There are many original ways Christmas tree decorations. And one of them is sweet tree on New Year, that is, dressed up with a variety of goodies - cookies, nuts, candies.
When the New Year tree was just coming into fashion at the beginning of the 19th century, it was traditionally decorated with sweets and candles. Confectionery shops sold Christmas trees decorated with all kinds of sweets.
It will especially delight children, for whom it is decorated. After all, treats can be taken directly from the branches.
Another advantage - edible decor Doesn't break like glass Christmas tree decorations. And you can eat any delicacy and put something else on it. That is, such a New Year's tree can play the role of a real candy bar.
How to decorate a sweet Christmas tree?
1. Candy. They must have a wrapper, and the wrappers must be bright and elegant. Threading a string through the tail of the candy and hanging it on the Christmas tree is not difficult. Look for chocolate cones wrapped in shiny paper in stores.
2. Nuts. They should be wrapped in thin multi-colored foil, a thread is also pulled through, then the space between the threads is sealed with tape for reliability.
3. Lollipops. Long candies in the shape of Santa Claus' staff have long become a traditional New Year's decoration in Europe. We only got them recently, but they look very elegant.
4. Tangerines. This tropical fruit It has long become one of the symbols of the New Year in Russia. However, it is very heavy for ordinary branches, and you need to choose the lightest tangerines and hang them on strong lower branches or closer to the trunk. Or you can dry tangerine or orange slices in advance and make decorations from them.
5. Marshmallows and marmalade should be already wrapped or packed in beautiful paper yourself. Garlands can be made from popcorn.
6. Cookies. Christmas baking usually costs more, so it's better to bake these cookies yourself.
In the shape of Christmas trees, snowflakes, deer, stars, boots and other New Year's symbols. When baking, do not skimp on raisins, candied fruits and nuts. Be sure to decorate with thick multi-colored protein glaze and, if desired, sprinkle with confectionery sprinkles.
Handmade decorations will bring a lot of pleasure to everyone at home!
7. You can place a chocolate bunny or Santa Claus on the top of the tree.
Use your imagination or ask your children for advice - and your sweet New Year tree will be tasty, unusual and memorable.
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Many people notice that the older they get, the more difficult it is to re-experience that magical feeling of a fairy tale and miracle that always came to us as children on New Year's Eve.
But we're in website sure - Christmas mood will not keep you waiting if with my own hands make one of these wonderful decorations for your home and Christmas tree. Almost all of them, with the exception of two or three, do not require much time and any special materials - they can be made in half an hour from what is at hand.
Stars made of threads
Wreath made of balloons and an old hanger
In just half an hour, you can make a colorful wreath by purchasing a couple of sets of inexpensive balloons. Blogger Jennifer, the author of this article, recommends straightening out an old hanger, but if you don't have one, a piece of strong wire will do just fine.
- You will need: a couple of sets of balls (20-25 balls different colors and sizes), wire hanger or wire, spruce branches, braid or finished decoration for decorating a wreath.
Tablecloth made of snowflakes
A delicate and surprisingly festive tablecloth will be made from snowflakes, which we have gotten our hands on since childhood. You can sit down and cut out snowflakes with the whole family, and then lay them out on the table and fasten them with small pieces of tape. A wonderful solution for entertaining guests or just having lunch with the family during the holidays.
Multi-colored hats
The cutest colored hats can be made from leftover yarn, which can be used to make a garland for a Christmas tree or to decorate a wall. Or hang them on a window or chandelier on at different levels. Children over five years old will also cope well with this simple decoration. See details.
- You will need: a roll of toilet paper for rings (or regular cardboard or thick paper), scissors, colorful yarn and a good mood.
Lamp “Snowy City”
For this charming lamp, you need to measure a piece of paper around the circumference of the jar with a small margin (for gluing), draw and cut out a simple city or forest landscape. Wrap it around the jar and place a candle inside.
- You will need: a jar, thick paper of any color, maybe white, any candle. Another option is to cover the top of the jar with “falling snow” using a special “snow” spray, which is sold in hobby stores.
