found on the market.

The snowman cookie

The gingerbread man is always a marvel, but why not change and prepare one instead very sweet snowman? Overlap slightly two or three cookies round of different sizes to create the snowman's head and body. Cook the biscuits and, once cooled, cover them with some white sugar paste, on which you will draw nose, scarf and mouth with the icing.

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