5 Christmas Recipes

Here are 5 easy dessert recipes that will be perfect for Christmas ! Cookies, pastries, truffles : you're sure to find something you'll want to bake !

1. COQUILLE DE NOËL (French Christmas Brioche)

Coquille de Noël is a French Christmas brioche. Originally from Northern France, this brioche will be perfect on your Christmas Day breakfast table ! This pairs perfecty with hot chocolate.



2. WHITE CHOCOLATE TRUFFLES

White chocolate truffles are an easy no-bake treat that only requires four ingredients.



3. GINGERBREAD SNICKERDOODLES

This snickerdoodles recipe uses gingerbread sugar for the coating instead of the typical cinnamon sugar. Baking soda and cream of tartar free.



4. THE BEST CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES EVER

This is my favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe. I've used it for years and it makes the best chocolate chip cookies ever.



5. NUTELLA CHRISTMAS TREE PASTRY

Need an easy Christmas dessert ? Look no further than this Christmas tree shaped Nutella filled pastry !

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Gingerbread Snickerdoodles

This snickerdoodles recipe uses gingerbread sugar for the coating instead of the typical cinnamon sugar. Baking soda and cream of tartar free.

Lire la recette des snickerdoodles façon pain d'épices en Français

This snickerdoodles recipe uses gingerbread sugar for the coating instead of the typical cinnamon sugar. I used my go-to snickerdoodles recipe, which is baking soda free and cream of tartar free - and yes, the snickerdoodles still stay soft !

To make the gingerbread sugar coating, you'll need a gingerbread spice mix (either store-bought or homemade - there are plenty of recipes online !). Once you have your gingerbread spice mix, the recipe is the same as any other snickerdoodles recipe : whisk together the flour, salt and baking powder. Cream the butter and sugar, add in the egg and vanilla, then stir in the dry ingredients. Shape the dough into balls, roll in the gingerbread sugar, bake for 12 to 15 minutes, and tada ! You have gingerbread snickerdoodles ! These cookies will be perfect for the Holidays.


Here's the recipe for gingerbread snickerdoodles :

GINGERBREAD SNICKERDOODLES
by A Cup Of Sprinkles

This snickerdoodles recipe uses gingerbread sugar for the coating instead of the typical cinnamon sugar. Baking soda and cream of tartar free.

Cook time : 12 minutes
Makes 10 cookies

Ingredients :
180g of flour
1/4 tsp of salt
1 tsp of baking powder
110g of softened butter
150g of sugar
1 egg
1/2 tsp of vanilla extract
For the cinnamon sugar coating :
3 tbsp of sugar
1 tsp of gingerbread spice mix

Instructions :

In a bowl, whisk together the flour, salt and baking powder.

In a separate bowl, cream the butter and sugar. Mix in the egg and vanilla extract.

Slowly add in the dry ingredients.

Put the cookie dough in the fridge for 15 minutes.

Preheat the oven.

In a small bowl, make the gingerbread coating : mix the sugar and gingerbread spices together.

Using an ice cream scoop or spoons, form balls with the cookie dough, and roll them in the gingerbread coating.

Put the cookie dough balls on a baking paper covered baking sheet, making sure not to put them too close together as the snickerdoodles will spread as they bake.

Bake for 12 to 15 minutes (180°C/350°F), until the edges on the snickerdoodles are golden.

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Nutella Christmas Tree Pastry

Need an easy Christmas dessert ? Look no further than this Christmas tree shaped Nutella filled pastry !

Lire la recette du sapin de Noël feuilleté au Nutella en Français

I can't believe this is only the first recipe that uses Nutella on this blog ! Guess what ? I love Nutella. You shouldn't trust people who don't like Nutella.

This dessert recipe is perfect for the Holidays. Nothing says Christmas more than a Christmas tree, right ? This Nutella Christmas tree pastry looks impressive but is super quick and easy to prepare. Plus, you only need a few ingredients :

Puff pastry - I used storebought, but if you want to use homemade, go ahead ! You'll need two 6in circles of puff pastry to make this Christmas tree pastry.

