Delicious recipes for Christmas cookies filled with beautiful creams. Get inspired!

Have you ever wondered why there is so much fuss about Christmas cookies?

Its history dates back to pagan times when it had a powerful power over people.

People cut out animals—a symbol of the animals in the barn—and made balls from the dough, which they then hung on fruit trees—this was supposed to give the trees strength.

How do you perceive filled Christmas cookies?

Is it just a piece of something good for you, or does it reflect a piece of tradition and history?

Whatever it is, be inspired by our recipes! You will surely enjoy it.

Stuffed Christmas nuts

Nut filling for Christmas cookies is probably the most typical filling.

Have you tried stuffed Christmas nuts yet?

Get inspired by the recipe for this delicious cookie, which is beautifully soft right after baking.

You will need:

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup butter at room temperature
• 1/4 cup of walnuts
• 1/4 cup of cocoa
• 1/2 cup of powdered sugar
• 1 egg yolk
• lemon peel
• ground cinnamon

Preparation process:

• Finely grind the walnuts.
• Sift the flour, sugar, and cocoa and add the ground nuts and other ingredients.
• Make the dough and put it in the fridge overnight.
• The next day, remove the dough from the fridge and leave it at room temperature for at least half an hour.
• Then, fill the walnut-shaped molds and bake at 338°F for about 6 minutes – as soon as the nuts start to smell, they are ready.
• After cooling, tap the nuts out of the molds and let them cool completely.
• Prepare the cream as you like and start gluing the nuts together.
• Ultimately, you can decorate the stuffed walnut according to your imagination.
• Store in a cool, dark place.

Snow globes filled with chocolate

Christmas cookies do not have to be filled with cream; plain chocolate is enough.

You will need:

• 1/2 cup of butter
• 1/4 cup of sugar
• 1/2 tablespoon of vanilla extract
• a little salt
• 1 cup of all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup pecans
• 1/2 cup of chocolate
• 1/2 cup of powdered sugar

Preparation process:

• First, finely grate or grind the chocolate with the pecans.
• Cream the room-temperature butter with the sugar until light and creamy in a large bowl.
• Add the salt and vanilla extract and continue mixing until combined.
• Start gradually adding the flour along with the nuts.
• Form a stiff dough from the mixture and put it in the fridge for 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 356 degrees and line the trays with baking paper.
• Take a piece of dough, put a piece of chocolate in it, and wrap it so that the chocolate is inside.
• Place the candy on a baking sheet and bake at 356 degrees for about 12-13 minutes.
• Once the buns are done, let them cool for about 5 minutes.
• Pour half a cup of powdered sugar into a bowl and roll the buns.
• Finally, let them cool completely and store them in a cool, dark place.

Gingerbread Cream Cupcakes

Stuffed cupcakes are among the favorite Christmas sweets.

Some will prefer classic nuts, and others will prefer fruit cupcakes.

Try the cupcakes, which are filled with delicious gingerbread cream.

You will need:

Dough:

• 1 cup of softened butter
• 1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup of powdered sugar
• 1 vanilla sugar
• lemon peel

Cream:

• 1/2 cup of butter
• 1/4 cup of powdered sugar
• 1/4 cup of grated gingerbread
• 1/4 cup of walnuts
• 1 spoon of cocoa

Preparation process:

• Sift the flour with the icing sugar.
• Add the other loose ingredients and mix.
• Add the remaining ingredients to the loose mixture and form a dense dough. Refrigerate overnight, and the dough will rest.
• The next day, take the dough out of the fridge at least half an hour before the planned processing.
• Fill the dough into the cupcake molds – the size of the cupcakes depends on you.
• Bake at a temperature of 338 degrees until the edges turn pink.
• Carefully remove the finished cupcakes from the mold and let them cool completely.
• Meanwhile, prepare the cream.
• First, grind the nuts; grate them fine if you buy whole gingerbread.
• Rub the butter with the sugar and gradually add the rest of the ingredients.
• Using a pastry bag, start filling the cupcakes with the cream.
• Finally, you can cover them with chocolate or lightly sprinkle them with chopped nuts or almonds.
• Store in the refrigerator.

Pastry Cannoli with Chocolate

Leave a cannoli for Santa this year! 

These Christmas Cannoli are a fun way to mix up the traditional Christmas cookie plate.

While homemade cannolis definitely take some time and patience, they’re actually quite easy to make once you get the hang of it.

