Gingerbread ornaments

I could´nt find my gingerbread boy and girl mini-cutter, so i piped these tiny ones instead and painted them with edible paint...

...and put them on these delicious devils chocolate cupcakes with peanutbutter frosting for my collegues at work :)

Recipe here.

Christmas cookies..

Cookies decorated with Royal Icing

Brownie-houses

I came across a photo of the cutest little brownie-houses, sprinkled with confectioners sugar somewhere on the internet, simply can´t remember where, but i had to try them out. These must go under my favorite category; Easy but with great effect!
The candy-canes are store-bought, but the little mint-sweets are made of fondant.
Recipe for the cake here.

Basic Sugar Cookies - Recipe

200g soft butter - 200g sugar - 1 large egg - 400g flour.


Add any flavour you like, vanilla, lemon/orange zest, cinnamon etc. Also you can replace 50 g of the flour with cocoa powder.


(I always add nothing or lots of vanilla :)


Add all ingredients - stir the egg gently before adding.


After kneaded together, wrap the dough in clingfilm and place in fridge for 1½ hour. This makes the dough more stable, so the cookies won´t lose shape too easy when cut out and moved onto the baking sheet.


Knead lightly and roll out the dough and cut out whatever shapes you want. Bake in the middle of the oven at 175-200 degrees for 12-15 minutes depending on the size of the cookies.


Always place similar sizes on the bakingsheets for the cookies to be baked evenly.


When out of the oven, place the cookies on a wire rack to allow them to cool of quick and get crispy.


TIP: (Not a necessity):
I roll out between 2 wooden dowels to get an even thickness on each cookie

I roll out on a large piece of baking paper, this way i dont have to use lots of flour to release them from the table after cutting out.


Enjoy :)

Milk and Cookies

-And a nice cup of coffee :) If only i had the heart to eat the cookies because they taste really good!

I love these small reindeers, bought at kagebutikken. I have thought of other ways to decorate them and the other day i got the greatest idea! -I can´t wait to show you:)