Write the recipe for your traditional Christmas dessert in english and your native language

DECEMBER 1

Ingredients:

500 grams of cake flour

5 whole eggs

100 grams of butter

1 small glass of lemon liqueur

a pinch of salt

a pinch of cinnamon 

2 tablespoons sugar

the grated peel of 1 lemon

500 grams of honey

 colored sprinkles as desired

candied orange

air  fryer    or oil

Preschool

 "Don Luigi Marchetta" 

Minturno Italy

Add the eggs, previously softened butter, salt, cinnamon, sugar, grated lemon zest and liqueur to the flour. Knead until the dough is soft but not sticky. Form thin cords and cut small pieces to form balls. Pour into the air fryer for 15 minutes at 180° or in an oil fryer until golden brown. Melt the honey in a large pan with the candied fruit, turn off the heat and pour in the struffoli and mix. Pour everything onto a baking sheet and decorate with lots of colored sprinkles.

Aggiungere alla farina le uova, il burro precedentemente ammorbidito, il sale, la cannella, lo zucchero, la scorza di limone grattugiata e il liquore. Impastare fino a ottenere un impasto morbido ma non appiccicoso. Formare dei cordoncini sottili e tagliare dei pezzetti piccoli per formare delle palline. Versare nella friggitrice ad aria per 15 minuti a 180° o in una friggitrice a olio fino a doratura. Sciogliere il miele in una padella larga con i canditi, spegnere il fuoco e versare gli struffoli e mescolare. Versare il tutto su una teglia e decorare con tanti granelli colorati.

DECEMBER 2

Ingridients:

210 g fine wheat pastry flour

125 g butter

70 g powdered sugar

100g ground walnuts or hazelnuts

1 vanilla sugar

1 egg white

DV "Malešnica", 

Zagreb, Croatia

VANILLA CRESCENT ROLLS

DECEMBER 3

Christmas bread

ingredients:

1 sachet of dry yeast

1 tablespoon of sugar

1 tablespoon of olive oil

1 teaspoon of salt

½ kilo of flour

a little cinnamon, a little nutmeg

1 cup of lukewarm water

1 glass of water with 1 tablespoon

 of sugar for the end.

8th Kindergarten 

of Kalamaria

In a bowl, pour the yeast and water and mix, then add the sugar and salt and mix. Add the olive oil, cinnamon and nutmeg and slowly add the flour. Mix and make the dough. Leave for half an hour and cover with a towel for the dough to rise. When the dough has risen, shape it with a little flour and knead it. Then cut a piece and make two strips, which we place in the shape of a cross on the dough. Place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and sprinkle with sugar water and let it rise for another half an hour. Put nuts on the surface and bake at 170 degrees for 50 minutes.

8th Kindergarten 

of Kalamaria

DECEMBER 4

                   Chocolate holiday cookies

Technological tool kneading machine. 

Kindergarten "Eglutė",  Lithuania. Lina Sakienė Lina Pocienė

        ŠOKOLADINIAI ŠVENTINIAI SAUSAINIAI

Ingredienti:2 uova, 300 g di farina 00, 100 g di zucchero,

100 g di burro, 1 scorza di limone grattugiata, 1 pizzico di sale .

IC"P.G.M.ALLEGRA", iTALIA ROSA G. ROSARIA s. ACI BONACCORSI

Take the flour, sift it, and put it in a bowl. Add the softened butter cut into cubes, the lemon zest, and a pinch of salt. Begin to mix all the ingredients together by kneading with your hands. As soon as you have obtained a crumbly mixture, add the eggs and knead very quickly. Form a smooth ball of dough, wrap it in cling film and let it rest in the refrigerator for about an hour before using.

Once the pastry dough has rested (resting makes it more fragrant), roll it out and use Christmas-themed cookie cutters (you can also use this pastry dough for classic cookies). Then, place the cookies on a baking sheet and bake them at 200°C for about 10 minutes. The cookies should not be too brown, otherwise they may become too hard

December 5

DECEMBER 6

HOW TO PREPARE THE RECIPE Christmas cookies:

Mix butter with sugar and vanilla sugar. Then add the salt, vanilla essence, egg yolk, and gradually the flour mixed with the baking powder.

We put the dough in food foil and leave it in the refrigerator for an hour.

Take the dough out of the refrigerator and let it return to room temperature for 10 minutes.

We spread the dough on the table covered with flour and cut with a shape with a hole in the middle, but if you don't have one, you can cut with a normal shape and the middle with a smaller shape. I cut some of the cookies with small and large star shapes.

