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At Christmas we can enjoy a wide variety of sweets, in fact, it could be considered the sweetest time of the year just for that reason. But if there is a sweet star on these dates, it is, without a doubt, our beloved Roscón de Reyes.

One of the best times of the year for those with a sweet tooth is Christmas, without a doubt. We can find a very wide and varied assortment, so that it is totally impossible not to feel satisfied. I include myself because I have a very sweet tooth.

A few days ago, we shared a post in which we told you how to prepare the icing for cookies. Christmas is here and it's time to put it into practice! Simple decorations for Christmas cookies, but defined and elegant. That is what we want to focus on in this post. I hope that the ideas for making Christmas cookies that I bring you today inspire you to prepare some of the most beautiful, homemade and original cookies.

Eggnog is what we call here eggnog or Christmas punch, a sweet drink made from eggs and milk, and spiced with cinnamon, nutmeg, a good dose of ginger and cloves. It is a really special drink, which you have to try if you want to have an alternative drink to a good glass of chocolate to sweeten the afternoon or you want to offer your guests a drink to finish the meal and accompany some cookies. I have fallen in love with this punch!

Surely you have heard of lemon bars, lemon wedges or the popular Lemon Bars. It is a delicious snack at dessert time, or a treat at a special moment.

Decorated chocolate sticks are one of the easiest snacks to make and one of the most fun and decorative for your little ones' celebrations (and adults, let's not kid ourselves).

Every day we hear more about the Speculoos cookies, typical and the most traditional on Christmas dates in Belgium (where they are called speculaas), and also very popular in Germany (Spekulatius). I'll tell you a few things about them and I bring you a recipe for the most spicy and Christmas almond Spéculoos cookies.

These number 8 saffron buns are a traditional bun from Sweden. You may know them by Bollos de Santa Lucía, or you may have heard the word Lusskatter. What is certain is that they are some of the most aromatic buns, and that I will love it if you dare to prepare them.

It's cookie time, and we'll agree they look gorgeous with cookie icing to decorate them. The frosting is sheer consistency, and it's as easy to make as mixing sugar and egg white. If you haven't done it until now, with all the explanations you have in this post on how to make cookie icing, the time has come to start.

You can make mini blondies in Nordic Ware mini-bundlette pans! This recipe for caramel blondies is the richest and you have a bite prepared in no time. Its buttery flavor and brown sugar aroma is delicious, and it's a great way to present the classic blondie sticks but in a beautiful format, thanks to the finish provided by the Nordic Ware mini bundlette mould.

Today, in old-fashioned desserts: meringue mille-feuille! Yes, it may be that it is one of the oldest sweets in history, but for that same reason you surely have more than one anecdote to tell regarding these delicious puff pastries.

Although the origins of the cannelé are uncertain, the story goes that the nuns of the Annonciades convent in Bordeaux made them for the poor. They used as ingredients the wheat that they found on the docks, fallen from the holds of ships or from broken sacks, and the yolks of the eggs that were discarded to clarify the wine, since only the whites were used for this in the cellars. . Thanks to the ships that arrived at Puerto de la Luna, they got vanilla and rum to enrich their recipe.