Nothing says Christmas more than these Individual Meringue Nests. 
Whether they are topped with different types of cream or fresh berries or my favorite sugaredcranberries. , they just added the final Christmas touch.
Making these mini meringue nests is no more difficult than baking one big shell. I used the top of a glass to trace circles on parchment paper, then flipped the paper over and started piping in the circle filling completely. With this recipe you end up with eight mini nests; 
each makes a dessert just right for one person. These mini nests are a showstopping meringue dessert and the best part is they melt in your mouth!
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I have seen so many fantastic tutorials out there for highly detailed cookies, they have tons of cookie cutters that I would love to play with. There are so many techniques and designs that I’m craving to try. 
Sometimes when I’m decorating, I just can’t stop. I have to remind myself to keep things simple. Simple can still be beautiful, cute, fun, etc. 
Acorns make a beautifully festive holiday cookie. Given their seasonal appeal, they are perfect for Thanksgiving and Christmas. These beautiful cookies take decorating to the next level. When making the cookies I decided to make two types of cookies. An acorn cookie filled
The cookies are tender, mildly boozy fingers filled with rich creamy mascarpone and coffee flavor liqueur. 
Each sandwich is kissed with some decorative piped filling and topped with a chocolate-covered coffee bean, 
Italian Cream Horns are delicious little pastries that are made with puff pastry dough that is wrapped around metal molds, baked until crisp, 
and then filled with cream. The cream filling can vary from a rich pastry cream, to a buttercream, or simple whipped cream. 
I like to use a sweet Ricotta filling, known as cannoli filling. With this batch of puff pastry, I made cream horns and mini cream puffs. 
The cream puffs were filled with whipped cream, vanilla pudding and custard. 
I will be honest with you this year Christmas came too fast, I really didn’t have a chance to do all the baking on my list, especially a Christmas cake. You cannot have Christmas dessert with no cake, so with a little imagination, stress for time I came up with CAKE! Not your usual cake and not what I had planned to make for Christmas this year, but it will do………What do you think? MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE! 
A candy that is full of festivity. Perfect to take to family and friends’ homes, give as a gift or to add to the dessert table. There are many different types of torrone available – some soft, some hard and some with chocolate, with different flavors and ingredients. This is the classical torrone 
that I remember having as a child during Christmas holidays, made of honey, sugar, whisked egg-whites and toasted almonds. 
This isn’t the typical nougat torrone you pick up at the store. This is more of a homemade kind typical of Southern Italy including Calabria and Sicily that is dark and more like brittle. 
You could try this with hazelnuts or peanuts. I made this with lightly toasted almonds. 
Honey, sugar, butter and almonds is all that you need to make this sweet . Happy Holidays and enjoy. 
but these mushrooms are really adorable. Drum roll please!!! Let me introduce to you mushroom-shaped cookies. 
They’re chocolaty, crunchy and have a moist nutty center. 
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Their center is scraped out to make room for a filling made with a mixture of cookie crumbs, walnuts, jam and a hint of rum. The cap on top 
is dipped in dark chocolate. All the flavors connect when you bite into one. Bring joy to the table 
with these mushroom cookies. This is the perfect cookie to add a touch of elegance to any dessert table. 
that come along with this time of year. 
Holiday cookies, in particular, are often a traditional dessert to make for parties or give away as gifts. These mini 
are easy on the eyes as well as the taste buds. Wreath cookies are bright and festive, whether bejeweled or simply frosted. Make beautiful cookies even if you don’t have 
time to fuss. This next cookie is a classic Christmas cookie. Spritz is a simple butter cookie pressed into festive 
shapes and topped with different toppings. Christmas is just around the corner, and it is the season for gift giving, hospitality and tradition, these cookies are perfect for all three. 
These have a crispy, buttery texture and delicate cream cheese flavor. 
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