We place the cut shapes in a tray lined with baking paper and put the tray in the oven preheated to 170 degrees for about 10 minutes.

After we have finished with the cut and baked operation, we move on to the decorated operation.

DECEMBER 7

"Sloth" cake

INGRIDIENTS

400 grams of biscuits 

380 grams of sweetened condensed milk (1 can)

180 grams of butter

2 tablespoons cocoa (with hoarding)

50 grams walnuts (optional)

The technology used -  blender

Radviliškis kindergarten "Žvaigždutė"

HOW TO PREPARE THE RECIPE

 Preparation time: approx. 30 min.

1.    30 min. Finely chop the nuts (if using) and mix with the biscuits.

2.    Melt the butter in a saucepan. Then add the condensed milk, the cocoa and heat over a medium heat, stirring, until the mixture is smooth and slightly thickened.

3.    Pour the hot mixture over the biscuits and stir very well so that all the biscuits are evenly coated. Leave to cool.

4.    Spread baking paper on a countertop or board. Place the biscuit mixture on it and press with your hands (or 

the edges of the baking paper) to form a stiff lazy roll.

5.    Place the dough in the fridge for at least 5-6 hours (or overnight) to set and allow the biscuits to absorb the cream.

6.    Slice the stiffened sloth into slices and enjoy.

Ingredienti e come preparare; in una ciotola mettere 2 uova, un pizzico di sale, 60g di zucchero e 1 bustina di vaniglia, mescolare bene poi aggiungiamo 75ml l'olio e 150ml tardi e mescolare, dopo 280g farina e 11g lievito e 3 cucchiai di cacao e mescoliamo, nel forno scaldato 160c° tempo 30 minuti, E Buon appetito!!!

IC Zevio

Italy

DESEMBER 9

Traditional  kourambiedes

Ingreedients:

400 gr butter

1 k. flour

2 t.sp. pouder sugar

1 egg

1/2 t.sp. baking soda (with drops of lemon)

1/2 cup of baked almondw

1 vanilla (flavouring )

1 t.sp. lemon peel (zest)

Instructions:

Whisk the butter with the pouder sugar until it becomes white.Then add the baking soda with the lemon and the egg.After that, add the almonds,the vanilla,the lemon pell and finally the flour.Mix all the ingredients together until you have a soft dough.Use it to create any formos you wish and bake them at 180  for 20 ''.After they have cooled down,sprinkle them with pouder sugar.

2o KINDERGARTEN OF KROKOS GREECE

The technology used -blender

2o KINDERGARTEN OF KROKOS 

Recipe : Christmas Brownies

Ingredients:

Instructions:

1. Melt the butter with the chocolate

2. In a bowl beat the sugar with the eggs, then add the melted butter and chocolate mixture along with the vanilla

3. Gradually incorporate the flour and baking pouder

4. Grease a small baking tray (25X35cm) and pour it in the butter

5.  Add the hazelnut praline in spoonfuls, spacing the apart so they don't touch each other.

6. Swirl each spoonful slightly into the butter

7. Bake at 180°C (356°F) for approximately 30-40 minutes

In the end we decorate the triangle shape of the brownies with smarties and green food colouring.

DECEMBER 10

61 th kindergarten of 

Thessaloniki

61 th kindergarten of Thessaloniki

DECEMBER 11

48 kindergarten of Larissa

TRUFFLES

Materials

5 packs filled cookies

2 packs cream cheese soft at room temperature

truffle for dressing

Implementation

Grind the cookies in the blender until they become powder. Put the cookies in a bowl. Add the cream cheese to the cookies. Knead the mixture and freeze it a little to harden. Shape the truffles. Sprinkle the truffles with truffle.

DECEMBER 12

kindergarten of Neochori Greece

SNOWBALLS WITH COCONUT FLAKES

INGREDIENTS : 

 225 g petit beurre chocolate flavor) 

400 g dulce de leche

50 gr chocolate drops 

50 gr colorful Choco truffle 

100g coconut powder 

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. smash th cookies with a multi cutter

2.Mix the cookies with the dulce de leche in a bowl

3. Let them freeze for 15 min

4. Make small balls with your hands

5.Dip the balls in the coconut powder (or colorful trufle or chocolate drops) and you are ready to enjoy!  

