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Summary

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**Title:** Quick & Easy Christmas Cookies - 3 Doughs, 9+ Variants

**Summary:**

* Make a basic cookie dough with 6 simple ingredients (butter, sugar, eggs, salt, baking powder, and flour)
* Divide dough into 3 parts and flavor each differently:
1. Orange (with orange peel)
2. Chocolate (with cocoa powder)
3. Almond (with ground almonds)
* Create multiple cookie variants from each dough using different shapes and baking methods (waffle maker, oven-baked strips, and balls)
* Decorate with optional toppings: orange glaze, chocolate frosting, and chopped almonds
* Also, learn how to make filled cookies with buttercream or raspberry jam
* **Outcome:** Up to 12 different Christmas cookie variants with minimal equipment and effort.

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**Ingredients and Dough**

1. The basic dough requires 250g of butter, 200g of sugar, 2 eggs, a pinch of salt, 1 teaspoon of baking powder, and 500g of flour.
2. The dough can be divided into three parts for different flavor variations.

**Flavor Variations**

3. The first dough variation uses orange flavor, achieved by rubbing the peel of a thoroughly washed orange into the dough.
4. The second dough variation uses 2 spoons of baking cocoa to create a chocolate flavor.
5. The third dough variation uses 70g of ground almonds (or alternative nuts).

**Baking Methods**

6. A waffle maker can be used to bake cookies from the dough, without greasing, for about 2 minutes.
7. Cookies can also be baked in a traditional oven at 180 degrees (above and below heat) for about 10 minutes, depending on thickness and size.

**Shaping and Decorating**

8. Cookies can be shaped into balls, strips, or rectangles, depending on the desired outcome.
9. Cutting strips diagonally creates cookies with sharper corners.
10. Cookies can be decorated with a glaze made from 100g of powdered sugar and a spoonful of orange juice.
11. Chocolate frosting can be made by melting 100g of chocolate over a water bath.
12. Alternative decorations include icing sugar, chopped nuts (e.g., almonds), or raspberry jam.

**Miscellaneous**

13. The baking time may vary depending on the cookie's thickness, size, and dough type.
14. To ensure even baking, cookies should be roughly the same size on the baking sheet.
15. The full recipe is available in written form on the creator's blog.