4 Tasty Gift Ideas For Holiday Season

Peppermint Hot Cocoa

Ingredients
for 1 serving

¼ cup powdered milk
½ cup cocoa powder, unsweetened
½ cup sugar
½ cup chocolate chip
½ cup candy cane, crushed

Preparation

1. Empty contents of jar, mix to make sure ingredients are well combined.
2. To make, mix ¼ cup (50 g) of cocoa mix with 1 cup (235 ml) of hot water. Enjoy!

Aquarium Cookies

Ingredients
for 8 cookies

4 oz unsalted butter, softened
½ cup sugar
1 egg
2 cups flour
20 pieces hard candy
sprinkle, to taste
¼ cup white chocolate, melted

Preparation

1. In a medium bowl, mix softened butter and sugar until smooth. Add the egg and stir well to combine. Sift in the flour and fold until fully incorporated.
2. Cover the dough with plastic and rest in a fridge for at least 30 minutes.
3. Preheat the oven to 350˚F (180˚C).
4. Sprinkle flour on the work surface and rolling pin so the dough won’t stick. Roll out the dough to ¼- to ⅛-inch (6-3 mm) thickness. Using a 3-inch (7 ½ cm) round cookie cutter, cut out the dough.
5. Cut out center of each cookie with using a 2-inch (5 cm) round cookie cutter.
6. Place the cookie on a parchment-lined baking sheet and bake for 10 minutes.
7. Take out the sheet from the oven and place hard candies in the center of each cookies. Bake for 3-5 minutes or until the hard candy melts and spreads out.
8. Let the cookies cool completely.
9. In a microwave-safe bowl, melt the white chocolate, about 10-15 seconds.
10. For the bottom cookies, add your favorite sprinkles onto the hard candy. Take the top cookies and drizzle melted chocolate around the rims. Immediately sandwich the 2 cookies and set in fridge for 15 minutes.
11. Enjoy!

Frosted Nuts

Ingredients
for 4 servings

4 cups walnuts
2 egg whites
½ cup sugar
¼ cup salt

Preparation

1. Preheat oven to 300˚F (150˚C).
2. In a large bowl, combine walnuts, egg whites, sugar and salt and use a rubber spatula to mix until walnuts are well coated.
3. On a parchment paper-lined baking sheet, spread the walnut mixture evenly.
4. Bake for 30-40 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes, until the walnuts are crystallized,
5. Cool completely.
6. Enjoy!

Snowball Cookies

Ingredients
for 30 cookies

2 cups walnut
2 ¼ cups flour
½ cup sugar
2 sticks butter, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups powdered sugar

Preparation

1. Preheat oven to 325˚F (170˚C).
2. Place the walnuts in a ziploc bag and use a rolling pin to crush them until crushed.
3. In a large bowl, combine crushed walnuts, flour, sugar, softened butter, vanilla and mix with a rubber spatula until well combined.
4. Roll the dough into ping pong ball-sized spheres.
5. Bake for 20-30 minutes, until the bottom of the cookies is slightly brown.
6. While the cookies are still warm, sift powdered sugar over the cookies.
7. Enjoy!