October 8, 2025

Chrismtas cookies

by KOMEKO Team in Recipes

How many trays do you want to bake?

Delicate shortcrust cookies with a subtle spice of cardamom, mace, and cloves. Simply rolled out, baked, and sprinkled with sugar—a classic for any coffee table or as a snack during Christmas season.

#gluten-free

Ingredients

For the dough:

250 g KOMEKO KUCHENGLÜCK
125 g sugar
2 Packets of vanilla sugar
1 egg (size M)
150 g cold butter
0.5 tsp cardamom
0.5 tsp mace / nutmeg
0.5 tsp clove

Miscellaneous:

Milk and sugar for brushing

Preparation

Prepare the dough
Put the KOMEKO KUCHENGLÜCK flour, sugar, vanilla sugar, egg, spices and butter in a bowl and mix with a hand mixer (dough hook) to form a shortcrust pastry.
Portion the dough
Divide the dough into three equal portions and shape into balls.
Cool
Then wrap in cling film and let rest in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
Preheat oven
Preheat oven to 180°C top/bottom heat.
Roll out and cut out
Roll out the dough thinly (preferably between baking paper and cling film), cut out the cookies and place them on a baking tray lined with baking paper.
Spread
Brush the cookies with milk and sprinkle with some sugar.
Bake
Bake in the preheated oven for about 10 minutes and let the baked cookies cool slightly.
Serve and enjoy
Bon appetit!