Nutella - I didn't measure out exactly how much Nutella I used, but 4-5 tablespoons will be enough. You don't want to use too much Nutella or twisting the dough will be a bit more difficult.

Egg yolk - to give the Nutella pastry that beautiful golden color !

You could also sprinkle some vanilla sugar over the pastry before you put it in the oven, or add a dusting of icing sugar after the pastry has cooled. I've also seen some Nutella Christmas tree pastries with mini M&M's to make baubles (gently press them into the dough before baking).


Here's how to make a Nutella Christmas tree pastry :

1). Roll out the puff pastry. On one circle, spread a thin layer of Nutella (about 4 or 5 tablespoons - don't use too much.)
2). Cover with the second circle of puff pastry.
3). Using a sharp knife, cut a Christmas tree shape in the dough and remove the excess puff pastry (You can use the excess to make Nutella croissants. I also used a small star-shaped cookie cutter to cut out a star-shaped tree topper).
4). Using a sharp knife again, make horizontal cuts about 1cm apart on each side of the tree (see picture), making sure to leave some uncut dough in the middle of the tree.
5). Twist the sliced dough a couple times to make branches.
6). Beat an egg yolk and brush the puff pastry with the egg wash.
7). Bake in a preheated oven for 20 to 30 minutes, until the puff pastry is a nice golden color.


Here's the recipe for this Nutella Christmas tree pastry :

NUTELLA CHRISTMAS TREE PASTRY
by A Cup Of Sprinkles

Need an easy Christmas dessert ? Look no further than this Christmas tree shaped Nutella filled pastry ! Only a few ingredients required.

Cook time : 25 minutes
1 Nutella Christmas tree

Ingredients :
2 puff pastry circles (6in)
4-5 tablespoons of Nutella
1 egg yolk
Optional : vanilla sugar and/or icing sugar

Instructions :

Preheat the oven

Roll out the puff pastry. On one circle, spread a thin layer of Nutella (you can microwave the Nutella for about 10-15 seconds to make it easier to spread.)

Cover with the second circle of puff pastry. Using a sharp knife, cut a Christmas tree shape in the dough and remove the excess puff pastry (You can use the excess to make Nutella croissants. I also used a small star-shaped cookie cutter to cut out a star-shaped tree topper).

Using a sharp knife again, make horizontal cuts about 1cm apart on each side of the tree (see picture), making sure to leave some uncut dough in the middle of the tree. Twist the sliced dough a couple times to make branches.

Beat an egg yolk and brush the puff pastry with the egg wash. Optional : sprinkle some vanilla sugar over the dough.

Bake for 20 to 30 minutes (180°C, until the puff pastry is a nice golden color. Optional : add a dusting of icing sugar over the cooled pastry.

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5 Cookie Recipes for Christmas

Here are 5 easy cookie recipes for Christmas ! From the best ever chocolate chip cookies to almond sablés, you'll be sure to find the perfect cookie treat to leave for Santa !

If I had to choose only one thing I love doing in December, it would be baking cookies. Cookies are so easy and quick to make, and there are so many different types ! Chocolate chip cookies (milk, dark, or white), double chocolate cookies, snickerdoodles, sablés (sugar cookies), the list goes on ! In this post, you'll find five easy Christmas cookie recipes to try this month.



1. ALMOND SABLÉS (Almond Shortbread Cookies)

These buttery sablés (French shortbread cookies) are made using ground almonds and a couple of drops of almond extract to take the almond flavor up a notch. Only four ingredients and no eggs required ! Use a star shaped cookie cutter to make these more festive !



2. DOUBLE CHOCOLATE COOKIES

Soft double chocolate cookies are made with white chocolate chips folded into a dark chocolate cookie base.



3. SNICKERDOODLES (Baking soda and cream of tartar free)

Want to make delicious cinnamon cookies that stay soft ? This Snickerdoodles recipe uses only baking powder, no baking soda and no cream of tartar involved !



4. CHOCOLATE MARSHMALLOW COOKIES

These chocolate cookies are topped with mini marshmallows : they're a hot chocolate in cookie form and perfect for Christmas !