Balloons with photos
A great idea for decorating a Christmas tree or as a gift for relatives and friends. The photo needs to be rolled into a tube so that it fits into the hole of the ball, and then straightened out with a wooden stick or tweezers. Small black and white rectangular photographs are suitable, and you can also cut the photo according to the shape of a ball or silhouette (as in the case of a cat in the snow).
- You will need: plastic or glass balls, photographs, various things to fill the ball - tinsel, garlands, coarse salt(for snow).
New Year's lamps
And this miracle is a matter of five minutes. It is enough to collect balls, fir branches, cones and put them in a transparent vase (or a cute jar) and add glowing garlands.
Embers
Glowing garlands, hidden among cones, branches and pine paws, create the effect of smoldering coals in the fireplace or a cozy fire. They even seem to be heating up. For this purpose, a basket that has been lying on the balcony for a hundred years, a nice bucket or, for example, a wicker container for small items from Ikea will be suitable. You will find everything else (except for the garland, of course) in the park.
Floating candles
A very simple decoration for New Year's table or for a cozy evening with friends during the New Year holidays - a composition with candles floating in a vessel with water, cranberries and pine branches. You can use cones, orange slices, fresh flowers and leaves from a flower shop - whatever your imagination tells you. And as a candlestick - deep plates, vases, jars, glasses, the main thing is that they are transparent.
Snowman on the refrigerator or door
Children will definitely be delighted with this - it’s fast, fun and very simple, because even a three-year-old can handle cutting out large parts. It is enough to cut out circles, a nose and a scarf from self-adhesive paper, wrapping paper or colored cardboard and attach them to regular or double-sided tape.
Snowflakes on the window
Interesting use for a glue gun lying around. In order to glue these snowflakes to the glass, just lightly press them to the surface. For details see our video.
- You will need: a stencil with a snowflake drawn with a black marker, tracing paper (parchment, baking paper), a glue gun and a little patience.
Christmas trees-candies
Bright Christmas trees can be built together with the kids for children's party or decorate with them festive table. Cut out triangles from colored paper or cardboard, attach with tape to a toothpick and stick the resulting Christmas trees into the candies.
- You will need: Hershey's Kisses or any other truffle candies, toothpicks, tape, colored paper or cardboard with a design.
Garland with photographs and drawings
New Year, Christmas - warm, family holidays. And it will come in very handy with photographs, children's drawings, and pictures. The easiest way to secure them is with clothespins, which can be decorated with hearts or snowflakes.
Origami star
Painted spoons
Ordinary metal spoons or wooden cooking spoons are transformed into interesting ones using acrylic paints. new Year decoration. Kids will definitely love this idea. If you bend the handle of metal spoons, you can hang them on the Christmas tree. And wooden spoons will look great in the kitchen or in a bouquet with fir branches.
"Big Christmas tree in the middle
the room was hung with gold
and silver apples, and for everyone
branches, like flowers or buds,sugared nuts grew,
colorful candies and all sorts of things
sweets."
E.T.A.Hoffman
"The Nutcracker and the Mouse King"
A delicious Christmas tree is not a dream for children! And although you won’t surprise anyone with sweets now, a Christmas tree decorated with homemade cookies and candies will remain in the memory of your children as the biggest New Year’s miracle. To do this, you just need to take a break from the eternal urgent matters, sit comfortably in the kitchen with the children and create a little fairy tale. After all, it is precisely moments like these, spent together, that warm the souls of adults and teach kindness to children. Don't miss the opportunity to touch a miracle!