Technology

 used:

 multicutter 

DECEMBER 13

                   COCONUT SNOWBALLS

Ingredients:

Instructions:

Technological tool used: fridge

    2nd Kindergarten of Volos, Greece

DECEMBER 14

Kindergarten of Ano Poroia, Greece

Christmas cookies with sugar paste

DECEMBER 15

Healthy cookies 1-2-3

29th Kindergarten of Chania, Greece,

1. Mix honey , butter and flour 

2. Cut dough with Christmas shapes

3. Bake 7 minutes to 180¢  

DECEMBER 16

3 cups olive oil

1 cup orange juice

1 cup of sugar

9 cups of flour

1 cup of semolina

3 tbsp baking powder

1 tbsp grated cloves

1 tsp of soda

For the syrup

500 g of water

800 g of sugar

150 g of honey

3 sticks of cloves

1 orange cut in half

Ιmplementation

put the olive oil together with the sugar and the juice and beat them with the mixer. In another bowl, mix the flour, baby powder, grated cloves, cinnamon and soda. Mix the two mixtures. Shape and put them on a baking tray with greaseproof paper. Bake at 180 degrees for about 30 minutes.

1 Kindergarten of Skoutari Serres Greece

Honey macaroons

DECEMBER 17

Kindergarten No 8 Bârlad, România

Ingredients: 

200 grams of chocolate

200 ml of water 

500 gr biscuits 

200 gr of butter 

3 spoons of sugar

10 ml rum essence 

100 gr of coconut

130 grams of cocoa 

300 gr of ground walnuts

Christmas cookie balls

Method of preparation:

Step 1: We put the chocolate cut into small pieces to melt, on low heat, in 200 ml of water.

Step 2: Crumble the biscuits by hand. Add 3 spoons of cocoa on top of them, 3 spoons of sugar and mix.

Step 3: When the chocolate has melted, put the butter in the pan and let it melt, then pour everything over the biscuits.

Step 4: We put the rum essence, 200 gr of ground walnut and mix well, until we get a composition similar to the biscuit salami.

Step 5: Wet our hands with a little water and take the mixture with a spoon, then form balls the size of a walnut.

Step 6: At the end, the balls are passed through coconut to obtain white globules, through black cocoa to obtain dark-colored globules, or through ground walnut. Place them mixed on a plate, for a special effect.

DECEMBER 18

Vatero kindergarten, Kozani, Greece

Christmas cookies

1 cup of sugar

1 cup seed oil

1 cup orange juice

1 vanilla

floor

Μix all the ingredients together and make a dough. Cut with Christmas figures. Βake in the oven

DECEMBER 19

Petrana kindergarten,Kozani,Greece 

Snowballs

Put the milk and coconut in a bowl and mix with a spoon. 

Make balls and put them in the fridge to cool.

DECEMBER 20

Chocolate trunk

1 biscuit package 250gr

1 chocolate 52% 200gr

225gr butter

50gr orange juice

200gr icing sugar

Kindergarten of Rodopolis Serres, Greece

First we break all the biscuits in small pieces in a bowl and we add the icing sugar. After that, we add the orange juice and mix all the ingredients well with a spoon. We melt the butter and let it cool a bit. We melt the chocolate to and we add it in the mixture with the butter. We mix all the ingredients and we transfer the mixture to a baking sheet and give shape like tree trunk. We put the mixture in refrigerator and let it stabilize. When its ready we decorate it with icing sugar and Christmas food ornaments. 

DECEMBER 21

400gr biscuits , 150gr melted butter, 150ml mi 50gr cocoa, 60gr powdered sugar

150 g ground walnuts, rum essence, cinnamon, coconut

CHRISTMAS BALLS-dessert

Kindergarten with Extended Program no5 Romania

 Mosneagu Simona 

Miron Nina Diana 

DECEMBER 22

Cookies

100 g of butter

100 g fine sugar

1 egg

1 teaspoon of vanilla essence

275 g flour

To decorate:

200 g powdered sugar

3-4 teaspoons of cold water

2-3 drops of food coloring

CAPRARESCU VASILICA, KINDERGARTEN NO.94 BUCHAREST

Biscuiti

100 g unt

100 g zahar fin

1 ou

1 lingurita esenta de vanilie

275 g faina

Pentru decorat:

200 g zahar pudra

3-4 lingurite apa rece

2-3 picaturi colorant alimentar

DECEMBER 23

Vegetarian Santa Claus Pretzels - Traditional Recipe

Ingredients:

a cup of warm coconut milk

1 packet of dry yeast

1 tablespoon of sugar

a little salt

6 tablespoons of oil

vanilla essence

enough flour to make a stiff dough

Instructions:

Mix the coconut milk with the sugar, salt, oil, vanilla essence in a bowl, then add the flour and knead until you get a dough that is neither soft nor stiff. Cover with a towel and let rise for 1 hour in a warm place.

