DIY New Year's Gingerbread Cookies - 10 Step-by-Step Tutorials + 30 Decorating Options

Fragrant gingerbread cookies decorated with colorful icing are one of the main symbols of the New Year holidays. They are served with hot drinks and given as gifts to friends, colleagues, and family. They also make charming Christmas tree decorations and other holiday arrangements.

In this collection, I'll share the most original ideas for decorating New Year's and Christmas gingerbread cookies. These festive treats can be made in any shape, decorated with colorful icing, or even embellished with 3D frosting designs. After exploring various decorating options and techniques, you'll easily create gorgeous New Year's gingerbread cookies yourself.

Gingerbread Christmas tree toy

Gingerbread cookies are not only a delicious treat but also a wonderful decoration for your holiday tree. Edible decorations can be made with a variety of patterns, designs, and shapes. They should always have small holes through which ribbons can be threaded. This tutorial shows how to decorate cute gingerbread decorations for your Christmas tree that will brighten everyone's day.

Ingredients

• Icing
• Food colorings - black, orange, green, blue, yellow

Cooking time: 50-60 minutes

Servings: 1

Step-by-step recipe

Step 1

Prepare the gingerbread cookies. They should be completely cool before decorating.

Step 2

Cover each gingerbread with a base layer of white icing and leave it to set well.

Step 3

We color the icing in the desired colors, and draw the outline of the future image on the gingerbread.

Step 4

We go over the contours with black icing.

Step 5

We fill the pictures with colored glaze, using a wooden skewer to make smooth transitions.

Step 6

We draw eyes with white icing and send the gingerbread cookies to dry in the oven.

Step 7

We draw all the details using food coloring.

Step 8

The charming gingerbread toys are ready. Let them dry thoroughly and then decorate the tree.

New Year's gingerbread with icing

Glazed gingerbread cookies are an essential part of the New Year's celebrations. They help create a magical, joyful atmosphere in any home. To ensure these treats are not only delicious but also beautiful, it's crucial to prepare the glaze correctly and carefully apply the patterns. This master class will help you master this task with ease.

Ingredients

• Egg white - 1 pc.
• Powdered sugar - 200-250 g
• Starch - ½ tsp.
• Lemon juice - ½ tsp.
• Food colorings

Cooking time: 1 hour 30 minutes

Servings: 1

Step-by-step recipe

Step 1

Prepare the ingredients for the glaze.

Step 2

In a deep bowl, combine the egg white, sifted powdered sugar and starch.

Step 3

Mix the ingredients with a whisk, then beat with a mixer until fluffy and smooth.

Step 4

Add lemon juice and mix the mixture thoroughly again.

Step 5

We color the icing in the desired colors.

Step 6

Let's start decorating the gingerbread. Draw the outline and let the icing set for 10 minutes.

Step 7

Fill the design with colored glaze.

Step 8

We decorate the picture with different patterns and leave the gingerbread for 45-60 minutes so that the icing dries well.

Step 9

Add any missing details. While the icing is still wet, you can decorate the piece with sugar or sprinkles.

Step 10

Let the finished gingerbread rest for 5-6 hours until completely dry. Decorate the other items in the same way.

Beautiful homemade Christmas gingerbread cookies

I'd like to share with you a delicious recipe for Christmas gingerbread cookies and a simple way to decorate them. These treats are incredibly delicious, tender, and aromatic. You can adjust the amount and type of spices in the dough to suit your taste. These gingerbread cookies will be the perfect addition to your holiday table and will help create a cozy atmosphere in your home.

Ingredients

For the test:

• Honey - 80 g
• Sugar - 80 g
• Butter - 60 g
• Egg yolk - 1 pc
• Flour - 280 g
• Milk or water - 10-50 ml
• Soda - 1 tsp.
• Cocoa - 1 tsp.
• Ginger - 1 tsp.
• Cinnamon - 1 tsp.
• Cardamom - ½ tsp.
• Nutmeg - ½ tsp.
• Coriander - ½ tsp.
• Salt - a pinch
• Vanillin - a pinch

For the glaze:

• Egg white - 1 pc.
• Powdered sugar - 200 g
• Lemon juice - ½ tsp.

Cooking time: 1 hour 45 minutes

Servings: 1 (55-60 pcs)

Step-by-step recipe

Step 1

Pour sugar into a saucepan, add butter and honey.

Step 2

Place the saucepan over low heat and, stirring continuously, bring the honey mixture to a boil (but do not boil).