You can decorate edible Christmas tree decorations in different ways. For example, paint them with colored glaze! For this ready-made cookies or cool the gingerbread cookies and cover them with a layer of white glaze - this will be our tabula rasa, on which you and the children can draw almost anything. For white glaze, mix 1 egg white and 100-120 g of powdered sugar until you obtain a creamy mass without lumps. Just don't beat it to prevent air bubbles from forming. Add 2-3 drops of food grade essential oil(mint, orange, anise, etc.) so that the glaze becomes more elastic and does not crack when drying. You can add vanillin for flavor. The glaze should turn out white and flow (not pour!) from the spoon. Using a spoon, spread the glaze onto the finished figures. Try to ensure that the glaze does not flow down, but forms a smooth, uniform surface. Lay out the glazed toys to dry until the glaze is completely hardened. Cover unused frosting with cling film and place in the refrigerator. You can also glaze the back of the toys if you don’t want them to turn up on the tree with the undecorated backside. After the glazes have completely dried 
and you can start coloring. To obtain “colors,” dilute 1 egg white and 70-80 g of powdered sugar so that you get a slightly more liquid mass than for white icing. Pour into glasses and add food coloring. If you are against "chemistry", use natural dyes: red - juice boiled beets, yellow - carrot juice, green - spinach or parsley juice, purple - blueberry juice... True, natural dyes, alas, are paler than artificial ones. In any case, thoroughly stir the dyes in the cups. You can mix them together and get new shades! Using a good captive bristle brush, paint the toys the way you want, or leave the job entirely to the kids. For three-dimensional designs, use lemon juice glaze: grind 150 g of powdered sugar with 1-2 tbsp. lemon juice to a paste and add food coloring (if needed). Place the icing in a small but durable plastic bag, cut off a corner and squeeze out the icing to create patterns. If there were no traces of artists in your family, decorate with delicious toys confectionery sprinkles, fortunately there are so many of them on sale now that it’s dizzying. In addition, you can use colored dragees, ground nuts, and chocolate. Only this should be done at a time when the glaze is still damp. Chocolate melted in a water bath is also perfect as a glaze. Thread bright ribbons or threads into the holes on the finished toys and hang the toys on the Christmas tree.
Ingredients:
300 g flour,
100 g sugar,
200 g butter,
1 egg.
Preparation:
This amount should yield about 80 cookies. Sift the flour into a bowl, add sugar, egg and cold butter, cut into pieces. Mix well until you get fine grains. Knead the dough on a dry surface as quickly as possible so that it does not have time to heat up. Roll it into a ball, wrap it in film and put it in the refrigerator for 1 hour. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 180°C. Line a baking tray with baking paper. Remove the dough from the refrigerator, quickly knead it on a floured surface and roll it out to a thickness of 3 mm. Cut out cookies using various recesses. Don't forget to make holes for thread or ribbon!
Ingredients:
90 g butter,
90 g sugar,
225 g flour,
1 egg,
1 tsp baking powder (baking powder),
1 tsp ground ginger,
1 tsp allspice,
colored candies - for decoration.
Preparation:
The indicated amount of ingredients is enough for 30-40 cookies. Beat softened butter and sugar in a bowl, add the egg, whisking continuously. Then sift the flour into a bowl, baking powder and spices and knead the dough. Roll the dough into a ball and wrap it in cling film and place in the refrigerator for 30 minutes. Preheat the oven to 180°C, line the baking sheets with baking paper. Roll out the dough to a thickness of 3 mm, cut out cookies various shapes. Make holes for the ribbons at the top, cut a “window” in the shape of a circle, square or heart in the center of each cookie. To obtain circles, you can use an evenly cut medical plastic syringe (determine the size for yourself). With its help, the circles will be cut out and the dough will jump out - you just have to squeeze it out with a piston. Place the cookies on a baking sheet and refrigerate for 15 minutes. Then put in the oven for 8 minutes, take out and put a piece of candy into the “windows” and put in the oven again for 5-6 minutes until the candy melts. Cool the cookies without removing them from the baking sheet. Then decorate to your liking, thread ribbons through the holes and hang the toys on the tree. Melted candies form colored windows in the cookies.
Ingredients:
400 g ground almonds,
250 g powdered sugar,
4 squirrels,
2 tsp vanilla sugar,
1 tsp ground cinnamon,
3-4 drops of almond essence.
Preparation:
Designed for 30 pieces. Using a mixer, beat the whites into a strong foam. Gradually, 1-2 tbsp. add powdered sugar without ceasing to beat. Add vanilla sugar, almond essence, cinnamon and half the ground almonds and beat with a mixer on low speed. Then add the remaining almonds and knead into a fairly stiff dough. On the table sprinkled powdered sugar, roll out the dough into a layer 5 mm thick. Cut out stars using a cookie cutter. Make holes for the ribbons and place the cookies on the baking sheet. Bake at 130°C for 25-30 minutes. Cool on a wire rack. Decorate and hang on the tree.
