Christmas Gifting for 2019 Sorted: 14 Christmas Goodies to Buy or Make as Food Gifts for Loved Ones This Christmas. Recipes Included!

What You Need

• 1 ½ cup all purpose flour and ½ cup buttermilk
• 1 ½ tsp ground cinnamon and ¾ tsp ground ginger
• 3/4 tsp baking powder and 1/4 + 1/8 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp ground cloves and ½ tsp kosher salt
• 1/2 cup molasses and 6 tbsp unsalted butter
• 1/3 cup packed dark brown sugar and 2 large eggs
• 1 ½ tsp vanilla extract and ½ firm Bartlett pear (chopped)

How to Make It

• Preheat the oven and grease an 8X4 inch loaf pan. Now, whisk together flour, baking powder, ginger, cinnamon, baking soda, salt and cloves in a bowl.
• Combine buttermilk and molasses in a bowl and set aside. Till the time, beat brown sugar and butter in a bowl till it becomes fluffy. After a while, reduce the speed and add eggs and vanilla.
• Now, mix flour mix and molasses alternatively and keep on mixing in a way that start and end should be done with flour mix.
• Fold in some pears and transfer this mixture into baking pan and bake for 40-50 minutes and serve when cooled completely.

What You Need

• 2 ½ cup all-purpose flour and ¼ cup cocoa powder
• 2 tsp baking powder and ¼ tsp kosher salt
• 3/4 cup unsalted butter and 3 cups confectioners sugar
• 1 tbsp red food coloring and 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tsp white vinegar

How to Make It

• Preheat the oven to 350° F and line two baking sheets.
• Whisk flour, baking powder, cocoa powder and salt in a bowl and then beat confectioner’s sugar and butter in another bowl on medium speed.
• After 2 minutes, start adding flour mix slowly into the sugar and butter mix and beat for another 1-2 minutes.
• Now, add food coloring, vanilla and vinegar into the mix and beat until the mix becomes crumbly.
• Make small balls of this dough and freeze for 10 minutes and then bake for 15-18 minutes.
• Roll these baked balls in confectioner’s sugar to coat and after cooling down, pack them in a box.

What You Need

• 3 ½ cup all-purpose flour and 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup light brown sugar and 1 cup cocoa powder
• 2 tsp baking powder and ½ tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp kosher salt and 2 tsp flaked sea salt
• 1/2 tsp instant coffee powder and 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup canola oil and ¾ cup chocolate hazelnut spread
• 2 large eggs and 1 ½ cup coarsely chopped bittersweet chocolate
• 1 cup coarsely chopped toasted hazelnuts

How to Make It

• Preheat the oven to 350° F and line two baking sheets. Whisk flour, baking powder, salt, baking soda, coffee powder and sugars in a bowl.
• Now, take another bowl and beat canola oil, cocoa powder, hazelnut spread with ¾ cup warm water on low speed for about 30 seconds.
• Now, add eggs one at a time and keep on beating until mixed fully.
• Add some vanilla and then mix flour mixture into cocoa mixture slowly, until it becomes completely incorporated, followed by chocolate and hazelnuts.
• Scoop cookies out of this dough-like mix and place them on a baking sheet. Sprinkle with some sea salt and bake for 12 to 14 minutes and rotate the sheets halfway. Pack when cooled down completely.

What You Need

• 1 box vanilla cake mix and ¾ cup unsalted butter
• 1 package cream cheese 450gms confectioner’s sugar
• Red gel food coloring and 3 chocolate wafer cookies
• Cornstarch and white fondant
• Gold food coloring spray and black fondant

How to Make It

• Prepare cake mix and bake in a 9X13 inch pan, according to the direction given on the box.
• For the frosting, beat butter and cream cheese on low speed for few minutes and then increase the speed and beat confectioner’s sugar until the mix becomes light and fluffy.
• Transfer the frosting to a large flat tip piping bag and mix red gel food colouring to the remaining mix, and frost the front and sides of the cake with it.
• After refrigerating cake for 5-10 minutes, pipe a 3-inch wide strip vertically on the center of the cake with the white frosting and place 2 wafer cookies on the top half and 1 on the bottom.
• Now, dust a work surface with cornstarch and roll out white fondant on it. Cut the 3-inch square shape out of it and further cut out its center to make belt buckle.
• Spray this with gold spray and let dry.
• Roll out black fondant in 9X3 inch rectangle and place on cake between 2 wafer cookies to make the belt. Top it with a golden buckle and your cake is ready.

What You Need

• 3/4 cup unsalted butter and ¾ cup granulated sugar
• 2/3 cup packed light brown sugar and 2 2/3 cup all-purpose flour
• 3 large eggs and ¾ tsp baking powder
• 2 tsp vanilla extract and ¼ tsp peppermint extract
• 1 ½ cup coarsely chopped white chocolate and 1 cup confectioners’ sugar
• 1/4 tsp kosher salt and ¾ cup crushed peppermints
• 450 grams cream cheese

How to Make It

• Preheat the oven to 350° F and prepare a 13 X 9inch baking pan and leave it aside.
• Take a bowl and mix butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar, vanilla and peppermint extract and eggs until combined together.
• Take another bowl and mix all-purpose flour, baking powder and salt in it. Now, mix dry ingredients into wet ingredients along with chocolate and mix well.
• Spread the batter into baking pan and bake for 30-35 minutes, until it becomes golden brown and then cool completely.
• Beat confectioner’s sugar and cream cheese in a bowl, along with some vanilla extract until it becomes fluffy and soft. Spread this on blondies along with peppermint and freeze for 30 minutes before serving.