Elf cookies

Here you could find the Christmass socks post.

Here you could find the gingerbread face post.

I used this cutters:

Ice cream cone cookie cutter (wilton)

Baby body cookies cutter (wilton)

Paw cookies cutter (form ebay)

Make the dought you prefer. I made this and add some nuts.

When you cut the ice cream, with hands model the hat shape, then bake. 

Cut the body to create a t-shirt. 

And cut the shoes like in photo.

For the decorating....

I started with filling the green hat, green t-shirt and green shoes.

After about 2 hours, I made the red detail on the hat and the red datail on the shirt like in photo down. On the shoes I draw immediately the white and red socks. On the t-shirt I made the black detail for the belt.

Then I made the rose head and let dry for about 2 hours. After this I made the nose and ears, all  black and yellow details. 

Snješko keksi / Snowman cookies

Ovdje možete naći kako se rade čarape.
Ovdje možete naći kako se radi gingerbread lice.

Evo idee kako napraviti snješka. Od tri okrugla izrezivača različitih dimenzija izrezala sam tijelo.

Za kapu sam koristila wiltonov izrezivač u obliku mafina, kako je prikazano na slici dolje.

Kako bi se podloga osušila, najprije sam sva okrugla tijela obrubila i ispunila bijelom glazurom. Zatim sam prešla na obrubljivanje kape. Kod koje sam najprije nacrtala rub, pa ispunila pa sam odmah na mokroj glazuri napravila i crveni detalj. Ostavila sam da se posuši.

Nakon što se bijela glazura posušila, nacrtala sam detalje na glavi i šal. Za šal sam odmah na mokroj crvenoj glazuri crtala točkice. Kako su se i kape posušile i na njima sam nacrtala zeleni detalj.

Drugi dan sam crtala pahulje na najvećoj "snježnoj kugli". To sam radila gustom glazurom i odmah posipala šećerom u prahu kako vi dobila svjetlucavi efekt.

Gingerman face cookies

I made the gingerbread recipe (click here)

First I outlined and flooded with brown icing. Then I used a tip 1 for the white line and tip 3 for rose icing.

After about 2 hours, I draw rhe red and black details.

Čarapa keksi / Easy Xmas socks cookies

Napravila sam tijesto po ovom receptu (klikni ovdje)

Najprije sam iscrtala crveni rub i odmah ga ispunila crvenom glazurom. Ostavila sam dobra 2 sata dok se glazura nije skroz osušila. To možete provjeriti tako da keks okrenete prema svijetlu, odmah ćete vidjeti da li je glazura još vlažna. Bitno je pričekati da se skroz posuši jer će vam se kristalni šećer lijepiti i po crvenom. 

Kad je crvena glazura dobro suha, iscartamo i ispunimo bijelu, koju još svježu posipamo kristalnim šećerom.  

Možete i pisati po njima, samo u crvenu glazuru s kojom ste ih radili dodate još šećera u prahu kako bi bila gusta poput paste za zube, to je prava gustoća za pisanje.

Ja sam ih napravila kao dodatak u svojim Božićnim kutijama, ali o tome ću pisati u drugom postu...

Velika božićna zvijezda

Smjesu sam napravila po tom receptu. Glazuru po ovom. Trebat će vam samo žuta i crvena boja, obe u rjeđoj i gušćoj varijanti. 

Kako je kod nas teško doći do odgovarajućih izrezivača keksa, ja sam za svoju verziju Božićne zvijezde koristila brkove i djetelinu s 4 lista. Napravila sam 22 latice i jednu djetelinu za sredinu.

S tom količinom tijesta stigne se napraviti 4-5 takvih zvijezda, ovisno o debljini na koju razvaljate tijesto.

Jednom pečene, složila sam ih na desertni tanjurić.

Najprije sam iscrtala i ispunila žutu sredinu kako bi se do kraja posušila i zadnje, nakon svih latica, sam na njoj iscrtala točkice gušćom glazurom.

Iscrtala sam vanjski rub i odmah ispunila latice s tekućom glazurom. Nakon 30-ak minuta, kad vidite da se napravila korica na njima, gušćom glazurom sam napravila crtu. Ostavite ih preko noći da se skroz posuše.

Zatim ih složite na tanjur, vaša je Božićna zvijezda spremna!

ELF HOUSE COOKIES 3D with snowman

The recipe is on this link.

The cookie cutters I used is....

 When the cookies is baked and cooled, the decoration could start. You will need white, red and green icing in piping,decorating and flooding consistency. Orange and yellow in piping consistency.

THE HOUSE
Start with the red roof, outline and flood. Then outline the house in white and flood. Leave to dry overnight. After dried outline the white on the roof and put on white sugar for the snow effect. Made the door. You could decorated in two brown colors. Made the green details. Let dry for 3 hours. Then draw the bleck handle to the door and the yellow points in the green. At the end draw the snowflake on the top of the roof. 

THE SNOWMAN
Outline with white and let dry overnight. When dried, with white icing made the hat and put on black sugar. Made the red scarf, eyes, nose and black buttons. Let dry.

THE CHRISTMASS TREE
Piping consistency will be like toothpaste. For the small xmass tree you could find the template on this link. Use a tip 16. Let dry overnight. Then draw the white snow and put on white sugar.
The same is with the big trees on cookies. Use a tip 22. LEt dry overnight and then draw the white snow with white sugar like snow.

Assembly instructions:

On the flower base with piping consisency made a line in the middle. Put the house on and put a toothspick and leave dry for two hours. I put a candy behind. Put some icing on the bigg tree and paste behind. Stick the small tree and the snowman in front with a candy like in photos down. Let dry, then flood all. Draw a line after 20 minutes.

