1 dough – 7 cookies: cookie rolls / roll cookies for Christmas

Want to bake at Christmas time this year? With this cookie dough you can bake 7 different cookie rolls.

Christmas time is cookie time, and what could be nicer than the tempting smell of freshly baked cookies wafting through your home? But especially during the stressful Advent season, people often want simple recipes that still provide variety. The solution: A basic dough that can be made into seven different cookie variations! With biscuit rolls or rolled biscuits you can conjure up very different delicacies from just one dough – perfect for anyone who loves to fill their biscuit tin with colorful things but wants to save time. Whether chocolaty, nutty or fruity – these recipes have something for every taste!

1 dough – 7 cookie rolls

Base dough:
1kg wheat flour
300g sugar
2 tsp baking powder
500 g soft butter
4 Owner
2 TL Vanilleextrakt

Put all ingredients in a mixer and knead well. Then knead a little more with your hands and shape it into a ball. Wrap in cling film and place in the fridge for 3 hours.

• 1. Cookie roll: Salted caramel cookies with chocolate coating

  • Knead the dough and cut an additional 10 cream caramel candies into small pieces and mix them in. Form everything into a roll of dough and then wrap it in cling film. Put it back in the fridge for about 30 minutes. Then unwrap and cut into equal-sized slices. Bake at 180°C for 20 minutes. Then melt approx. 100 g of couverture in a water bath and dip half of the biscuits there. Place on a rack and sprinkle a few pieces of coarse salt over the still liquid chocolate.

• 2. Cookie Roll: Hazelnut Chocolate Cookies

  • Knead the dough and chop and mix in an additional 100 g of couverture. Form everything into a dough roll. Additionally chop 100 g of whole hazelnuts and roll the roll in them. Now wrap the roll in cling film. Put it back in the fridge for about 30 minutes. Then unwrap and cut into equal-sized slices. Bake at 180°C for 20 minutes.

• 3. Cookie roll: Orange poppy seed cookies

  • Knead the dough and mix in an additional 4 teaspoons of orange juice. Then roll out the dough (if necessary add a little more flour here) and spread the rolled out dough with approx. 1/2 pack of poppy seed fix. Then roll it up again and wrap it in cling film. Put it back in the fridge for about 30 minutes. Then unwrap and cut into equal-sized slices. Bake at 180°C for 20 minutes. Melt some couverture and use a spoon to quickly pour the liquid couverture over the cookies in a zigzag pattern. Grate some organic orange peel onto the still liquid chocolate.

• 4. Cookie roll: Matcha cookies

  • Knead the dough and mix in an additional 2 teaspoons of matcha powder. Form everything into a roll of dough and then wrap it in cling film. Put it back in the fridge for about 30 minutes. Then unwrap and cut into equal-sized slices. Bake at 180°C for 20 minutes. Then melt approx. 100 g of white couverture in a water bath and dip half of the biscuits there.

• 5. Cookie Roll: Beetroot Cranberry Cookies

  • Knead the dough and mix in an additional 4 teaspoons of beetroot juice and 50 g of dried cranberries. Form everything into a roll of dough and then wrap it in cling film. Put it back in the fridge for about 30 minutes. Then unwrap and cut into equal-sized slices. Bake at 180°C for 20 minutes.

• 6. Cookie roll: carrot and apricot cookies with amaranth

  • Knead the dough and mix in an additional 4 teaspoons of carrot juice and 50 g of dried apricots. Form everything into a roll of dough, roll it in approx. 100 g amaranth and then wrap it in cling film. Put it back in the fridge for about 30 minutes. Then unwrap and cut into equal-sized slices. Bake at 180°C for 20 minutes.

• 7. Cookie Roll: Cinnamon Cookies

  • Knead the dough and mix in an additional 2 teaspoons of cinnamon. Form everything into a roll of dough and then wrap it in cling film. Put it back in the fridge for about 30 minutes. Then unwrap and cut into equal-sized slices. Bake at 180°C for 20 minutes.

7 types, but still only one dough!

Instead of spending hours preparing different doughs, you can conjure up a colorful variety of delicious cookies from a basic mixture in no time. There are no limits to your creativity when it comes to flavors and combinations. This means you have more time for the beautiful moments of Advent and your cookie jar always stays well filled. Have fun baking and enjoying – and have a wonderful Christmas time!

Pssst. Do you want more Christmas cookie recipes? Then take a look here!

See you then. Your Laura