After rising, shape the pretzels into 5 cm diameter balls and place them on a baking sheet lined with greased baking paper. Leave to rise again for 20 minutes in a warm place, then put in the oven preheated to 180 degrees Celsius and leave there for 40 minutes.

When the pretzels are removed from the oven, sprinkle them with a little water, cover with a towel and leave for 10 minutes to soften the skin.

Enjoy!

Preschool teacher Postolache Olguta, Kindergarden no.94, Bucharest

Covrigei pentru Moș Crăciun vegetarian -reteta traditionala

Ingrediente:

o cană cu lapte de cocos caldut

1 pachet de drojdie uscata

1 lingura zahar

putina sare

6 linguri ulei

esenta de vanilie

făină cat sa iasă un aluat potrivit de tare

Mod de preparare:

Se amestecă într-un lighean laptele de cocos cu zahărul, sarea, uleiul, esenta de vanilie, apoi se adauga faina si se framanta pana obținem un aluat nici moale nici tare. Se acoperă cu un prosop si se aseaza timp de 1 ora la dospit într-un loc unde sa fie caldura.

Dupa ce s-a dospit se modelează covrigei cu diametrul de 5 cm si se aseaza intr-o tava in care am asezat hartie de copt unsa cu ulei. Se lasa din nou la dospit 20 min intr-un loc caldut,apoi se bagă la cuptorul preincalzit la 180 grade celsius si se lasa acolo timp de 40 min. 

Cand se scot covrigeii de la cuptor, se stropesc cu puțină apa, se acoperă cu un prosop si se lasa 10 minute ca sa se înmoaie coaja.

Pofta buna!

DECEMBER 24

„Christmas gingerbread “

INGREDIENTS:

500 grams of flour

130 grams of brown sugar

2 units of eggs

100 grams of butter

100 grams of honey

3 teaspoons of spices for gingerbread

1 teaspoon of soda

a little vinegar

For the glaze:

200 grams of powdered sugar (approx.)

1 egg white (from a small egg)

a little citric acid

METHOD OF PREPARATION:

Pour beaten eggs into the well, add honey, sugar, and butter. Place the bowl over the steam and stir until the sugar is completely dissolved (this is very important!). After taking off the steam, pour in the soda that has been well extinguished with vinegar, mix quickly. Add the spices and mix.

We pour flour and knead the dough.

Press the dough into a ball, wrap it in cling film and put it in the fridge for half an hour to harden.

We roll out a 3-4 mm sheet from the chilled dough and press out the gingerbread. We put it in a tray lined with baking paper.

Bake in an oven heated to 200 C for about 5-7 minutes (until the gingerbread rises and browns nicely). Let the baked ones cool down.

If we want, we decorate with icing

Kaunas kindergarten "Rasytė" Lithuania

Audronė Kerševičienė

DECEMBER 25

Collaborators on this book:

Preschool "Don Luigi Marchetta" Minturno Italy

Preschool "Don G. Boninsegna" Palù, IC Zevio, Italy

Kindergarten "Eglutė",  Lithuania

DV "Malešnica", Zagreb, Croatia

Kindergarten of Ano Poroia Greece

Kaunas kindergarten "Rasytė" Audronė Kerševičienė,Lithuania

2o kindergarten  of Volos Greece

2o kindergarten  of Krokos Greece

Kindergarden no.94, Bucharest Romania

kindergarten of Neochori Greece

8th Kindergarten of Kalamaria Greece

Collaborators on this book:

Radviliškis kindergarten "Žvaigždutė" Lithuania

G.P.P. Pinocchio Fălticeni Romania

61 kindergarten of Thessaloniki Greece

48 kindergarten of Larisa Greece

Kindergarten Aci Bonaccorsi I.C.S.”P.G.M.Allegra” Italy

Petrana kindergarten,Kozani,Greece

Kindergarten of Rodopolis Serres, Greece

Kindergarten with Extended Program no5 Romania

Vatero kindergarten, Kozani, Greece

1 Kindergarten of Skoutari Serres Greece

29th Kindergarten of Chania, Greece

Kindergarten No 8 Bârlad, România