Christmas is on its way and we have curated a perfect go-to list of essential ingredients you will need for your Christmas baking. As the festive season arrives, there is a long list of things to do. From buying the perfect Christmas tree to decorating the house. From selecting the perfect accessories for the Christmas tree to deciding on what to make for the lavish Christmas dinner.
Amidst the Christmas preparations, many things might slip of the mind. To make sure that your Christmas is more cheerful and less stressful, we have prepared a list of the ingredients that you will require for preparing Christmas cakes and cookies for celebrations!
Here is a complete list of all the essential ingredients that you will need to prepare the most delightful and delicious cakes and cookies for Christmas.
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Flour
Christmas is that time of the year when you need to use as much flour that you haven't really done in the rest of the year. Flour goes into making dinner rolls, pancakes, waffles, loaves of bread, buns, cakes, cookies, and other desserts as well. Also, a wide variety of flours are available these days including the very sought for coconut flour. Coconut flours are widely used in making cookies, muffins, pancakes and much more.
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Sugar
Sugar undoubtedly the most inevitable part of Christmas celebrations everything that you are going to make from deserts to Pies to squashes they will all require a handful amount of sugar. Sugar can also be used in glazing fresh fruits. Powdered sugar acts as a beautiful garnish to desserts.
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Bourbon biscuits
Bourbon biscuits are absolutely a must-have for the Christmas festivities. They can be served as biscuits or can also be put in the base for or puddings and cakes. Trust us, bourbon biscuits make a wonderful appetizer when served with cream and maple syrup.
Bourbon biscuits recipe: Homemade Bourbon Biscuit Recipe, Classic British Biscuits
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Baking powder & Soda
Make sure to have a good amount of baking powder and soda handy to make hassle-free cookies cakes and biscuits. Buy fresh baking powder or soda to increase the effectiveness and make really fluffy delicacies. Baking powder and soda is something that will be used extensively in baking, as it is an inevitable part of all the baked items including cakes, pies, cookies and other baked savouries.
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Spices (Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Ginger, Clove)
Cinnamon is the spice of Christmas and is used in preparing Christmas desserts such as apple pie, doughnuts and cinnamon buns. Spices like ginger powder, nutmeg, cloves are some of the other flavourful spices that you cannot miss from your Christmas treats. Along with being the fragrant and flavourful using these spices in your cooking also has many health benefits. So, please make sure to use the right amount of spices for your Christmas baking.
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Butter cookies
Christmas is just not complete without cookies and what could be a better option than having the super delicious butter cookies. Butter cookies do not just add taste to the Christmas dinner but they also so add volume to the dinner. In case you are not left with time to bake fancy cookies, you can definitely have butter cookies at your rescue as they are pretty easy to prepare.
Here is the recipe for preparing melt in mouth butter cookies easily at home: Danish Butter Cookies
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Rusk
In case you want to have a widespread dinner menu, having a few appetizers made from rusk would be a great option. Rusk can also be used in making crunchy cookies. Just add a handful of crunched rusk to your cake/cookie batter and there you are, all set to go! Also, you can crush rusk and use it as a binding agent or coating burger patties, cheese corn balls, chicken dumplings etc.
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Honey
Honey is one of the must-have ingredients for Christmas baking. It is a natural sweetener and can be used as a substitute for granulated sugar. It is used in preparing cookies, pies, tart and puddings and many other recipes. You can also drizzle your cake with honey glaze. It gives a superb taste and looks to the cake.
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Dried Fruits
We cannot imagine Christmas cake without dried fruits. The soaked dried fruits are very important for preparing insanely delicious Christmas cake. Not only in cakes but you will need a mix of dried fruits in almost all your Christmas baking and desserts.
Listed below are all the essential ingredients you will need for Christmas baking. You are just a click away from filling your baskets and making your Christmas hassle-free. So start Christmas grocery shopping now and enjoy your holidays to the fullest.
May your world be filled with warmth, joy and happiness through the New Year. Wishing you all a Merry Christmas!
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