Happiness Pie for the New Year - homemade step-by-step recipe

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Cookies "Christmas trees"

“New Year's Tree” cookies The symbol of any New Year is the Christmas tree, so on store shelves on the eve of the holiday you can find many offers of ready-made flour products for every taste and color. However, baked goods prepared with your own hands for the New Year cannot be compared with store-bought products. Moreover, preparing “New Year trees” according to our recipe will not take you much time.

Ingredients

What you need for holiday cookies:

Butter – 150 gr.
Sugar (regular) – 150 gr.
Sugar (vanilla) – 2 tsp.
Chicken eggs – 2 pcs.
Orange – 1 pc. (average size).
Baking powder – 2 tsp. (can be replaced with 1 teaspoon of slaked soda).
Flour – 0.5 kg.

If you want to decorate the Christmas trees later, stock up on extra sugar icing and confectionery sprinkles.

How to cook

To prepare, you will need a grater, a deep bowl for kneading the dough and a fork for mixing the ingredients. The whole procedure will take no more than 15-20 minutes:

Remove the zest (without fanaticism - only the orange part). If you have a special knife, you can use it. If you don’t have one, a regular grater will do.
Separately, you need to squeeze the juice out of the orange - 50 grams is enough.
In a deep bowl, mix both types of sugar and butter.
Add the eggs there and mix again.
Pour in the orange juice, add the zest and stir again.
Add baking powder, gradually add flour, after which you can knead the dough.
Roll out the resulting dough. The thickness depends on how crispy you want the cookies to be - 3-4mm will be enough.
Cut out Christmas tree shapes on the dough. If desired, you can use any molds available in the kitchen.
Place the cookies on a baking sheet that has been pre-greased or lined with baking paper.
Place the baking sheet in the oven (180 degrees) and bake for 15 minutes.

Once ready, you can decorate the cookies with sprinkles and icing.

What to bake for the New Year: 5 simple recipes for every taste

What's on our menu? Christmas cookies, chocolate cake, gingerbread and other goodies for the holiday table. Our desserts will complement your New Year's table and help you celebrate the new year 2020 deliciously. Give your loved ones a sweet gift to make the New Year a success!

Preparing cookies for the holiday

The tradition of baking Christmas cookies for the New Year holidays came to Russia from Europe. Europeans love to make cookies in the shape of heroes of Christmas stories or snowflakes, snowmen, and Christmas tree decorations.

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To bake Christmas sugar cookies you will need: flour, butter, sugar, eggs, baking soda, vanilla sugar and salt. For the glaze you need egg white, powdered sugar and lemon juice.

Take 200 g of butter and beat it in a deep bowl. Add 200 g of sugar and beat again. Add 2 eggs to the resulting mixture one by one.
Mix 400 g of flour with 1 teaspoon of soda and 0.5 tsp. salt. After kneading the shortbread dough, put it in the refrigerator for 2 hours.
Then the finished dough needs to be rolled out. Use cutters to make the cookies in the shape of Christmas figures. Place the finished figures on a baking sheet, having previously covered it with baking paper. Preheat the oven to 175 degrees and bake the cookies for 7 minutes.
Now you need to make the glaze. To do this you will need egg white, lemon juice and powdered sugar. Whisk the mixture, but not too much - leave it thick. The glaze is ready. Feel free to decorate your New Year's treat.

Baking chocolate pie

This New Year's delicacy will be a real gift for children. Adults will also enjoy drinking tea with this cake.

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To make chocolate cream pie, you will need butter, eggs, wheat flour, cocoa powder, powdered sugar, salt, milk, dark chocolate, cornstarch and frozen cherries.

First you need to make a cream that will cool in the refrigerator while you prepare the dough. To do this, mix 100 g of corn starch with 150 ml of milk. Continue stirring until all lumps disappear.
Then, in a separate pan, mix 200 ml of milk and 150 g of sugar. The mixture must be heated to almost 90 degrees, but not brought to a boil. After this, add 150 g of chocolate to the mixture. Then you need to place the mixture on the stove again and add 650 ml of milk to the pan. Add a mixture of starch and milk, after which you should get a homogeneous cream mousse. When the cream has cooled completely, add frozen cherries and place in the refrigerator.
Now you need to prepare the shortbread dough. To do this, mix 500 g of wheat flour, 70 g of cocoa powder and 200 g of powdered sugar. Add 80 g of egg yolk, 300 g of butter and one pinch of salt to the resulting mixture. Next you need to knead the dough and form it into a ball. Place the dough in the refrigerator for 2 hours.
Take out the dough, roll it out and transfer it to a baking pan. Don't forget to line the bottom of the pan with parchment. We spread the cream on the dough, and the rest can be used to decorate the top of the pie. You need to bake in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for 55 minutes, then cool the cake and put it in the refrigerator until the morning. New Year's baking is ready.