Ingredients:
250 g honey,
75 g sugar,
25 g butter,
450 g flour,
1 egg,
2 tsp baking powder,
1 tsp ground cinnamon,
1 tsp cardamom,
1 tsp ground cloves,
1 tsp ground nutmeg,
1 tsp ground ginger.
Preparation:
Heat honey, butter, sugar and spices over low heat, stirring constantly. Separately, combine flour and baking powder, add slightly cooled honey mass and egg and knead the dough using a mixer with hook attachments. Cover the dough and refrigerate overnight. The next day, roll out the dough on a floured table to a thickness of 5mm and cut out the shapes using cookie cutters. Don't forget the thread holes! Place the gingerbread cookies on a greased baking sheet and bake at 175°C for 15 minutes. Let cool, decorate.
Ingredients:
200 g honey,
100 g sugar,
500 g flour,
1 egg,
1 tsp ground cinnamon,
1 tsp baking powder.
Preparation:
Mix honey, butter, sugar and cinnamon, heat over low heat, stirring, and add 1 tbsp. water. Stir and cool. Preheat the oven to 220°C, grease a baking sheet with oil. Add flour with baking powder, egg to the almost cooled mass and knead the dough. Roll out on a table sprinkled with flour into a layer 5 mm thick. Cut out the Christmas trees with cookie cutters and make holes for the threads. Place to bake for 15 minutes. Cool and decorate.
In addition to cookies, you can hang sweets on the Christmas tree, bought in a store or made by yourself. The second option is, of course, preferable. There is no need to decorate the candies, but you can wrap them in bright wrappers made of wrapping paper and tie bows, it will be so elegant!
Ingredients:
1 stick of butter,
7-9 tbsp. cocoa powder,
500 g “Malyutki”,
150 g milk,
1 stack Sahara,
1 stack ground nuts (hazelnuts),
1-2 sheets of waffles.
Preparation:
In a saucepan, combine butter, cocoa, sugar and stir until smooth. Pour boiling milk and cook over medium heat for 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat, add Malyutka and crushed nuts and mix thoroughly. Cool, form into balls or cones, roll in crushed wafers and place in the refrigerator.
Ingredients:
100 g sugar,
100 g crushed almonds,
1 egg white,
2 tsp lemon juice.
Preparation:
Mix almonds and sugar. Beat the egg whites with lemon juice to soft peaks. Place half of the protein mixture in the bowl with the almonds and stir. Gradually add the remaining whites, stirring constantly to form a homogeneous plastic mass. Divide into several parts and tint them food coloring. Edible “plasticine” is ready! You and your children can use it to fashion any toys you want, just don’t forget about the hanging strings! Make, for example, the head of Santa Claus: flatten a ball of pink marzipan, glue a chocolate dragee (eyes), a red dragee (nose), make a mouth from a strip of red marzipan and cut out a triangle (hat). Make a pompom for your hat, mustache and beard from undyed marzipan.
If you don't like fiddling with dough, then to make edible Christmas decorations use sheets ready-made waffles. Just buy waffles with small cells. Using a toothpick, break the waffles along the contour of the future toys (they need to be cut out of thick paper in advance). Make holes and thread the threads. Apply a layer of white glaze, straightening the thread, and let dry. Glaze in the same way reverse side. Dry and paint! Or glue finished decorations onto wet glaze.
Walnuts wrapped in silver and gold foil have long become a classic of the genre. Wrap whole, uncracked nuts in foil, tie red or blue ribbons, tie a bow - and the bright toy is ready! But such nuts are not for everyone, so we modify the recipe. Buy good peeled ones walnuts, which were preserved in halves or, at worst, in quarters. In a water bath, melt high-quality milk chocolate and, using it as glue, mold the halves into whole nuts. Let it harden and use a brush to brush over the surface of the nuts, moistening it in chocolate. There is no need to completely cover the nuts, and this is impossible; the chocolate is quite thick. Dry and wrap in foil or pieces of wrapping paper. Tie a large bow from packing tape, tie 2-3 nuts under it - beauty!