Step 3

Remove the saucepan from the heat, stir the mixture again and leave it to cool until warm.

Step 4

In a separate bowl, mix sifted flour, cocoa, salt, soda, vanilla and all the spices.

Step 5

Add the yolk to the cooled honey mixture and stir.

Step 6

Add the honey mixture to the dry ingredients.

Step 7

Lightly mix everything first with a spatula and then with your hands.

Step 8

When the mixture becomes lumpy, add milk in small portions, kneading thoroughly with your hands each time. The result should be a soft and elastic dough.

Step 9

Wrap the dough in cling film and place in the refrigerator for 20-30 minutes.

Step 10

We take the dough out of the refrigerator, roll it out and cut out figures from it.

Step 11

Bake the gingerbread cookies in the oven at 180 degrees for 4-7 minutes.

Step 12

Prepare the glaze. Beat the egg whites with powdered sugar, add lemon juice, and mix well again.

Step 13

Transfer the icing into a pastry bag and draw patterns on the cooled gingerbread cookies.

Step 14

Delicate, fragrant and extremely beautiful Christmas gingerbread cookies are ready.

New Year's gingerbread "Deer"

This is a master class on decorating a gingerbread cookie in the shape of a little deer. This treat makes a wonderful New Year's or Christmas gift. To decorate this gingerbread cookie, you'll need icing in various colors. You can choose the shades and the design to suit your taste.

Ingredients

• Icing - beige, light brown, dark brown
• Food coloring - black, white, pink
• Pastry marker

Cooking time: 25-35 minutes

Servings: 1

Step-by-step recipe

Step 1

Using a pastry marker and a stencil, draw the outline of the design onto the gingerbread.

Step 2

Using beige icing, draw the fawn's face.

Step 3

We draw the ears with light brown and beige icing, and make the horns dark brown.

Step 4

Carefully fill the fawn's body and head, and also draw its nose.

Step 5

We create a light blush with pink candurin.

Step 6

Using black food coloring, draw the mouth, eyes, and outline the contours.

Step 7

Using white dye, we place accents.

Step 8

The cute and beautiful gingerbread "Deer" is ready. Let it dry completely for a few hours.

Gingerbread lollipop (gingerbread on a stick)

Gingerbread lollipops are incredibly beautiful and original treats that will delight not only children but also adults. In this master class, I'll share with you one way to decorate these treats. They can be given as a New Year's gift, served with tea, or used to decorate a cake. To make a gingerbread lollipop, insert a wooden skewer into the lollipop before baking, then decorate it to your liking.

Ingredients

• Icing - white, brown
• Food colorings - red, green,
• Confectionery sprinkles

Cooking time: 2 hours 20 minutes

Servings: 1

Step-by-step recipe

Step 1

Prepare the icing and completely cooled gingerbread cookies on a stick.

Step 2

We draw outlines on each gingerbread using white icing and bake them in an oven preheated to 50 degrees (with convection) for 10-15 minutes.

Step 3

Fill the gingerbread with white and brown icing.

Step 4

We put the gingerbread cookies back in the oven so that the glaze hardens well.

Step 5

We continue decorating the items. We decorate the star with white icing and multicolored sprinkles.

Step 6

We draw patterns on round lollipops using food coloring and a thin brush.

Step 7

New Year's gingerbread candies are ready.

New Year's gingerbread "Mitten"

Mitten gingerbread cookies are incredibly popular. That's why there are so many different ways to decorate them. This tutorial shows how to decorate a knitted mitten gingerbread cookie. For this decoration, you'll need several types of icing and a silicone mat to create the mesh. You'll also need to bake the mitten gingerbread cookie in advance.

Ingredients

• Flexible icing
• Icing for contouring and filling
• Decorative gel

Cooking time: 35-45 minutes

Servings: 1

Step-by-step recipe

Step 1

We prepare a mesh of flexible icing in advance and cut a strip from it.

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Step 2

We glue the mesh to the gingerbread using decorative gel.

Step 3

Using white icing, draw the outline of the mitten.

Step 4

Fill the gingerbread with white icing, leaving only a mesh.

Step 5

Leave the gingerbread for 10-20 minutes to dry out a little.

Step 6

Carefully apply the pattern to the mesh.

Step 7

We decorate the rest of the mitten, imitating knitting.

Step 8

The charming New Year's gingerbread "Mitten" is ready.