Making orange cake

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It will take you an hour and a half to prepare this Christmas treat, but the effort is worth the unique taste. To make the cake, you will need butter, wheat flour, eggs, baking powder, vanilla sugar, oranges, cognac and regular sugar.

The oranges need to be washed and then zested. Use a fine grater for this. The zest needs to be divided into two equal parts: one will go into the dough, and the other for impregnation. Squeeze 300 ml of juice from other oranges.
Beat 4 eggs in a deep bowl. Gradually add 200 g regular sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Whisk and add 1 teaspoon of cognac. Place the softened butter in a bowl, then the zest of one orange. Pour half the juice over the mixture and whisk until smooth, making sure there are no lumps.
After this you need to add 320 g of flour and 10 g of baking powder. Don't forget to sift the flour. Now you can knead the dough. Grease the pan you will bake in with butter. Transfer the dough into it. Bake the cake in the oven for 45 minutes.
While the cake is in the oven, prepare the frosting. To do this, mix the remaining zest, orange juice and sugar. Place water on the stove, bring to a boil and reduce heat. Boil the syrup until it becomes completely clear. You can pour the finished syrup over the finished cake to make it soft and juicy.

Syrup can be used if you need to soak sponge cake, gingerbread or cakes.

New Year Cake

There must certainly be a cake on the holiday table. We'll tell you how to bake a cheesecake with brownies and tangerines step by step.

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To make this Christmas treat, you will need dark chocolate, cane sugar, butter, eggs, almond flour, wheat flour, baking powder, cocoa, cream cheese, orange zest, juice, rosemary, cinnamon and tangerines.

This cake consists of three layers. We start by preparing the dough. Melt 120 g of chocolate in a water bath. Beat 120 g of butter with 100 g of sugar. Add 2 eggs to this mixture and continue beating.
Then you need to add 80 g of almond flour and 50 g of wheat flour. Add 2 tablespoons of cocoa and one teaspoon of baking powder to seven. When the melted chocolate has cooled, you also need to add it to the resulting mixture.
The chocolate dough should be poured onto the bottom of a greased pan and lined with parchment paper. After this, you can prepare the second layer.
For the second layer, take 650 g of cottage cheese, 3 eggs and 100 g of sugar. You need to mix and beat everything, and then combine the orange zest with the resulting mixture.
After this, the layers need to be connected. The curd layer is poured onto the chocolate layer, and then cooked in the oven for 60 minutes. Oven temperature 160 degrees. The finished cheesecake should cool in the oven, then transfer it to the refrigerator for 2-3 hours.
Now you can start preparing the cake decor. Peel the tangerines and place them in wedges in a cooking pot. Separately, you need to make syrup: mix tangerine skins, cinnamon, rosemary to taste with 100 g of cane sugar and cook for 7 minutes. You can decorate the cake with the prepared syrup and tangerines.

Cheesecake slices can be served separately; to do this, lay out each cake and garnish with a cinnamon stick or a sprig of rosemary.

Gingerbread for the holiday

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One of the simple recipes is delicious gingerbread for the holiday table. To make gingerbread you will need: honey, flour, sugar, eggs, butter, baking powder, cocoa, ground ginger, vanilla sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon, powdered sugar and lemon juice.

Take 200 g of honey and combine it with 100 g of sugar and spices to taste. All this needs to be warmed up, add 10 g of baking powder and one tablespoon of cocoa. You need to cook the mixture in a saucepan until you get a cream.
Pour the mixture into a separate container and add 130 g of butter to it. Add one egg and gradually pour in 500 g of flour, stirring everything. Then beat the mixture until you get a dough that does not stick to your hands. Place the gingerbread dough in the refrigerator and take it out after 2 hours.
Then use the cutters to cut out future gingerbread cookies from the rolled out dough. Bake in the oven preheated to 180 degrees for 8-11 minutes. Fill the cooled gingerbread cookies with glaze of your choice and decorate with New Year's food jelly beans.