Bring magic to your family. Happy New Year!
Larisa Shuftaykina
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My mother once told me how she and her brother and sister, as children, ate all the candies that decorated the New Year tree and wrapped the crumb in candy wrappers. rye bread and hung it back, pleased with their resourcefulness. Oh, and then they got it from their parents for such resourcefulness, because... in those days, a few years after the war, chocolate candies were a luxury, they were bought only on major holidays.
The custom of decorating the New Year tree came to us from Germany. There is a legend that the tradition of decorating the Christmas tree was started by the German reformer Martin Luther. This was in the middle of the 16th century. In the 18th-19th centuries, the tradition of decorating the Christmas tree spread not only throughout Germany, but also appeared in England, Austria, the Czech Republic, Holland, Denmark and under Peter I in Russia. Christmas trees were decorated with candles, fruits and sweets.
The countries of Central Europe were the first to decorate the New Year's tree with sweets; they decorated, however, not a Christmas tree, but a beech tree with small apples, plums, pears and hazelnuts. Over the years, edible decorations have replaced toys made of wax, cotton wool, cardboard, glass, and then plastic.
Fortunately, today, these traditions are being revived. Elegant and delicious cookies, candies in foil, lollipops, nuts, tangerines, marzipan figures, liquid apples - all this gives a special charm Christmas tree, creates a pleasant atmosphere and comfort.
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The Christmas and New Year holidays are a fertile time for family holidays. You can walk through the winter forest together, ski, skate or sled down a hill. And if bad weather is playing outside the windows, it’s time to find some exciting activity together, for example, cooking something delicious. Children love playing with dough, so bake some cookies for the Christmas table. First, prepare a “test batch”, and if everything works out, feel free to invite guests for tea.
Where to begin? Of course, with clean hands. And don’t forget about an apron so your child isn’t afraid of getting dirty! Together, carefully study the recipe and prepare everything necessary products. Explain to the young cook that certain order His actions and strict adherence to the recipe are very important, otherwise the cookies may not turn out well. Schoolchildren can be trusted to measure themselves required quantity flour, milk and other products, but the kids will still need your help. It has been observed that cooking classes have a beneficial effect on the mental development of children. Preschoolers can be taught a lesson in “fun arithmetic” by counting out loud measuring spoons granulated sugar or sour cream. Working with dough is an excellent finger exercise for kids, promoting the development of fine motor skills, and therefore speech skills. You can do logic exercises with school-age children: think about how you can replace raisins, butter and other ingredients. And a very special moment - decoration confectionery. Here you need to give the child the opportunity to experiment: this is where there is real scope for the development of imagination!
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leaving children unattended, alone with the switch on kitchen appliances, not for a minute. Do everything together, commenting on your actions along the way: why you took a dry towel instead of a wet one to remove the hot baking sheet from the oven, why you turned off the mixer to add granulated sugar, etc. Remember also that the aroma of the dough will certainly tempt your baby to try a piece -other that can cause stomach upset. In a word, little cooks need an eye and an eye! So, everything is ready. Brew aromatic tea and invite everyone to a beautifully set table. Of course, the most delicious cookies on it will be. And the most satisfied among those gathered is the little cook, of whom mother can be proud!
It is important to remember that dust settles on edible decorations, so if you use them for food, you need to do this within 2-3 days, no later. Those decorations that you didn’t have time to eat can simply be left on the tree as “not edible” toys. The Christmas tree can also be decorated with tangerines, walnuts, wrapped in colored corrugated paper or foil.
Marzipan toys
Ingredients:
- sugar for glaze 100 g
- ground almonds 110 g
- lemon juice 2 tsp.
- egg white 1 pc.