I find the inspirations for this cookies on you tube Montreal confections and on some Haniela's gingerbread houses.

I made also their design with some differences.....

GINGERBREAD RECIPE / MEDENJAK

GINGERBREAD RECIPE

800 gr of all purpose flour
250 gr of butter
320 gr of brown sugar

2 whole egg 

1 cup of honey (300gr)
1 tsp of vanilla ore one vanilla

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 grated lemon

1/2 grated orange
1 tsp of dry ground ginger
1 tsp of ground cinnamon
a pinch of salt

In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, spices, baking powder and salt, set aside. With an electric mixer, beat butter and brown sugar until smooth. Beat in honey and egg. With mixer on low, add dry ingredients; mix just until a dough forms. Place dough on floured plastic wrap, pat into an 20x20cm square. Wrap well and leave to chill in fridge from 1 to 2 hours.

Preheat oven to 175 degrees. 

Divide dough in half. I work with one half at a time (rewrap and refrigerate other half), place dough on floured parchment paper, it's easier, roll out 5mm thick. Cut out shapes, and transfer to baking sheets. 

Bake them 10 to 18 minutes until the cookies start to be darker, depend of the shape. The decoration will be described in another post....

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MEDENJAK
800 gr brašna
250 gr maslaca
320 gr smeđeg šećera

2 cijela jaja

1 šalica meda (300gr)
1 vanilijin šećer

1 pecilni prašak

1/2 naribane korice limuna

1/2 naribane korice naranče
1 žličica suhog mljevenog đumbira
1 žličica suhog mljevenog cimeta
prstohvat soli

U posudi izmješajte sve suhe sastojke zajedno: brašno, začine, pecilni i sol, stavite na stranu. Sa električnim mikserom ili u robotu tucite maslac, smeđi šećer i vanilijin šećer dok ne dobijete glatku smjesu. Dodajte med i jaja. Spustite brzinu miksera i dodajte suhe sastojke tako da se zamijesi tijesto. Pobrašnite tijesto i omotajte ga plastičnom folijom, rukama izgnječite u kocku približne veličine 20x20cm. Zamotajte dobro i pustite odmoriti u frižideru od 1 do 2 sata.

Zagrijte pećnicu na 175 stupnjeva. 

Podijeliti tijesto na pola. Ja radim s jednom polovicom dok mi je druga još u frižideru. Jednostavnije je ako tijesto razvaljate na pobrašnjenom pergament papiru, približno 5mm debelo. Izrežite oblike, i prenesite ih na lim za pečenje. 

Pecite dok rubovi keksa tek malo potamne, 10 do 18 minuta, ovisno o veličini. Ohladite ih u potpunosti na limu za pečenje. Slijedi ukrašavanje, ali o tome u drugom postu...

Plavi ukrasi / Blue ornaments

Plave kugle sam radila kao i u ovom postu. Zig-zag crta, pa polukrug ispunila bijelom glazurom, posipala šećerom, ostavila 20ak minuta pa ispunlia sa plavom. Odmah na mokrom nacrtala svijetlo plavu crtu i bijelu crtu. Čačkalicom sam ju izdužila i oblikovala. Na kraju sam nacrtala žuti detalj.



Kod lampica sam najprije obrubila i ispunila tamnijom plavom. Odmah na mokrom sam iscrtala svjetliji plavi detalj sa bijelim. Jedino kod navoja treba voditi računa da se ukrasi u razmaku od sat vremena. Najprije sam napravila tri crte kao na slici i kad su napravile koru, odnosno kad su se posušile, približno nakon sat vremena, napravila sam i ostale crte.

Božićne loptice / small christmass ornaments

Zamijesite tijesto koje vam se sviđa, izrežite i ispecite kekse.

Što se tiče samog ukrašavanja, najprije napravim zig-zag crtu a zatim polumjesec i ispunim glazurom. Odmah, još svježe, posipam kristalnim šećerom i pustim dvadesetak minuta da se posuši. Ostatak lopte ispunim šarenom glazurom. Na kraju nacrtam žuti detalj na vrhu.

CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS

I try to made the bulb cookies and small ornament cookies from rocket and planet Saturn cookie cutter, all combined on a plate with a big ornament cookies cut with a ornament cookie cutter.

BULBS COOKIES

Cut the dought with a rocket cutter like in this photos.
I used an ice cream cutter, but you could use a knife to take down the excess. 

Decorate how you prefer. 
I first made the gold detail and then flooded the rest.
I used the gold, red, deep pink, eletric green and eletric yellow color. 













SMALL ORNAMENTS

Here is how I made small ornament cookies.









l first made the gold detail, then I flooded the ornament cookies.

After they was dry, I made a snowflake detail for better results on the plate...












....because I made the snowflake on the big ornaments. 

HELLO KITTY CHRISTMAS COOKIES / combine cutters

HELLO KITTY CHRISTMAS TREE

I used a christmas tree and a hello kitty face cookie cutter. In the photo left you could see how I cut and prepared for assembling. Down left is the result. I made also a rectangle for the legs.

Firs I made the red bowl, then the white face....green pine...legs and after an overnight drying I put the star and the lights. At the end I made the ornaments and outline with a red line the bowl. 

HELLO KITTY CHRISTMAS HAT

 

I used an ice cream and a hello kitty face cookie cutter. In the photos up you could see how I cut and prepared the hat. Left is how I assembed the cookies. Down left is the result. 

Firs I made the red bowl, then the white face....the white on the hat, the red on the hat... letft dry overnight. Then draw the nose, eyes and mustaches At the end I outlined the red bowl and made the white details on the hat. 

Happy Hello Kitty Christmas!