5. THE BEST EVER CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

This is my favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe. I've used it for years and it makes the best chocolate chip cookies ever. These are the ones that get left out for Santa every year ! ;)

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5 Autumn Dessert Recipes

Here are five dessert recipes to get you through Autumn ! These cookies, tarts, and cakes will be the perfect treats to eat on rainy afternoons.

Here is an Autumn recipe round-up post for you ! These five dessert recipes make the perfect treats and snacks for those rainy, grey Fall afternoons ! Brownies, chocolate cake, cookies and bars, tarts : you're sure to find something you like here (and if you don't, check out the recipe index, or search recipes by ingredients.)

TARTE AU SUCRE

Tarte au sucre (literally "sugar tart") is a specialty from the North of France. A thin round brioche is topped with a mixture of heavy cream and light brown sugar. This classic French dessert is easier to make than it looks !

TRIPLE CHOCOLATE BROWNIES

Milk and white chocolate chips are added to a dark chocolate brownie base to make these brownies a delicious triple threat !

EGG FREE CHOCOLATE CAKE


This delicious, moist chocolate cake is made without eggs.

APPLESAUCE OAT BARS


Applesauce oat bars are very easy to make. They'll be perfect as an afternoon snack or for breakfast.

NOUGAT CREAM WHITE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES


Nougat cream white chocolate chip cookies – Chewy white chocolate chip cookies with a nougat cream cookie base.

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Nougat Cream White Chocolate Chip Cookies

Nougat cream white chocolate chip cookies – Chewy white chocolate chip cookies with a nougat cream cookie base.

Lire la recette des cookies à la crème de nougat et aux pépites de chocolat blanc en Français

I based this easy recipe for nougat cream white chocolate chip cookies on my best chocolate chip cookies ever recipe. These cookies had been on my mind for a while, and with Autumn here I finally decided that it was time to try them out. They turned out perfect ! The nougat cream adds a nutty flavor to the cookies, and the white chocolate chips are a nice addition to these chewy cookies.

I actually cut up a block of white baking chocolate to make chocolate chunks – as I said in my chocolate chip cookie recipe post, that's what I always do. You get more chocolate per cookie bite, and it's cheaper. Win win !
You can find nougat cream on Amazon in the US. You can also use nougat cream to make nougat cream cookie slices.


To make these white chocolate chip nougat cream cookies, you have to start by creaming the softened butter and nougat cream, then mix in the sugar. Add in the egg and vanilla extract, then slowly mix in the dry ingredients (flour, salt, baking powder) before you add in the white chocolate chips. You can bake the cookies right away, or keep the dough in the fridge to bake later. Bake for 12 minutes, until the edges are a nice golden color.

This recipe makes about 15 cookies (I use an ice cream scoop to make the cookie dough balls). The cookies will keep for up to a week in an airtight container.


You may also like :

The best chocolate chip cookie recipe

Nougat cream cookie bars

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Here's how to make nougat cream white chocolate chip cookies :

NOUGAT CREAM WHITE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES
by A Cup Of Sprinkles

Nougat cream white chocolate chip cookies – Chewy white chocolate chip cookies with a nougat cream cookie base.

Cook time : 12 minutes
15 Cookies

Ingredients :
120g of nougat cream
60g of softened butter
170g of unrefined sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp of vanilla extract
310g of flour
2 tsp of baking powder
1/2 tsp of salt
100g of white chocolate chip or chunks

Instructions :

Preheat the oven.

Cream the butter and nougat cream. Mix in the sugar.

Add in the eggs and vanilla extract, mix until well-incorporated.

Whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt, and gradually add them to the cookie dough. Add the white chocolate chips. Mix until well-incorporated.

Line a baking sheet with baking paper. Use spoons or an ice cream scoop to shape cookie dough balls, and place on the baking sheet.

Bake at 150/180°C (TH5/6) for 10 to 12 minutes, until the edges of the cookies are a golden color.

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Banana Oat Bars

These oat crumble bars are full of banana flavor and are super easy to make with only a few ingredients !

