hey guys today we're making this beautiful and delicious selection of
cookie this is perfect for custom cookie box for a bake sale or to just have a
round for your family and friends and no we're not taking cookie dough
and just shaping it differently that's too easy for us I'm going to show you
how to make one simple base dough and then quickly transform it into
completely different cookie dough's different flavors different style
cookies this is the way professionals quickly make different cookies so
we're going to make the basic cookie dough which is different than your
typical cookie dough and then I'm going to show you how to take that and make
different types and different style cookies just by adding additional
ingredients to the same recipe we'll also talk about fillings today as we go
along because the filling you decide to use will determine how well these
cookies will keep or how fast they will deteriorate to the creamed butter I've
gone ahead and added the powdered sugar I'm using vanilla powdered sugar today
regular powdered sugar is perfectly fine to use just make sure to add some
vanilla extract as well to your cookie dough and once those are combined you
can add the X today we're using just the egg whites if you're new to my channel
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every week at this point we're ready to add the flour and salt in three
additions do not add the flour all at once this is a lot of cookie dough we
want to make sure everything is well combined do not be afraid to mix this
thoroughly this recipe contains so much butter that there won't be any gluten
development okay the texture of these cookies is quite
interesting and amazing I always like to use the phrase melt in your mouth but
these cookies will literally melt in your mouth when you try these cookies
you'll fully understand what I mean by that they have the most amazing unique
cookie texture now this dough will be quite so
that's perfect that's how you want it to be we need to start off with a very soft
dough because we will be adding more ingredients as we go along you're going
to take the dough and divide it evenly into five bowls I do like to use a scale
for this if you love to bake please invest in a scale if you don't have one
though just make sure as I said you divide the dough evenly with a large ice
cream scoop into five bowls or you can even just place the dough onto some
parchment paper and use the same Bowl to mix you know one cookie dough at a time
the first cookie recipe we're going to be making are Linzer cookies I feel it's
such a must cookie for the holidays so do your first bowl you're going to add
some almond or hazelnut flour whichever you like best you'll also need some
additional flour because Linzer cookies are cut out style cookies the extra
flour will really help these retain their shape now I did add off-camera
some almond extract I've forgot to add it while I was mixing the dough so you
do want to add it and eventually you'll have to switch from your spatula to your
hands that's the fastest way to bring the dough together unless you're
obviously using a stand mixer take the first cookie dough and place it between
two pieces of parchment paper spread it out using your hands or a rolling pin
and you're going to pop this in the fridge while we make the other cookie
dough's the second cookie recipe we're going to make our gingerbread style
cookies so do your cookie dough you're going to
add some ginger cinnamon and additional flour and cocoa powder the cocoa powder
is mainly there for color because we won't be adding any molasses today I
really wanted to include gingerbread cookies in this video because I feel
it's such a staple holiday cookie however if you're anything like my
nephew who really does not like gingerbread cookies you should
definitely try this recipe because as I said there's no molasses so the flavor
is a lot more delicate it's almost like eating a snickerdoodle
with the addition of ginger it's delicious
pop the dough into the fridge and we're going to make the classic the most you
know holiday-ish the classic vanilla cut out sugar cookie now this one is quite
simple all you need is extra vanilla extract and again some additional flour
to hold that cutout cookie shape sugar cookies are probably my favorite holiday
cookie they're delicious plain they're delicious frosted or iced and they're so
versatile you could even add some sprinkles or a drop of red food coloring
to make these even more festive pop the dough into the fridge and we're going to
make chocolate sugar cookies for a deep chocolate flavor you do want to bloom
the cocoa powder just make sure you're making a paste rather than a liquid
mixtures of the dough won't be wet this is a cookie dough it's not a cake okay
go ahead add the additional flour I felt that our cookie box really needed some
kind of chocolate cookie chocolate is always a good idea and it's perfect for
the holidays I do also want to mention that you can make all of these cookie
dough's up to ten days in advance and then just pop them in the fridge until
ready to use or you can bake the cookies and store them in an airtight container
for up to a week it's a great dough with the remaining cookie dough so the fifth
one we're going to make piped butter cookies and I'm going to show you how to
pipe these cookies these will take some practice it's not something you learn
overnight but I'm going to show you a really simple shape that you can make
that looks beautiful using a star tip onto some parchment paper you're going
to pipe an S shape I remember the first job I got as a pastry cook this was way
back this shaft holds me it's not so much the shape you do it's about being
consistent with that shape and size if you can make these all the same shape
and size that's all that matters and I really do think that's true so make
these any shape you like but try to be
consistent with that shape you're going to pop these into the fridge for about
half an hour before you bake these okay so after half an hour at this point your
dough should be chilled you're going to flour your work area and roll out the
dough to about 1/4 1/4 of an inch thickness now this recipe I'm giving you
makes a lot of cookies you can easily get around three to four cookie boxes
obviously it depends on how big or small you want your cookie box to be I know
I'm going to get asked how many cookies this recipe makes and it really comes
down to the size and shapes you're making however you'll roughly get around
I want to say 100 cookies place the cookies onto your prepared cookie sheet
or cookie sheets and bake the cookies at 170 degrees Celsius or 340 Fahrenheit
for around 15 minutes okay so let's talk about fillings now if you're having a
bake sale or your gifting these or you just want to make these ahead of time
for your family it's best if you choose fillings that keep well Jam is a great
option you can use homemade or store-bought there's so many flavors to
choose from melt a chocolate dark milk white you have so many options or you
could also just go for the classic royal icing I didn't make it for this video
but I'll put in the description box a link to that video and I also explained
in that video how to decorate cookies using royal icing vanilla buttercream or
chocolate buttercream is another option however it won't be as stable as the
other ones you could even just make a simple glaze with powdered sugar water
and vanilla the last option is to just keep these plain last year I made cookie
bags I'll insert a picture for you and I left the cookies plain plain simple
cookies are delicious and that's also another simple way to package cookies
you can easily get around 10 to 12 bags of cookies I'm using my square cake pans
today this is just to give you an idea how to
package these cookies but obviously use a normal box with a lid or you can wrap
the box with cellophane do not buy any cookies this year make these yourself
cookies are one of those treats that are amazingly simple to make and no
store-bought cookies will come even close to your beautiful and delicious
selection of homemade cookies no store-bought cookies will look or taste
like that the texture of these cookies like I said it's very unique and melt in
your mouth no other cookie will have that extra and that amazing flavor