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Christmas çookies or similar that keep a long time

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Ilovelurchers · 08/12/2024 14:07

Asking on behalf of my daughter, who is a fairly skilled amateur baker. She wants to make some smallish festive baked goods on the 14th December that will last at least until Xmas and hopefully a bit beyond that? (Three weeks?) To be given as Xmas gifts. She has some cookie boxes and can seal them inside air tight freezer bags inside those.

I have been searching recipes on line but many do not give advice about storing the cookies and how long they last....

If anybody could post a link to a recipe, you would help us out enormously! Thank you SO MUCH to anyone who sees this and responds......

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Selttan · 08/12/2024 14:18

I've just made these for Christmas. It's a thermomix recipe but easy enough to do without a thermo.

The comments on the recipe say you can freeze them - at the moment I've just frozen the dough and will cook them and add the chocolate later.

www.recipecommunity.com.au/baking-sweet-recipes/red-and-green-christmas-shortbread/ztpu5t3u-9d870-793105-cfcd2-ap1z3pjc

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Cottagecheeseisnotcheese · 08/12/2024 14:23

Biscotti I think hairy bikers did one with dried cranberries almonds and chocolate they definitely keep two weeks plus

EveryOtherNameTaken · 08/12/2024 14:42

100% florentines.

Ilovelurchers · 08/12/2024 14:45

Wow, so many replies all - thank you, some excellent ideas here! Will share these with my daughter - she will be really grateful.

If anybody else has any, please do keep them coming - if we can build up a little bank of suitable recipes that would be marvellous.

Thank you again!

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gaggiagirl · 08/12/2024 15:06

What about fudge or chocolate truffles, not baking but still a certain degree of skill involved and a nice festive task.
Nigella has a recipe for meringue cookies I believe they keep for quite some time in an air tight container.

Ilovelurchers · 08/12/2024 16:54

Thank you - more fab ideas! She says if she has time she might make a couple of different ones and do a selection box type thing......

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EveryOtherNameTaken · 10/12/2024 21:39

Rocky Road is a great addition. No cooking and takes 10 minutes.

https://www.easypeasyfoodie.com/easy-peasy-rocky-road/

I had made florentines with mixed dark and milk chocolate so made this with white chocolate.

Can add all sorts to it like maltesers, glacier cherries etc.

Easy Peasy Rocky Road (Only 3 Ingredients!)

Need a super simple, 3 ingredient, no bake treat that’s perfect for making with kids and takes less than 10 minutes to make? Then you have to try my Easy Peasy Rocky Road!

https://www.easypeasyfoodie.com/easy-peasy-rocky-road

Ilovelurchers · 12/12/2024 18:13

Thank you - think she is going with Florentines, so these suggestions will be really useful!

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AlisonDonut · 12/12/2024 18:16

I often make a batch of butter cookie mix, and roll it into a long thick sausage and slice it to make the biscuits. You can make 3 rolls of it, and freeze 2 and get one out to defrost in the fridge overnight, and then slice and cook the next day. It makes it really easy to have cookies ready and fresh at short notice.

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