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Is the holiday season truly complete without the classic yule log or gingerbread cookies? Good thing we have both recipes ready for you!

Bûche de Noël

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French for yule log cake, this dessert is shaped like a log and tastes like chocolate perfection!

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To make this delicious dessert, first you will need to

whip 2 cups cream,
½ cup sugar,
½ cup cocoa and 1 tsp vanilla until stiff
peaks form. Place the mix in the refrigerator.

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While your mix cools in the refrigerator,

separate egg whites from egg yolks and keep the 6 egg whites.
Mix 6 egg yolks with ½ cup sugar,
then blend in 1/3 cup of cocoa,
1 ½ tsp vanilla extract and 1/8 tsp salt.

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In a separate bowl,

whip egg whites before you start adding ¼ cup sugar and keep beating until stiff peaks form.

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Add the yolk mixture into the whites

before spreading evenly on a 26.6 x 39.3 cm jellyroll pan, lined with parchment paper.

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Preheat oven to 190°C for 15 minutes

Once preheated, put your mix in the oven and bake for another 15-12 minutes.

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While still warm,

turn the cake onto a clean towel dusted with icing sugar.

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Remove the parchment paper

in case it’s stuck to the cake before rolling the cake up using a clean towel and leaving it to cool for about 30 minutes.

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Unroll the cake and spread the filling.

Leave enough space from the edge (2 cm or roughly the width of a thumb) to roll it.

You can decorate it with frosting or icing sugar, before adding some decorations. Keep it refrigerated until serving.

Gingerbread men

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Soft and full of holiday spices, you can bake a jar of these cookies in no time (and be prepared for them to disappear in no time too)!

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Start by

melting ¾ cup of butter over low heat. Stir in 1 cup of brown sugar and ½ cup molasses until smooth.

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After they’re well combined,

remove the mix from heat and leave to cool for 5 min before placing in a large bowl and beating in 1 large egg..

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In a separate bowl,

whisk 3½ cups of flour,
1 tsp baking powder,
½ tsp baking soda
and 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
before mixing them well with the wet ingredients (but not for too long) using a spoon or spatula.

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Divide your dough

in half and wrap in plastic
before refrigerating for at least 1 hour..

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Ready to bake?

Bring your dough to room temperature before sprinkling some flour and rolling it to a thickness of 1 cm using a rolling pin. Make sure you keep the plastic wrap between the rolling pin and the dough, so it doesn’t stick.

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Use a cookie cutter,

to form the shape you want before placing your cookies 2 cm apart on a lined baking tray.

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Heat your oven

to 180°C and bake your cookies for 4 to 7 minutes.

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Leave them to cool

on a cooling rack before you start decorating and enjoying, of course!

Keep
in mind:

Different types of pies and fillings require different baking methods.As a general rule, it’s better to opt for blind baking if your pie will have an unbaked filling, like creamy chocolate or lemon custard. In case you’re making a quiche, it’s better to bake the pastry with the filling at the same time.

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