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    Sweet bread Christmas tree

      Merry Christmas This is my favorite time of the year and the one time that I love winter. Love the whole atmosphere. Wishing you all ,Happy Holidays and may the loved one be around you at this special time of the year!   Ingredients for Sweet bread Christmas tree For the dough: 400 gr flour 2 eggs 110 ml milk 25 gr fresh yeast 3 T sugar grated orange zest For the topping: 50 gr butter 1 t cinnamon 1/4 t nutmeg 6 T sugar walnuts and M&M’s for decorating How to make Sweet bread Christmas Tree Put the yeast and the sugar in the warm milk and set…

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    Olivier Salad

    I came accross this salad in Iran, but it’s very similar to the Romanian salad boeuf and I think both have their origins in the Russian Olivier salad. Sounds complicated? It’s not, think of the American potato salad and add a few more ingredients. Ingredients for Olivier Salad 10 medium potatoes 2 carrrots 1 chicken breast 3 hard boiled eggs dill pickles (add as many as you like,according to your taste) 200 gr green peas (I used frozen) 200 ml mayonnaise 1 T Dijon mustard freshly squeezed juice from half lemon or lime salt,freshly grounded black pepper black olives and tomatoes,to decorate How to make Olivier Salad Boil the potatoes,when…

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    Cinnamon Christmas tree

    Cinnamon Christmas Tree Love this time of the year when we get to play so much in the kitchen…before the real work starts! At the bottom of the recipe see how to do this tree. Ingredients for Cinnamon Christmas Tree For the dough: 200 gr flour 1 egg 50 ml milk 12 gr fresh yeast 3 T of sugar to add to milk pinch of salt For topping: 3 T sugar 1-2 t cinnamon How to make Cinnamon Christmas Tree Put the yeast and three tablespoons of sugar in the warm milk. After five minutes add the flour,egg,salt and make a dough. Set aside in a warm place until doubled…

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    Gingerbread House

    Here I’ve used my Gingerbread and Royal icing recipes some candies and lots of patience and imagination. I googled a template and got to work. Best fun I ever had in the kitchen. Assembly was not that easy,as sometimes the house broke down, walls fell, but it can be fixed, you kind of learn as you go. Try it ,especially if you have kids, my little called this one „Dream House”.. Now, who wouldn’t want to live in a house like this one!      

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    Gingerbread

    Gingerbread Recipe Ingredients for Gingerbread 400 gr flour 50 gr unt, at room temperature 2 eggs 1/2 cup honey 3/4 cup sugar 1/2 t ginger, powdered 1 t fresh ginger, grated 1/4 t nutmeg 1 t cinnamon 1 t baking soda 1/4 t salt How to make Gingerbread In a bowl mix the dry ingredients. In another bowl, mix butter and sugar, add honey and eggs. Add the mixture to the dry ingredients and make a dough of the consistency of playdough. Put in the refrigerator for an hour. Dust the working surface with flour and roll out the dough. Cut with cookie cutters and bake in the preheated oven…

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    Cut-out cookies

    This is the recipe for  Cut-out Cookies from the „Cooking – a commonsense guide” and it’s a perfect basic recipe for cookies. Ingredients for Cut-out Cookies 125 gr butter 1/2 cup sugar 1 egg 1/4 t vanilla essence 2 cups flour 1 1/2 t baking powder pinch of salt Directions for Cut-out Cookies recipe Beat together the butter and sugar until creamy. Add the egg and vanilla,and beat well. Fold the flour to form a soft dough,similar to playdough. Roll out a 5 mm thick sheet and cut out with cookie cutters. If you want to decorate them ,do so now.Bake in batches for 10-15 minutes or until lightly golden. Cool…

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    Rudolph Muffin

    Rudolph Muffin It’s that time of the year that I love. This year I started earlier than I used to ,but I really wanted to try decorating for kids. My Rudolph might not be perfect,but we had fun making it. We used a muffin, chocolate cream (like Nutella) , M&M candies, pretzels and a round cookie.  

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    Christmas Appetizer Rudolph

    Rudolph the red nosed reindeer It’s never too early to get ready for Christmas…it’s my favorite holiday,especially since having kids,it’s priceless seeing those little happy faces. Got this great idea from Cute Food for Kids, many great ideas and Xmas recommandation. Have fun preparing these little guys! You’ll need a cheese wedge,one olive,two pretzels and a little piece of tomato or red pepper to assambly the reindeer.