Have you ever tried baking at home? Generally, it seems difficult for most of us because of the hassle in recipes. The ingredients of bakery products are simple but quality completely depends on the perfection of a Baker. This is the main reason why we prefer a renowned bakery in the nearby location for buying products like cakes, cookies, bread and various other edibles. How about baking cookies at home this Christmas? No, you are not going to ruin it. If there is the right recipe and you are following it without leaving any step, the cookies will be as fantastic as you buy from the market. In this article, we are going to bake Christmas cookies in Italian style. Sounds interesting? Yes, it is, and simple too. Just scroll down the article and read all the instructions carefully.
Chocolate chip cookies with spumoni twist
We all have tried chocolate cookies and they are very delightful. However, the concept of adding spumoni is something new. Along with enjoying it in your ice cream, spumoni can also be a great ingredient for your cookies. Its preparation steps are very simple. You just need to arrange all the ingredients in the precise quantity as we are mentioning below.
Ingredients
- All-purpose flour (2 ¼ cups)
- Soft and butter (1 Cup)
- Eggs (2)
- Brown sugar (¾ th cup)
- Chopped maraschino cherries (½ cup)
- Semi-sweet and chocolate chips (12 Ounce)
- Instant pistachio pudding mix (3.4 Ounce)
- Chopped pistachio (¼ Cup)
- White sugar (¼ cup)
- Baking soda (1 Teaspoon)
- Vanilla extract (1 Teaspoon)
Directions to Bake
- Mix the normal floor with baking soda and keep them aside without adding water.
- Take a large bowel and add brown sugar, white sugar and soft and butter to it.
- Mix all the ingredients briskly to obtain a creamy smooth texture.
- Add the pistachio instant pudding mix, beaten eggs and vanilla extract and stir everything thoroughly.
- After blending everything in the flour mixture, sprinkle the chopped pistachios, cherries and chips by making sure that they spread evenly.
- Take an ungreased pan and drop a spoonful of mixture one by one separately.
- Preheat your oven at 175 degrees Celsius and bake the cookies until that turn light brown.
- It will hardly take 10 minutes and your cookies are ready to add in the food basket for Christmas.
Professional tips to bake your cookies perfectly
- Always soft near butter before mixing it because hard butter cannot evenly spread all over the flour.
- Never increase or decrease the quantity of flour as compared to other ingredients. It will ruin the quality. The same thing is applicable to other ingredients like dry fruits, sugar icing and other dressing materials
- For making the best traditional Christmas cookies, keep patience while adding eggs. Make sure that you are adding one egg at a time because pouring all of them together uh will not execute the emulsification process properly.
- Maintain adequate distance while spreading your cookies on the baking sheet before putting them inside the oven.
- An ice cream scoop would be better as compared to your tablespoon for measuring the size of cookie dough.
- While making gluten-free Christmas cookies, keep the temperature of the oven lower than usual. The gradual baking process will cook the entire cookie thoroughly from the inner and outer sides.
- Allow your Christmas cookies to settle properly after taking out from the oven on a cooling rack. These racks will help in releasing heat from both the upper and lower sides properly.
Whether you are baking chocolate cookies or pizzelle, the above tips will help you in all recipes.
