How to make delicious Christmas tree decorations

With self-cooked edible decorations your tree will definitely be unique and unrepeatable. And this move will be appreciated by all family members.

Festive gingerbread

You will need: 600 g flour, 150 g butter, 1 egg, 2 egg whites, 150 g sugar, 250 g honey, 1 tbsp. cocoa, 1 tsp. cinnamon, 1 pinch salt, 2 tsp. baking powder, 150 g of icing sugar, dyes, colored sprinkles, molds for gingerbread.

How to cook. Melt the butter over low heat, add cocoa, honey and sugar, stir. When the mixture has cooled, add the egg, flour, salt and baking powder. Knead the dough, place on a floured surface. The dough should not be very steep, leave it for 8 hours at room temperature.

Roll out a layer of 5 mm from the dough, cut the gingerbread cookies with tins. Cover the baking sheet with parchment, lay the blanks on top.

Bake the gingerbread cookies in an oven preheated to 190 degrees for 15 minutes. Cool them down, make a hole for the tape. Whisk the whites with the powdered sugar. Divide the fondant into portions, add dyes. Cover the finished gingerbread with colored fondant, decorate with sprinkles.

Christmas cookies

You will need: 300 g flour, 200 g butter, 100 g sugar, 1 egg, cookie cutters.

How to cook. Sift flour into a bowl, add egg, sugar and grated butter, quickly knead the dough. Make a ball out of the dough, wrap in foil, refrigerate for 1 hour. Then roll out the dough into a thin layer, cut out the cookies with molds, make holes for the ribbons.

Bake in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for 20 minutes.

Chocolate jewelry

You will need: 2 bars of chocolate, pastry syringe, sprinkles or nuts for decoration.

How to cook. Melt the chocolate in a water bath, fill it with a pastry syringe. Cover a flat dish with parchment. Use a syringe to squeeze any figures onto it by adding a loop for the ribbon. Leave the figurines to freeze in the refrigerator. Before hardening, you can sprinkle the figures with crushed nuts or bright Easter sprinkles.

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