You will need:

Dough:

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup ground walnuts
• 1/2 cup of butter
• 1/2 cup of powdered sugar
• 1 spoon of cocoa
• 1 whole egg
• 1 egg yolk

Cream:

• 1/2 cup of butter
• 1/2 cup of heavy cream
• 1 spoon of sugar
• 1 vanilla pod
• 3 egg yolks

Preparation process:

• First, prepare the cookie molds – tubes.
• Start with the nuts – finely grind the required amount and let the butter stand at room temperature.
• From all the ingredients for the dough, create a classic Christmas dense dough, which you put in the refrigerator for at least one hour.
• Then roll it out and cut it into slices, which you roll into molds.
• Bake at 356 degrees until golden brown.
• Allow the finished tubes to cool completely.
• Meanwhile, prepare the cream.
• Prepare a water bath in which you put the egg yolks, cream, grains from the vanilla pod and sugar.
• Beat the mixture and let it cool.
• Then gradually beat the butter – until foamy.
• Fill the tubes with the finished cream and dip their edges in chocolate.
• Store in the refrigerator.

Crispy Nut Crescent Cookies with cream

These Crispy Nut Crescent Cookies are originated in Europe. They are Czech, Hungarian, Austrian, German, Slovak, etc., so they have many Central and Eastern European country origins!

Some countries have similar versions with different nuts. Hazelnuts, almonds, walnuts. All of them seem to be used in crescent cookies!

And why not try them with pecans, too?

You will need:

Dough:

• 1 cup of butter
• 1 1/2 cup semi-coarse flour
• 1/2 cup of powdered sugar
• 1/4 cup ground nuts
• 1 teaspoon of Dutch cocoa

Cream:

• butter – depends on the number of rolls
• powdered sugar – to taste
• cocoa

Preparation process:

• First, preheat the oven to 338 degrees.
• Mix all the ingredients for the dough and make a thick dough.
• Place the finished dough in the refrigerator for at least one hour.
• Prepare molds to start filling the dough.
• Bake for about 11 minutes – until the edges start to turn pink.
• Leave to cool, then carefully tap the rolls out of the molds.
• Prepare the cream.
• Beat butter with sugar and cocoa until foamy.
• Spray the cream on the cooled roll and cover with the other roll.
• You can decorate the filled rolls prepared in this way with white or dark chocolate.

Stuffed Walnuts

Stuffed walnut-shaped cookies are also very popular Christmas cookies in Europe, especially among children. The nuts are a buttery nut-based cookie – two nut-shaped cookie halves are filled with a delicious creamy center.

Luxurious versions are dipped in chocolate.

You will need:

Dough:

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 cup of butter
• 1 egg

Stuffing:

• 1/2 cup ground walnuts
• 1/2 cup of powdered sugar
• 1 egg

Preparation process:

• Sift the flour and mix together with the butter and egg.
• Form the dough and put it in the fridge for at least one hour.
• Preheat your oven to 356 degrees.
• Prepare the stuffing – mix all the ingredients together.
• Then, roll out a sheet about 0.2 inches thick from the dough and cut out squares so they match your nut mold.
• Put the nuts in the oven and let them bake until pink.
• Fill the nuts with the filling.
• While they are still warm, roll them in sifted powdered sugar.
• Store in a cool, dark place.

Recipes for delicious creams

White chocolate coffee cream

You will need:

• 1 bag of vanilla pudding
• 1 teaspoon of granulated coffee
• 1/4 cup of sugar
• 1/4 cup of white chocolate
• 1 1/2 cup of butter
• 1 1/2 cup of milk

Preparation process:

• Pour the milk into a saucepan, sprinkle in the sugar and start heating it slowly, stirring constantly.
• Mix the custard powder with a little milk in a bowl and as the milk comes to a boil, pour the custard mixture into it and stir until a thick custard forms.
• Let the finished pudding cool down for a while.
• While the pudding is still warm, whisk the chocolate cubes.
• Allow the resulting mixture to cool completely.
• Once the pudding is cold, whisk in the butter a little at a time – the butter must be at room temperature.
• Finally, put the finished cream in the fridge to harden.

Cream with cognac

You will need:

• 1/2 cup of butter
• 1/2 cup of whipping cream
• 1 cup of white chocolate
• 3 spoons of egg cognac

Preparation process:

• Break the chocolate into pieces and place in a pot or bowl.
• Prepare a water bath under the container containing the chocolate.
• Melt the chocolate completely by stirring and heating.
• As soon as the chocolate is liquid, set it aside and if it is hot, let it cool for a little while.
• Then whisk in the cognac, cream and butter in parts.
• Beat until the mass is completely smooth.
• Store the finished cream in the refrigerator.

Peanut cream

You will need:

• 1/2 cup shelled unsalted peanuts
• 1/4 cup of white chocolate
• 1 tablespoon of oil

Preparation process:

• First, heat up a pan and gently roast the peanuts in it.
• Place the roasted peanuts in a blender together with one tablespoon of oil and blend to a paste.
• Prepare a water bath and melt the white chocolate in it.
• Once the chocolate is liquid, stir in the peanut paste and mix into a smooth cream.
• Store in the refrigerator.