dutch apple pie
The holidays arrive and instead of resting, taking things easy, letting yourself be carried away by the sound of Christmas carols, lights and Christmas decorations, you give up put you in the kitchen . Cover yourself up to the top with flour, spread yourself well with chocolate (because cooking is not just 100% your thing) and messing around with the oven to make 1,000 shortbread cookies.
But, what happiness! Knowing that there are many days ahead of vacation and that you have 10 recipes with which to enjoy a small portion of the world. These are the most wanted desserts when Christmas arrives in pinterest . Here we go!
1. dutch apple pie
A total of 49,000 times this delicious has been saved Dutch dessert on Pinterest . What does it have that makes it so famous?
Let's say it's a classic that never goes out of style. The traditional recipe dates back to 1626 and is filled with apple, raisins, lemon juice and cinnamon. It is easily recognizable by its coverage with crisscrossing strips of dough. However, we propose this modernized recipe with a crispy cover.
two. Rose-shaped cake with apples and cream cheese
In addition to being pretty is apple pie and cream cheese is vegetarian . And although it may seem very difficult, it requires more salt shaker with the pastry than anything else. It is made with puff pastry, lemon juice, cream cheese, apple, sugar and cinnamon.
It is a very typical dessert in England and France. Will it end up being so in Spain too?
3. homemade pumpkin pie
The pumpkin pie or Torta de Auyama It's one of the american desserts most popular at Christmas, Thanksgiving and Halloween.
This is a simple tart made with a pie crust (which you can buy pre-made) and filled with pumpkin, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and originally whipped cream.
Four. Christmas cookie dough with M&M's
behold the most pined dessert (364,000) of the Christmas parties: the m&m's cookies . Will this be the definitive recipe to crown you as queen or king of Christmas?
The grace of this is that they are not the typical round shaped cookies , but they are made in bar. The dough contains butter, sugar, eggs, flour, baking soda, and vanilla extract. Before baking the dough, you have to add the M&M's to taste. 40 minutes...and that's it!
5. Gluten-free chocolate babka Raspberry and chocolate rugelach
It's delicious Chocolate braid comes from Eastern Europe, although it is also very popular in New York. Do you want to know how to get a perfect dough? This sweet bread does not have much of a secret, although before fill it with Nutella You should let it cool for 15 minutes in the refrigerator.
Follow all the steps in this gluten free recipe !
6. Raspberry and chocolate rugelach
They say he french croissant and rugelach they share more than just dough, but this Jewish sweet, of Ashkenazi origin , is much older than French.
It's about the typical recipe in Israel , the one you can find in all cafes and bakeries. The dough for these small crescents is made with cream cheese, unsalted butter and flour . And the filling? Perhaps the secret is to add a little cinnamon.
THE SPANISH
What did you think we were going to forget about our typical sweets ? Here are some of the most sought after Spanish sweets and recipes. Put on your apron and get cooking!
1. homemade marzipan
Although its origin is believed to be Arabic, marzipan is one of the most emblematic sweets of Spanish Christmas . You will have tried them of all kinds, but none like the homemade ones and the marzipans of Toledo.
The recipe is very simple: you only need premium quality ground almonds , sugar, an egg yolk and an egg white.
two. Nougat from Alicante
As you can see, this year we have proposed that you sweeten your parties and, if possible, in the most traditional way possible.
To prepare the imperial cake We have to tell you that you need some technique, because you have to make a meringue, a syrup with honey and get the exact point of the nougat. This recipe is now yours!
3. Sevillian Polvorones
Steppe and Antequera , in Seville, are well known for their Polvorones made with fence or cow lard , sugar, cinnamon and flour.
Its oval shape distinguishes it from other types of mantecados, it is also covered with icing sugar. Do you want to learn how to make them? This is the traditional recipe.
Four. almond shortbread
What is the difference between a shortbread and an ice cream ? Although they share most of their ingredients, the ground almonds It is what differentiates them and also their circular shape.
The ancestral recipes come from Antequera, Estepa, Toledo and Valladolid; and although this recipe is traditional, you can make them from lemon, chocolate, cinnamon and puff pastry.
5. New Year's anise cake
Don't worry, no one will take the grapes away from you this year. Once the 12 chimes have sounded, it will be time to take out this incredible anise sponge cake recipe, which honors the greek vasilopite , a cake that is eaten by new year's day in greece and what they say, brings good luck and blesses the home.
Tradition rules: so you will have to distribute it to all the members of the family in order of age, from the oldest to the youngest.
6. Roscón de Reyes stuffed with Jijona pastry cream
If you are looking for the best Roscón de Reyes in Spain, you have this guide, but if what you are looking for is to surprise your guests this year you prepare the roscón.
We are not fooling you, this recipe is not easy, but with skill and patience you can get ** a fluffy sponge cake and a rich pastry cream **. If the latter is not your thing, you can always resort to whipped cream.