Cookie Swap SHF/IMBB
When I opened Boston’s Master Baker’s Site aka Stel and saw gingerbread babies I knew I have missed the deadline. SHF asked food bloggers or any bloggers for their cookie recipe for a virtual cookie swap. Sounds exciting?

Whenever I have time, I bake batches of assorted of cookies and give them away as presents. Other than having fun baking , I look for cellophanes, boxes, tins and fancy bows to present the cookies as presents. Labour of love indeed!
This year I am slightly behind, so this means I cannot send cookies out of Athens this time. But since my sister has been asking for the recipe, I will post this recipe just to have fun. I baked these Spitzbuebe on the 24th of December last year.Since it was just me,my sister and Nick for the holidays, I did not bake a lot. Just few of the favourites. Spitzbuebe is mostly found in Swiss bakeries but this one with raspberry jams in the middle is made around Christmas time.
1) Whisk butter until smooth, add sugar and stir until creamy
2) Add the rest of the ingredients
3) Work it together till you form a soft dough
4) Cool in fridge for 1 hr at least
5) Roll dough flat about 5mm and cut with round cookie cutters (for every cookie cut out a pair with a hole in the centre)
6) Lay on greased tray and bake for 15 mins
7) Spread the cookie with jam and lay the pair on top
8) Sprinkle with powdered sugar
I did not cut all the dough into round cookies, I used my angel, christmas tree shaped cutters for the rest of it.
I will be baking soon. I just took the cookies cutters out made my shopping list. Send the elves Santa.
OMG so delish
yummy! i love cookies…
Now let me get myself a glass of milk as I virtually feast on your yummy cookies. Hehe.
yum yummm…
Hei Sha! It seems so easy to make…kaya lang I am sure that if I try palpak na naman.
🙁
love cookies
Wow – those cookies look great! I love cooking them too but my biggest problem is that I eat too much of the cookie doe or I never get them out to people. But we did get some to the teachers for Halloween while they were on a teacher strike. Their faces were so lit up which is the whole entent of doing such a thing. It really made my day!
indayschatz, i am in line for the cookies me!me!me! i’ve never made those spitzbuebe before because they look so pretty and therefore complicated hehehe and please me master’s degree is in Katakawan only ha….i have so many recipes for Swiss cookies if only i could make them…happy baking dear.
Hi Schatzli, wow! galing your new site. Glad you’ve settled back into blogging mode!
Nindot ang new site mo Sha. Kelan ba ako makaka-receive ng cookie present from you? ehehehe. happy baking dear
christmas cookies all around. i’ve always been afraid to tackle gingerbread cookies. someday i would. 🙂
Sarap nyan! Pero mas masarap yung Turkish delight!!! *wink wink*
Hehehe!
Ang ganda naman nung picture sa header mo, saan yon?
Your blog is looking really really great. 🙂
inday sha this blog is absolutely yummy, design-wise and content-wise! taymsa, gigutom kog tan-aw sa mga recipes, kaon sa ko …
ate sha the header looks very nice.. does it have a rotation script since I also like the other headers as well
APOLOGY for not replying, the cook has been so busy…
and thank you for ALL of your compliments on how this blog look so good. Am still tweaking here and there.
CHARLES: there should be a rotation script. I am still a techno idiot with this Word Press.. so delish, try norwegian cookies they make great ones too.
GRACE, TONI & GAIL : If you were only close and not too far I will gladly send you a package. I will be baking next week…
Al & Ajay… I wish you fun in two week time and… ajay maybe I can send u some if I manage to bake this before the 15th, a friend is going home.
Al not its not difficult I had my palpaks I burned the first set of this cookie. I was using my sister’s gas oven and I didnt get the right temp.. so i had black cookies but so what I just rolled more dough.
EXPAT TRAVELLER: swiss cookies…hehe you must be missing them
am eat dough but I managed to behave when I baked these.
DEXIE: Fail and stand again thats my motto when I cook.. test test till I get it right. I might get gingerbread house (the spare parts at Ikea) then I can just decorate it.
STEL: brunsli is yummy this one spitzbuebe melts into your mouth. I will photocopy you the recipes and will try to translate the pages its in deutsch.
CELIA K: turkish delights soon on their way…
Market Man I wish I have more time then I can blog daily my finds at the market and during my travels yes back in the mode again.
INDAY BAMBIT at least am not too dumb with this matter cooking but technically speaking learning the scope of WP takes so much of my time. salamat kaayo..
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