Bake your way to a warmer winter with four recipes full of Christmas spirit

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There is something special about turning on the oven on a cold winter’s day. Snowflakes drift down outside (or rain lashes against the window), and the scent of cinnamon, butter and freshly baked cakes fills the home. These are exactly the moments that make winter magical. Here are four recipes that fill both your home and your spirits with Christmas cheer – all made with help from ONYX Cookware.

(Christmas) apple and cinnamon muffins with buttercream frosting

There is something irresistible about the combination of juicy apples, warming cinnamon and creamy frosting. These muffins are like a little bite of Christmas – soft, sweet and full of cosy comfort. Perfect with Advent coffee, on the Christmas lunch dessert table or on a cold afternoon with a cup of tea.

Ingredients (approx. 10 pcs.)

Muffins:

75 g softened butter
60 g cane sugar
60 g soft brown sugar
170 g plain flour
2 tsp vanilla sugar
3 tsp cinnamon
1 pinch of salt
1½ tsp baking powder
3 eggs
300 g coarsely grated apple

Buttercream frosting:

250 g softened butter (room temperature)
500 g icing sugar
2 tsp vanilla sugar (or 1 tsp vanilla extract)

Method:

Put the butter, cane sugar and soft brown sugar in the ONYX Cookware stand mixer and beat until light and fluffy.
Mix the flour, vanilla sugar, cinnamon, salt and baking powder in a bowl.
Add the eggs one at a time and fold in the grated apples (grated using the ONYX Cookware multifunctional vegetable chopper).
Divide the batter between muffin cases and bake at 180 °C for approx. 20 minutes. Leave to cool completely.
Frosting: Beat the butter in the stand mixer until light and fluffy. Add the icing sugar and vanilla a little at a time and continue beating.
Put the frosting in a piping bag and decorate the cooled muffins.

Tip: Decorate them with a dusting of cinnamon or small Christmas sugar pearls – for a festive, irresistible finish.

Crisp vanilla wreath biscuits

Vanilla wreath biscuits are Christmas at its most classic. The familiar scent of butter and vanilla filling the house takes most people straight back to the kitchen tables of their childhood. These biscuits bring generations together, and they taste just as good as they smell.

Ingredients (approx. 30 pcs.)

80 g almonds
1 vanilla pod (or 2 tsp vanilla sugar)
180 g sugar
200 g softened butter
1 egg
250 g plain flour

Method:

Grind the almonds into fine almond flour using the ONYX Cookware cordless chopper and mix with a little of the flour.
Mix the butter, sugar and vanilla in the stand mixer and add the egg.
Fold in the almond flour, followed by the remaining plain flour, until the dough is smooth.
Put the dough in a piping bag with a large star nozzle, and pipe wreaths onto a baking tray.
Bake at 200 °C (180 °C fan) for 10–12 minutes until lightly golden.
Leave to cool and store in a biscuit tin – if you can resist eating them straight away.

Tip: Make a double batch – they disappear faster than you think.

Cookies with M&M’s

When Christmas calls for colour and fun, these cookies are the perfect answer. Crisp around the edges, chewy in the middle and packed with colourful M&M’s – they bring smiles from the first bite. Perfect for Christmas baking with the children or as a sweet treat in a Christmas stocking.

Ingredients (approx. 10 cookies)

125 g melted butter
150 g plain flour
25 g wholemeal wheat flour
1 tsp baking powder
250 g cane sugar
3 g salt
1 egg
150 g M&M’s + extra for decoration

Method:

Beat the butter, sugar and egg together in the ONYX Cookware stand mixer.
Mix the flour, wholemeal flour, baking powder and salt, and stir into the dough.
Fold in the M&M’s (save some for the tops).
Chill the dough for approx. 1 hour.
Shape into balls, place on a baking tray and press extra M&M’s onto the tops.
Bake at 180 °C for 10–12 minutes until the edges are golden.
Leave to cool slightly on the tray before transferring to a wire rack.

Tip: Replace the M&M’s with chopped chocolate and a little sea salt if you would like a more “grown-up” version.

Apple muffins with ginger and cinnamon

There is something special about the scent of fresh apple, cinnamon and ginger wafting from the oven. These muffins evoke cosiness, reflection and warmth – the kind of baking you enjoy with your hands wrapped around a steaming cup of hot chocolate.