Advent, Day 15

[wiseheart]

Behold the 7th batch of Christmas biscuits - this time the fancy ones again:



From the left:
Poppy seed stars
Walnut biscuits with marzipan filling
Coffee hearts with coffee ganache filling
2 versions of Nougat sandwich biscuits (only the shape and the decoration is different)
and (up right) butter cookies with coffee icing and mini-marshmallows.

The latter ones are simply butter cookies bought by Lidl; I made too much coffee icing and didn't want to throw it out. Against waste, as always... I also made too much ganache to fill the coffee hearts; I've frozen the leftovers and will use next year for a sponge cake or whatnot.

Theoretically, 4 more sorts are on my baking master list. Tomorrow I'll take a day of rest and then decide whether I want to make the last four or not.

Comments

[noadvertising.livejournal.com]

My guess that if I start painting my cookies now I will have pretty but rock-hard cookies for Easter. Well done, my lady! Your cookies look wonderful. My favs for tasting are number two (l am a marzipan addict) and three ( same with coffee).

[meathiel]

Coffee hearts sound yummy.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I'm very pleased how they turned out. Basically, they are almond biscuits with coffee icing and coffee and dark chocolate ganache filling.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Sister Gisela used to say in the convent: "Wenn es den Kaffee nicht gäbe, müßte man ihn erifnden". I totally agree.
I was lucky enough to find some Kaffeeböhnchen at Auchan's, even though they were outrageously expensive. But they were from Ruf, and that's a brand with unreasonably high prices.

[elmey.livejournal.com]

These are all so pretty! And I'm sure they taste even better than they look :)
I hope you're keeping some for your own celebrations.

[chocolate-frapp.livejournal.com]

oh my god those look so good

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

Those are the very nice ones.

[medievalrosalie.livejournal.com]

I really do love how pretty you make them, and as with every other batch you've made, they sounds so delicious!

[elwenlj.livejournal.com]

I like the idea of decorating pre-bought ones. That would be about my skill level. ;)

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Your baking all looks so pretty — and interesting.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Oh, definitely! If we can't have friends and family over, at least we'll have biscuits.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Thank you. :)

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Indeed. I left them for the last rounds, as they require more time and attention.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I enjoy decorating biscuits very much. I wish I could use the piping bag with some skill, that would make things easier and even more enjoyable, but that's an art form I still have to learn properly.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

For me it is the last resort, but if someone isn't an experienced baker it can be very useful.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Thank you. This year was all about experimenting with new recipes — out of sheer frustration. I think next year (if I'm still around) I'll go straight for the pretty ones. ;)

[kit10notk9.livejournal.com]

These are lovely. The details are incredible. Most of my cookies are best eaten by candle light. (They are so ugly. Yummy, but not nice to look at.)