- food colorings
Cooking method: Grind the sugar and almonds with a large wooden spoon. Whisk lemon juice and egg whites in a bowl with a fork. Add half of the egg white mixture to the bowl with the almonds and stir to combine. Add the remaining protein mixture little by little until it becomes thick. Grind until lumps disappear. Divide the marzipan mass into 2-3 parts. Pour in a few drops food paint into each part and form a ball from small quantity marzipan, if it has softened, add a little sugar and mix again. Make any figures of animals or birds from marzipan, be sure to make a hole for the thread. Leave to dry on the board. Once dry, thread a ribbon or thread and hang it on the tree.
Sugar candies
Ingredients:
- sugar 10 tbsp. l. (without top)
- water 9 tbsp. l.
- vinegar 1.5 tbsp. l.
Cooking method: Mix sugar, water and vinegar, place the saucepan on the stove, cook the caramel over low heat for 15-20 minutes or until it tastes like a hard ball. Throw a drop of caramel into the water, if it immediately sets and becomes hard, the caramel is ready. Grease the molds with oil, insert the sticks, pour the caramel, leave to harden.
Cookies for the Christmas tree
Ingredients:
- wheat flour 150 g
- ground cinnamon 1 tsp.
- ground ginger 1/4 tsp.
- butter 75 g
- liquid honey 3 tbsp. l.
- edible decorations
Cooking method: Sift flour and spices into a bowl. Add pieces of butter, rub into flour with your fingers until crumbly. Add honey, stir until it turns out soft dough. Wrap the dough in film and place in the refrigerator for 45 minutes. Preheat the oven to 180`C. Grease two baking sheets with oil. Dust your work surface with flour and roll out the dough to a thickness of 5mm. Cut out cookies using any cookie cutter. Using a stick, make small holes at the top for the ribbons. Bake cookies for 10-12 minutes until light, golden color. Cool the cookies, decorate with egg white glaze, colored sprinkles, sprinkle ribbons and hang on the Christmas tree.
Icing snowflakes
Ingredients:
Protein chicken egg 1 PC.
powdered sugar 250 g
lemon juice approx. 1/2 tsp.
Cooking method: Sift the powdered sugar. Lightly beat the egg whites, adding powder, and stir until a thick porridge-like mass is formed. Pour in the juice at the very end; you may need even less juice. To make jewelry, you need to make a drawing of snowflakes in advance or use ready-made template. Apply well on a flexible surface to make it easier to remove the fragile product later. Through pastry bag With nozzle No. 2, pipe icing along the lines. Dry for 5 days. Carefully tie the ribbons and hang the snowflakes on the tree, preferably at the very top.
"Big Christmas tree in the middle
the room was hung with gold
and silver apples, and for everyone
branches, like flowers or buds,sugared nuts grew,
colorful candies and all sorts of things
sweets."
E.T.A.Hoffman
"The Nutcracker and the Mouse King"
A delicious Christmas tree is not a dream for children! And although you won’t surprise anyone with sweets now, a Christmas tree decorated with homemade cookies and candies will remain in the memory of your children as the biggest New Year’s miracle. To do this, you just need to take a break from the eternal urgent matters, sit comfortably in the kitchen with the children and create a little fairy tale. After all, it is precisely moments like these, spent together, that warm the souls of adults and teach kindness to children. Don't miss the opportunity to touch a miracle!
