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Christmas cookies. The best decorating techniques.
There are cookies and then there are Christmas cookies — decked out for the holidays with bright colors and festive decorations. It’s no wonder that Christmas cookies like these make such popular food gifts and tempting edible displays for holiday gatherings. But eye-catching Christmas cookies don’t have to be difficult to make as you’ll discover when you explore this gallery of fancy Christmas cookies. It can be as simple as filling the indentation of a buttery shortbread cookie with ruby-red raspberry jam or dipping a cut-out sugar cookie star in melted chocolate and topping it with festive candy sprinkles. You’ll also find Christmas cookies embossed with decorative patterns using specialty grilling irons and molds; and Christmas cookie cutters made merry with icing and imagination. Scroll through to find some of our best fancy Christmas cookies to make and share with loved ones this holiday.
Pizzelle which means “small round and flat” are thin crispy Italian waffle cookies made with a special pizzelle iron to give them their intricate designs and are popular treats for holidays like Christmas and Easter. To give this recipe an authentic Italian flavor replace the vanilla extract with anise extract. You can also sprinkle them with a dusting of powdered sugar before serving.
Traditional springerle cookies with anise flavour originate from Germany. Here all sorts of festive images are printed on the dough. This is done by pressing the dough into special cookie shapes or by pressing the images onto the rolled-out dough with a springerle rolling pin.
