Christmas cookies left?
There are clever ideas for recycling leftovers here
Created: 01/02/2022Updated: 01/02/2022, 7:03 am
From: Maria Dirschauer
Tired of cookies?
Then make something different out of it!
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After weeks of eating cookies, there is usually a tin full of cookie scraps that no one really has an appetite for.
Make delicious desserts out of it!
For weeks people baked,
happily nibbled
on
cookies and biscuits
*
and
gave them away
for
Christmas
- but as soon as
Boxing
Day is over, the desire for sweet treats in the form of cookies slowly dries up.
But what do you do if you still have leftovers?
They are much too good to throw away.
These
ideas for
using
leftovers from cookies come in
handy!
You can
conjure up
other
desserts and delicacies
from cookies and biscuits
.
Perhaps you will even find your perfect New Year's Eve dessert among the ideas?
Cookie leftovers: Chocolate crossies made from cinnamon stars
You can make
chocolate crossies
yourself
from cinnamon stars
!
These are usually made with corn flakes and / or nuts, but they also work great with the
Christmas cookies
.
To do this, chop and melt
100 g milk or dark chocolate
together with
10 ml hazelnut oil
over a hot water bath - leftover chocolate Santa Clauses are also suitable here!
Crumble
200 g cinnamon stars
and pull them under the chocolate.
Also
nuts or dried fruits
that you have from the jaws still at home, fit in well.
Take 2 teaspoons from the mass and place them on a baking sheet lined with baking paper.
Let the
chocolate crossies
dry.
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Christmas cookie leftovers: biscuit base for cheesecake
You probably know the classic cheesecake, for the base of which you
mix
crushed
biscuits with melted butter
?
Instead of the usual cookies, just use
leftover Christmas cookies
!
This works particularly well with butter cookies.
To do this, you need about
200 g of cookie crumbs
and
80 g of melted butter
.
Mix the two ingredients together and spread them in a springform pan to form the base.
Press firmly
and place in a cool place - you have the ideal
cake base for cheesecakes
.
But this method is also wonderfully suitable for a wonderful dessert as a cheesecake in a glass with raspberries.
Recycle leftover Christmas cookies: Chocolate mousse made from macaroons
Do you have macaroons left?
Look forward to it, because a delicious mousse au chocolat can be conjured up from it.
Finely crumble
100 g macaroon
remnants and drizzle
20 ml amaretto over them
.
Chop
100 g couverture
(whole milk or dark chocolate if you prefer) and melt it over a hot water bath.
Then let them cool down a bit.
Beat
220 g cold cream
stiff and lift the chocolate under by letting it flow into a thin stream.
Mix the mass with the macaroon crumbs, pour everything into dessert glasses and
refrigerate
for
at least 2 hours
.
Dessert glasses
You can present your delicious dessert in an appealing way with these pretty dessert glasses from Krosno (promotional link).
The set of six glasses with stem and style is dishwasher safe and can also be used as an ice cream sundae.
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sparkling wine left over?
Quickly try these delicious ideas.
Recycle leftover cookies: make pralines out of speculoos
You can also cleverly process leftover speculoos and make
delicious pralines out of them
.
You only need
three ingredients
:
250 g speculoos
150 g peanut butter or nut butter of your choice
100 g milk or dark chocolate
That's how it works:
Chop the
speculoos
in a freezer bag with a pasta roll or in a blender.
Mix
the
speculoos crumbs
in a bowl with the
peanut butter
or
nut butter
.
Shape the mixture into
small balls
with your hands.
Let the balls sit
in the refrigerator
for
30 minutes
.
Melt the
chocolate
over a hot water bath.
Place the
speculoos balls
one at a time on a fork and dip them into the liquid chocolate.
Let them drain briefly and then place the
pralines
on a rack to set and dry.
With these ideas for recycling leftovers, there should be something for every taste and every cookie leftover.
Have fun copying and enjoying!
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