Lire la recette des barres avoine banane en Français

This banana oat bars recipe is the same as this applesauce oat bars recipe, only the applesauce has been switched for mashed bananas and banana slices. These banana oat squares are super easy to make, and they only require basic ingredients (flour, sugar, butter, oats, baking powder and salt, and bananas). This oat bar recipe is egg-free.
These oatmeal banana bars will be the perfect after-school snack for Autumn !


To make these banana oat bars, you will need to whisk together the dry ingredients (flour, sugar, oats, salt and baking powder), and then add in the softened butter. Combine using your fingers until it forms crumbs. You then have to flatten some of the mixture in a baking pan, and bake for 15 minutes.
Mash a couple of bananas, spread over the bottom of the bars, add banana slices over the mashed bananas, and sprinkle the rest of the oat crumble on top before baking for 35 minutes.
Keep these banana bars in a box for up to a week. I kept mine at room temperature.

You might also like these recipes :
Chocolate Banana Mini-Cakes
Chocolate Chip Banana Cookies
Applesauce Oat Bars


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Here's how to make banana oat bars :

BANANA OAT BARS
by A Cup Of Sprinkles
Adapted from Marsha’s Baking Addiction

These oat crumble bars are full of banana flavor and are super easy to make with only a few ingredients ! This recipe is egg-free.

Cook time : 50 minutes
16 servings

Ingredients :
190g of flour
150g of sugar
1/8 tsp of salt
1 tsp of baking powder
150g of rolled oats
175g of butter, softened
3 bananas

Instructions :

Preheat the oven.

In a bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, and oats.

Add in the butter and combine (using your fingers) until it forms crumbs.

In an 8x8in (20x20cm) pan covered in baking paper, spread a little over half of the mixture, and flatten it (using the bottom of a glass or your fingers) to form the base of the banana bars. Bake for 15 minutes.

Mash two of the bananas, and slice the third one.

Take the pan out of the oven, spread the mashed bananas on the base, add the banana slices and sprinkle the rest of the mixture on top.

Bake for 35 minutes (at 150/180°C).

Let cool completely before cutting into bars.

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5 Summer Dessert Recipes

Here are 5 Summer dessert recipes, from nectarine layer cake to apricot tart and raspberry cupcakes. You can also get ready to bake French desserts such as Tarte Tropézienne or a Fraisier !

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Nougat Cream Cookie Slices

Nougat cream cookies slices are made with a shortbread cookie base, nougat cream and a white chocolate drizzle.

Lire la recette des barres biscuitées à la crème de nougat en Français

I have a giant jar of nougat cream in the pantry. That giant jar of nougat cream will expire soon, so I need to use it up. I looked up recipes online to try and find a way to use nougat cream in a recipe, unfortunately, every dessert recipe either uses actual nougat or they're recipes to make nougat cream (and I already have it so those recipes are useless to me.)

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Fraisier (French Strawberry Cake)

Fraisier is a French strawberry cake : a génoise (white cake) is filled with crème mousseline and fresh strawberries. This is a classic French dessert.

Lire la recette du fraisier en Français

Fraisier is a fancy French word for strawberry cake. If you want to know how to pronounce it, go : fray zee ey. There, you can now say fraisier ;)

Strawberry cake (this version, filled with cream and fresh strawberries) has been one of my favorite desserts ever since I was a little one. Most birthday cake pictures from my first ten years on this planet are of fraisiers. I think it's because it combines a lot of my favorite things when it comes to desserts : strawberries, cake, and cream. A lot of cream.

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Chocolate Banana Mini Cakes

This recipe for moist chocolate banana mini cakes is the perfect way to use up ripe bananas.

After chocolate chip banana cookies, here come chocolate banana mini cakes. I'm just thinking about those poor ripe bananas, you know. I want you to use them up, and making these chocolate banana cakes is the perfect way to do just that.
Chocolate and banana is a well-known flavor pairing, and these mini cakes showcase just how amazing a pairing it is. You could also use a muffin pan to make these chocolate banana cakes.
These chocolate banana mini cakes stay soft and moist, even after a couple days left on the kitchen counter.