You can decorate edible Christmas tree decorations in different ways. For example, paint them with colored glaze! To do this, cool the finished cookies or gingerbreads and cover them with a layer of white icing - this will be our tabula rasa, on which you and the children can draw almost anything. For white glaze, mix 1 egg white and 100-120 g of powdered sugar until you obtain a creamy mass without lumps. Just don't beat it to prevent air bubbles from forming. Add 2-3 drops of edible essential oil (mint, orange, anise, etc.) to make the glaze more elastic and not crack when drying. You can add vanillin for flavor. The glaze should turn out white and flow (not pour!) from the spoon. Using a spoon, spread the glaze onto the finished figures. Try to ensure that the glaze does not flow down, but forms a smooth, uniform surface. Lay out the glazed toys to dry until the glaze is completely hardened. Cover unused frosting with cling film and place in the refrigerator. You can also glaze the back of the toys if you don’t want them to turn up on the tree with the undecorated backside. After the glazes have completely dried and you can start coloring. To obtain “colors,” dilute 1 egg white and 70-80 g of powdered sugar so that you get a slightly more liquid mass than for white icing. Pour into glasses and add food coloring. If you are against “chemistry”, use natural dyes: red - boiled beet juice, yellow - carrot juice, green - spinach or parsley juice, purple - blueberry juice... True, natural dyes, alas, are paler than artificial ones. In any case, thoroughly stir the dyes in the cups. You can mix them together and get new shades! Using a good captive bristle brush, paint the toys the way you want, or leave the job entirely to the kids. For three-dimensional designs, use lemon juice glaze: grind 150 g of powdered sugar with 1-2 tbsp. lemon juice to a paste and add food coloring (if needed). Place the icing in a small but durable plastic bag, cut off a corner and squeeze out the icing to create patterns. If there were no traces of artists in your family, decorate delicious toys with confectionery toppings, fortunately there are so many of them on sale now that your eyes run wild. In addition, you can use colored dragees, ground nuts, and chocolate. Only this should be done at a time when the glaze is still damp. Chocolate melted in a water bath is also perfect as a glaze. Thread bright ribbons or threads into the holes on the finished toys and hang the toys on the Christmas tree.
Ingredients:
300 g flour,
100 g sugar,
200 g butter,
1 egg.
Preparation:
This amount should yield about 80 cookies. Sift the flour into a bowl, add sugar, egg and cold butter, cut into pieces. Mix well until you get fine grains. Knead the dough on a dry surface as quickly as possible so that it does not have time to heat up. Roll it into a ball, wrap it in film and put it in the refrigerator for 1 hour. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 180°C. Line a baking tray with baking paper. Remove the dough from the refrigerator, quickly knead it on a floured surface and roll it out to a thickness of 3 mm. Cut out cookies using various cutouts. Don't forget to make holes for thread or ribbon!
Ingredients:
90 g butter,
90 g sugar,
225 g flour,
1 egg,
1 tsp baking powder (baking powder),
1 tsp ground ginger,
1 tsp allspice,
colored candies - for decoration.
Preparation:
The indicated amount of ingredients is enough for 30-40 cookies. Beat softened butter and sugar in a bowl, add the egg, whisking continuously. Then sift the flour, baking powder and spices into a bowl and knead the dough. Roll the dough into a ball, wrap in cling film and place in the refrigerator for 30 minutes. Preheat the oven to 180°C, line the baking sheets with baking paper. Roll out the dough into a layer 3 mm thick, cut out cookies of various shapes. Make holes for the ribbons at the top, cut a “window” in the shape of a circle, square or heart in the center of each cookie. To obtain circles, you can use an evenly cut medical plastic syringe (determine the size for yourself). With its help, the circles will be cut out and the dough will jump out - you just have to squeeze it out with a piston. Place the cookies on a baking sheet and refrigerate for 15 minutes. Then put in the oven for 8 minutes, take out and put a piece of candy into the “windows” and put in the oven again for 5-6 minutes until the candy melts. Cool the cookies without removing them from the baking sheet. Then decorate to your liking, thread ribbons through the holes and hang the toys on the tree. Melted candies form colored windows in the cookies.
Ingredients:
400 g ground almonds,
250 g powdered sugar,
4 squirrels,
2 tsp vanilla sugar,
1 tsp ground cinnamon,
3-4 drops of almond essence.
Preparation:
Designed for 30 pieces. Using a mixer, beat the whites into a strong foam. Gradually, 1-2 tbsp. add powdered sugar without ceasing to beat. Add vanilla sugar, almond essence, cinnamon and half the ground almonds and beat with a mixer on low speed. Then add the remaining almonds and knead into a fairly stiff dough. On a table sprinkled with powdered sugar, roll out the dough into a layer 5 mm thick. Cut out stars using a cookie cutter. Make holes for the ribbons and place the cookies on the baking sheet. Bake at 130°C for 25-30 minutes. Cool on a wire rack. Decorate and hang on the tree.
