Vanilla Christmas Cookie Logs (Christmas / Bredele 2023)
Whip up some holiday magic with these delicious Vanilla Christmas Cookie Logs! They are packed with the warm and comforting flavors of vanilla, perfect for spreading Christmas cheer!
Have you ever heard of the word “Bredele”? They are traditional Christmas cookies from Alsace, France. The word bredele is Alsatian, which is a German dialects, a result to its proximity with Germany.
According to Bredele.fr, the exact history of these cookies is hard to establish: “The first recipes of bredele in Strasbourg date back to the 14th century” and that “they became very popular over Alsace during the early 19th century with the introduction of cookie-cutters (emporte-pièces) in French kitchens.”
A Christmas Tradition: Alsatians start making their bredele early in the holiday season, sometimes as early as November. Most families have their own secret recipes passed down through the generations. Some people make many types of bredele… as many as 10 – 12 kinds which are mixed and arranged between metal tin boxes to be gifted to Friends and Family.
Enjoy this delicious recipe and more with bon COOK’s Baking Sheet Large Bonmat (Shopping Link HERE). Please let me know how you like it. Bon Appétit!
Looking for some inspiration? For more Christmas Cookies and Bredele recipes, click HERE! and for more Cookie Recipes, click HERE!
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Vanilla Christmas Cookie Logs (Christmas / Bredele 2023)
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 egg
- 3.53 oz (100 g) sugar
- 1.41 oz (40 g) butter (Softened | At Room Temperature)
- 1 tsp (5 g) vanilla bean paste
- 7.05 oz (200 g) all-purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp (2 g) baking powder
- 1 Tbsp (15 g) heavy whipping cream
Instructions
- Place your Large Bonmat on the top of your Large Perforated Baking Sheet. Set Aside.
VANILLA COOKIES PREPARATION
- In the bowl of your stand mixer, with the paddle attachment on, mix in the egg, sugar, butter and vanilla bean paste for 15 minutes on medium high speed, until foamy.1 egg, 3.53 oz sugar, 1.41 oz butter, 1 tsp vanilla bean paste
- Gradually add half of the all-purpose flour with the baking powder, then heavy whipping cream and finally the rest of the flour. Continue to stir on low until combined.7.05 oz all-purpose flour, 1/2 tsp baking powder, 1 Tbsp heavy whipping cream
ASSEMBLY
- Divide your dough into a few segments. Roll each section into a log (about 0.40 inch | 1 cm each in width and slice each segment at about 2 inch | 5 cm in length. NOTE: They will getting much bigger when in the oven.
- Then, roll them into some sugar, so they are coated all around.
- Transfer your cookie dough onto your Bonmat.
BAKE!
- Preheat oven to 350F/180C. Bake for 7 minutes (Every oven heats differently, monitor your cookies from 6 minutes). It is ready when they don't look quite done and barely golden around the edge, the top staying soft.
- Once your Vanilla Christmas Cookie Logs are out of the oven, let them cool down completely on your baking sheet. When ready, slide them onto a serving plate to share or store them in a tin metal box (They stay fresh up to 3 weeks). Bon Appétit & Happy Holidays!
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Nutrition
Credit: Nadine’s blog “Quand Nad Cuisine…”, Recipe: Bâtons à la vanille who got it from our Friend Yolande’s blog “Chez Patchouka”, (it’s her Grand mother’s recipe).
Avec cette recette je valide ma participation au défi anniversaire du groupe Facebook “tests de recettes entre blogueurs” du mois de Novembre 2023. Je souhaite un joyeux anniversaire à notre Chère Nadine du blog “Quand Nad Cuisine…”, chez qui j’ai déniché cette délicieuse recette.
