These Cookies Gift boxes are so great! Locked down and who wants to give boring gifts to friends. Why not bake something really nice? I ordered some aluminum cookie boxes, lined them and then designed this simple and fast way to bake a bunch of cookies for friends.
They are yummy and soooo buttery. It is the best present you can gift friends, and does not have to be limited to Christmas.
The recipe has been adapted to be efficient, delicious and quick baking. Saves you time in the kitchen and provides lots of fun for the family and joy to friends and relatives.
Christmas Cookie Gift Box
Equipment
- Cookie cutters
- Mixer
- Rolling Pin
Ingredients
Cookie Base
- 240 g Unsalted butter
- 160 g Powdered sugar
- 1 tsp Vanilla essence
- 1 tsp Salt
Piped Butter Cookies
- 40 g Plain flour
- 10 g Corn starch or corn flour
Chocolate Chip Cookies
- 1 cup Chocolate chips
- 50 g Self-raising flour
- 0.5 cup Nuts (any kind optional)
Tea Cookies
- 3 g Tea leaves
- 60 g Cake or plain flour
Cocoa Thins
- 60 g Cake flour
- 10 g Cocoa powder
- 10 g Sliced almonds
- 1 tbsp Coarse raw sugar
Linzer Cookies
- 60 g Plain or Cake flour
- 15 g Almond meal
- As required Jam of choice
Sugar Cookies
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
- 60 g Plain or Cake flour
- As required Almond, Cashew, Pistachio nuts (lightly baked)
Instructions
Make Cookie Dough
- Cream butter and powdered sugar until even consistency.
- Add vanilla essence and divide the dough into six equal portions.
- Mix well.
Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Add all the ingredients into one portion of the cookie dough and mix well.
- Scoop teaspoonfuls of the dough on the cookie sheet.
Sugar Cookies
- Mix flour to the cookie dough. Add color if desired.
- Cut a piece of parchment paper and fold it to be 6x 27 cm.
- Place cookie dough on the parchment paper and fold in.
- Roll flat and freeze for 15 minutes.
- Cutout using cookie cutters. Place them onto the cookie sheet.
- Gather the remaining dough scraps and make into buttons of 8g each.
- Press a cashew nut/almond nut/ pistachio nut on it.
Tea Leaves Cookies
- Stir tea leaves (earl grey or matcha) into a portion of cookie dough.
- Wrap in cling wrap and shape into a 9.5cm long log. Chill in the freezer for 10 minutes.
- Remove the cling wrap and slice into 10 pieces.
Cocoa Thins
- Add cocoa, flour and sliced almonds to one portion of the cookie dough.
- Wrap the dough in cling wrap and shape it into a 12cm long square log.
- Chill in the freezer for 10 minutes.
- Remove and cut into 20 thin slices.
- Coat all 4 sides of the cocoa cookies with raw sugar and then arrange them on the cookie sheet.
Linzer Cookies
- Add almond meal, plain flour and any coloring desired to one portion of the cookie dough.
- Roll dough to 6 x 27cm. Refrigerate for 15 minutes
- Use a circle cookie cutter cutout the cookies.
- Arrange on the cookie sheet.
Piped Butter Cookie
- Add flours into one portion of the cookie dough.
- Pour mixture into a piping bag filled with a closed star nozzle.
- Freeze the piped cookie for at least 15 minutes.
Baking
- Bake at 180C for 10 minutes or so.
- Let it cool and arrange them into the cookie box.