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Here's the recipe for chocolate banana mini cakes :

Chocolate Banana Mini Cakes
by A Cup Of Sprinkles
Adapted from Marsha’s Baking Addiction

This recipe for moist chocolate banana mini cakes is the perfect way to use up ripe bananas.

Cook time : 20 to 25 minutes
6 mini cakes

Ingredients :
85g of flour
25g of cocoa powder
75g of sugar
1 tsp of baking powder
1/4 tsp of baking soda
1/8 tsp of salt
1 ripe banana, mashed
120g of plain yogurt
1 small egg
2 tbsp of vegetable oil
1 tsp of vanilla extract

Instructions :

Preheat the oven.

Whisk together the dry ingredients (flour, cocoa powder, sugar, baking powder and baking soda), and set aside.

In another bowl, mix the banana, yogurt, egg, oil and vanilla extract.

Mix in the dry ingredients.

Grease (and/or line with baking paper) a mini loaf pan and divide the batter evenly (about ¾ full). Bake for 20 to 25 minutes (150°C/180°C), until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out dry.

Let cool for a few minutes before taking the chocolate banana mini cakes out of the pan.

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Top 5 Cookie Recipes

Here are the blog's five most popular ccookies recipes ! From snickerdoodles to almond sablés, check out these easy cookie recipes.

Here's a little round-up of the five most popular cookie recipes on the blog ! Cookies and bars recipes are what I've posted about the most on this little blog, with the most recent cookie recipe being these chocolate chip banana cookies, and the most recent bars recipe was this one for Easter chocolate cookie bars.

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Chocolate Chip Banana Cookies

What could be better than chocolate chip cookies you ask ? Chocolate chip cookies full of banana flavor ! These banana chocolate chip cookies are perfect as a quick and easy snack.

Lire la recette des cookies banane pépites de chocolat en Français

Maybe I should've named this blog A Cup of Cookies. I do seem to share a lot more cookie recipes than recipes that involve sprinkles, after all. It's just that when it comes to baking, cookies are one of my favorite things to whip up. If I had to list my favorite things in baking, sprinkles and cookies would have to share the first spot. But let's talk about these chocolate chip banana cookies now.
This is another recipe I've used for years. I've made these banana cookies several times to get the perfect (for me anyway) recipe. I wouldn't even be able to tell you which recipe I used to make them in the first place, first because it's been so long I've forgotten, and second because I've changed ingredient measurements.
This is the perfect recipe to make if you want to use up that ripe banana that's been seating on the counter for a week. Now, I call these cookies chocolate chip banana cookies, but I do use chocolate chunks. I've said before in this best ever chocolate chip cookies recipe post that I cut up a block of chocolate to get chunks, because it's cheaper and it's got a way better chocolate to cookie bite ratio ;) You can obviously use either.
Now, don't expect crispy cookies. These banana cookies have a bit of a cake-like texture, and they'll stay soft and moist even after a couple days on the counter. :)


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Here's how to make chocolate chip banana cookies :

CHOCOLATE CHIP BANANA COOKIES
by A Cup Of Sprinkles

What could be better than chocolate chip cookies you ask ? Chocolate chip cookies full of banana flavor ! These banana chocolate chip cookies are perfect as a quick and easy snack.

Cook time : 10 minutes
10-12 cookies

Ingredients :
180g of flour
1/8 tsp of salt
1 tsp of baking powder
75g of butter, softened
120g of light brown sugar
1 ripe banana, mashed
1 egg
1 tsp of vanilla extract
100g of chocolate chips

Instructions :

Preheat the oven.

Whisk together the flour, salt and baking powder. Set aside.

In an another bowl, cream the butter and sugar. Mix in the egg, mashed banana, and the vanilla extract.

Add in the dry ingredients and chocolate chip. Mix until everything is incorporated.

Using spoons or an ice cream scoop, form cookie dough balls on a baking paper covered baking sheet, making sure to space them out as the cookies will spread when baking.

Bake for 10 to 12 minutes (150°C/180°C), until the edges are a golden color.

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