Ingredients:
250 g honey,
75 g sugar,
25 g butter,
450 g flour,
1 egg,
2 tsp baking powder,
1 tsp ground cinnamon,
1 tsp cardamom,
1 tsp ground cloves,
1 tsp ground nutmeg,
1 tsp ground ginger.
Preparation:
Heat honey, butter, sugar and spices over low heat, stirring constantly. Separately, combine flour and baking powder, add slightly cooled honey mass and egg and knead the dough using a mixer with hook attachments. Cover the dough and refrigerate overnight. The next day, roll out the dough on a floured table to a thickness of 5mm and cut out the shapes using cookie cutters. Don't forget the thread holes! Place the gingerbread cookies on a greased baking sheet and bake at 175°C for 15 minutes. Let cool, decorate.
Ingredients:
200 g honey,
100 g sugar,
500 g flour,
1 egg,
1 tsp ground cinnamon,
1 tsp baking powder.
Preparation:
Mix honey, butter, sugar and cinnamon, heat over low heat, stirring, and add 1 tbsp. water. Stir and cool. Preheat the oven to 220°C, grease a baking sheet with oil. Add flour with baking powder, egg to the almost cooled mass and knead the dough. Roll out on a table sprinkled with flour into a layer 5 mm thick. Cut out the Christmas trees with cookie cutters and make holes for the threads. Place to bake for 15 minutes. Cool and decorate.
In addition to cookies, you can hang sweets on the Christmas tree, bought in a store or made by yourself. The second option is, of course, preferable. There is no need to decorate the candies, but you can wrap them in bright wrappers made of wrapping paper and tie bows, it will be so elegant!
Ingredients:
1 stick of butter,
7-9 tbsp. cocoa powder,
500 g “Malyutki”,
150 g milk,
1 stack Sahara,
1 stack ground nuts (hazelnuts),
1-2 sheets of waffles.
Preparation:
In a saucepan, combine butter, cocoa, sugar and stir until smooth. Pour boiling milk and cook over medium heat for 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat, add Malyutka and crushed nuts and mix thoroughly. Cool, form into balls or cones, roll in crushed wafers and place in the refrigerator.
Ingredients:
100 g sugar,
100 g crushed almonds,
1 egg white,
2 tsp lemon juice.
Preparation:
Mix almonds and sugar. Beat the egg whites with lemon juice until soft peaks form. Place half of the protein mixture in the bowl with the almonds and stir. Gradually add the remaining whites, stirring constantly to form a homogeneous plastic mass. Divide into several parts and color them with food coloring. Edible “plasticine” is ready! You and your children can use it to fashion any toys you want, just don’t forget about the hanging strings! Make, for example, the head of Santa Claus: flatten a ball of pink marzipan, glue a chocolate dragee (eyes), a red dragee (nose), make a mouth from a strip of red marzipan and cut out a triangle (hat). Make a pompom for your hat, mustache and beard from undyed marzipan.
If you don’t like fiddling with dough, then use sheets of ready-made waffles to make edible Christmas tree decorations. Just buy waffles with small cells. Using a toothpick, break the waffles along the contour of the future toys (they need to be cut out of thick paper in advance). Make holes and thread the threads. Apply a layer of white glaze, straightening the thread, and let dry. Glaze the reverse side in the same way. Dry and paint! Or glue finished decorations onto wet glaze.
Walnuts wrapped in silver and gold foil have long become a classic of the genre. Wrap whole, uncracked nuts in foil, tie red or blue ribbons, tie a bow - and the bright toy is ready! But such nuts are not for everyone, so we modify the recipe. Buy good shelled walnuts that have been preserved in halves or, at worst, quarters. Melt high-quality milk chocolate in a water bath and, using it as glue, mold the halves into whole nuts. Let it harden and use a brush to brush over the surface of the nuts, moistening it in chocolate. There is no need to completely cover the nuts, and this is impossible; the chocolate is quite thick. Dry and wrap in foil or pieces of wrapping paper. Tie a large bow from packing tape, tie 2-3 nuts under it - beauty!
Bring magic to your family. Happy New Year!
Larisa Shuftaykina
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