Christmas is almost here. If you want to bake treats for a Christmas or New Year party, we have 5 ideas for Christmas-style bakes to share with you.
1. Fancy Christmas Cookies
Cookies are something most home bakers can already make, and plain cookies are easy to turn into fancy Christmas cookies. Instead of the usual round shape, use cookie cutters to cut the dough into different shapes, such as Christmas trees, gingerbread figures, reindeer and snowmen. These cutters are easy to find at baking supply shops and are also sold in sets.
Once you have cut the dough and baked the cookies, decorate them with colored icing to make them look more attractive, tempting and colorful. Piping on extra details is what completes the transformation into fancy Christmas cookies.
2. Christmas Tree Cookies
If you cannot find Christmas cookie cutters, here is another Christmas cookie idea: a Christmas tree cookie stack. Make flat, round cookies in a range of sizes that can be stacked into a tree. Make about 2–4 cookies of each size, then step the sizes down gradually, again with 2–4 of each.
After baking, place the largest cookie at the bottom as the base and stack progressively smaller cookies on top, spreading frosting between the layers so they stick together. You will end up with a Christmas tree shape. Finish with red and green rainbow sprinkles for extra color.
3. Christmas Tree Brownies
If brownies are your thing, try Christmas tree brownies. Bake your brownies in a large round pan using your own recipe. Once baked, keep cutting the brownie in half until you have 8 pieces, giving you triangular slices. Drizzle green icing over the brownies as you like, add sprinkles and finish by inserting a stick so they can be held and eaten. That is all it takes to create Christmas tree brownies.
4. Christmas Donuts
For Christmas donuts, we recommend making donuts without a hole, so you have plenty of space to decorate the top with Christmas faces such as Santa Claus, reindeer and snowmen. To add a surprise, you can also fill them with different flavored fillings.
5. Christmas Cupcakes
When you want a beautiful bake, cupcakes are one of the first things that come to mind, and they are still popular today. They are easy to give a Christmas twist in many ways, for example with green or red frosting. If you prefer cupcakes without too much cream, top them with Christmas-themed sugar icing figures instead.
These are 5 ideas for DIY Christmas-style bakes that you can apply to your own baking. For other bakes not on this list, focus on red and green and decorate them in your own style to give them a festive Christmas feel.