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Marbled chocolate cookies

Marble Chocolate Cookies
Another interesting recipe for New Year's baking is marble chocolate cookies, which are also called “cracked” (due to the texture of the final product). This dish will decorate any holiday table, but the taste is something you just have to try. The crust will be crispy, but the inside of the cookie will be soft.

Ingredients

To prepare we will need:

Wheat flour (highest grade) – 150 gr.
Cocoa powder – 60 gr.
Sugar (powdered) – 200 gr.
Chicken eggs – 2 pcs.
Butter – 60 gr.
Baking powder – 10 gr. (about 2 tsp).
Vanilla powder – 1 tsp.

To roll the cookies before putting them in the oven, you will need an additional 100 grams of powdered sugar.

How to cook

For kitchen utensils you will need two deep bowls, a whisk and a mixer:

Sift flour, powder, vanillin, cocoa powder and baking powder into a deep bowl. The resulting mixture must be thoroughly mixed (it is better to do this with a whisk) until a homogeneous mass is formed.
In a separate bowl, beat the butter with a blender, gradually adding chicken eggs to it.
Add the resulting mixture to the dry mass and knead.
Place the resulting dough in the refrigerator (for 60 minutes), after wrapping it in plastic.
After an hour, take out the chilled dough and preheat the oven (190 degrees).
Form balls, sprinkle them with powder and place on a baking sheet lined with baking paper.
Bake for no more than 15 minutes, then immediately remove from the hot baking sheet.

Cracks on the surface of the cookies form during the cooking process.

Ingredients

A simple New Year's pie can be baked from such products. For the test according to the recipe you will need:

half a stick of butter;
100 grams of sugar;
1.5 teaspoons each of ground dry cinnamon, quicklime soda, ground ginger;
half a teaspoon of salt;
100 milliliters of liquid honey;
ground cloves on the tip of a knife;
175 milliliters of milk;
two eggs;
one large apple;
two and a half glasses of white flour.

We will sprinkle this delicious pie with aromatic spicy crumbs. For it you will need:

half a teaspoon each of ground ginger and cinnamon;
70 grams of flour;
50 grams of sugar;
50 grams of butter (a quarter of a standard briquette).

We recommend: New Year's gingerbread “Rooster”

This very simple recipe can be slightly varied by adding a little raisins, dried apricots, prunes or candied fruits, a little flax seeds, poppy seeds and other aromatic spices to the pie dough.

Chiffon sponge cake

Chiffon sponge cake
Many housewives would love to delight their loved ones with a sponge cake as a New Year's bake, but they do not always believe in themselves. There is no need to be afraid - the preparation of this dessert has its own peculiarities, but they are easy to implement if you follow our simple recipe. The chiffon sponge cake turns out tender, magical and will add a wonderful holiday mood to you.

Ingredients

We will need:

Wheat flour (premium) – 0.5 tbsp.
Granulated sugar – 60 gr.
Chicken eggs – 2 pcs.
Vegetable oil – 50 gr.
Warm water – 3–4 tbsp.
Baking powder – 5 gr. (1 tsp).
A pinch of salt.

If all the components are ready, then you can start.

How to cook

The main thing in a sponge cake is to properly beat the egg whites and yolks (separately), which is what we will do at the beginning:

Separate the whites from the yolks and place in a separate bowl.
Beat the whites with the addition of 1 tbsp. sugar and set aside for a while.
Beat the yolks with water and 2 tbsp. Sahara. The volume of the whipped mass should increase approximately 4 times.
Without stopping the process, slowly pour in the vegetable oil. The composition of the resulting mixture should be similar to mayonnaise.
Sift the flour, the rest of the sugar, and baking powder into the beaten yolk and mix them in carefully.
After achieving a homogeneous composition, gradually pour in the whipped whites.
Grease the biscuit pan with vegetable oil (bottom only) and bake for 45 minutes at 180 degrees.

After the baking time has passed, turn off the oven and leave the biscuit in it for about 1 hour. After this, take out the mold and turn it upside down - it is best to place it on cups.

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