Gingerbread Christmas ball

These voluminous Christmas tree-shaped gingerbread cookies will become your favorites. They're beautiful, elegant, and incredibly delicious. You can stuff these gingerbread cookies with colorful candies, nuts, or dried fruit. This will be a delightful surprise for your loved ones or guests.

Ingredients

For the test:

• Sugar - 400 g
• Boiling water - 200 ml
• Butter - 200 g
• Salt - 1 tsp.
• Soda - 1 tsp.
• Ginger - 1 tsp.
• Cinnamon - 1 tsp.
• Nutmeg - ½ tsp.
• Cloves - ½ tsp.
• Cardamom - ½ tsp.
• Egg C1 - 1 pc.
• Flour - 750-800 g

For icing:

• Egg white - 1 pc.
• Powdered sugar - 150-200 g
• Lemon juice - ½ tsp.
• Food coloring - optional

Cooking time: 2 hours 20 minutes

Servings: 1

Step-by-step recipe

Step 1

Pour sugar into a saucepan with a thick bottom and place on low heat.

Step 2

We begin to stir the sugar only after it has begun to melt.

Step 3

Pour boiling water into the melted sugar in small portions, stirring thoroughly each time.

Step 4

Add butter and stir the mixture until it melts.

Step 5

Add spices, salt, and baking soda and gently stir the mixture. The baking soda will cause it to expand several times.

Step 6

Remove the pan from the heat and cool the mixture thoroughly.

Step 7

Add the egg to the cooled custard base and mix well.

Step 8

Add flour to the resulting mixture in several stages and mix everything together, first with a spatula and then with your hands. You should get a soft, elastic dough.

Step 9

Wrap the dough in a bag or cling film and refrigerate for at least 5 hours.

Step 10

Roll out the dough to a thickness of 4-5 mm and cut out circles from it.

Step 11

Form hemispheres from the circles. If you don't have special molds, you can make them out of foil.

Step 12

Bake the hemispheres at 180 degrees Celsius for 7-9 minutes. Let them cool slightly, then remove the foil.

Step 13

Prepare the icing. Whip the egg whites, gradually adding powdered sugar and lemon juice. You should get a fluffy, snow-white mixture that can be tinted any color you like.

Step 14

Dip the hemispheres into the glaze and leave to dry a little.

Step 15

Assemble the Christmas tree balls. Apply icing along the edges of the hemispheres and glue a satin loop.

Step 16

Place candies, nuts or other sweets in the middle and glue the hemispheres together.

Step 17

Decorate the Christmas tree balls to your liking and let them dry thoroughly.

Step 18

We decorate the Christmas tree and create a festive atmosphere in the house.

New Year's gingerbread "Little Man"

The gingerbread man is a hero of American folklore and one of the main symbols of Christmas. Children will especially love this treat. This master class demonstrates a simple method for making a gingerbread man and a wonderful way to decorate it.

Ingredients

• Icing
• Food coloring - brown, green, red, purple

Cooking time: 2 hours 20 minutes

Servings: 1

Step-by-step recipe

Step 1

We prepare any dough for gingerbread and cut out little people from it.

Step 2

Bake the gingerbread for 7-10 minutes at 180 degrees, then cool them well.

Step 3

Color most of the icing brown with food coloring and transfer it to a pastry bag.

Step 4

Fill the gingerbread cookies with brown icing: first draw the outlines, and then color the center.

Step 5

Place the items in an oven preheated to 50-60 degrees for 25 minutes to allow the glaze to dry thoroughly.

Step 6

Take the gingerbread out of the oven and decorate it with colorful icing of your choice.

Step 7

New Year's gingerbread "Little People" are ready.

30 Ideas for Decorating Gingerbread for New Year's

Everyone's favorite New Year and Christmas holidays are approaching. And it's time to start preparing: looking for gifts, choosing outfits, and planning the menu. That's why I decided to share some wonderful ideas for decorating holiday gingerbread cookies. Choose your favorites and surprise your loved ones with sumptuous treats.

Classic

Christmas honey-gingerbread cookies with simple icing patterns are a classic that never gets old. These are the treats we've seen in children's fairy tales and cartoons. They can be shaped like snowflakes, people, houses, stars, Christmas trees, and other figures.

Symbol of the year

Tiger-themed gingerbread cookies are a major trend for 2022. A great option would be to make a treat in the shape of the year's host's face or paw. You can also apply a tiger print to any shape of gingerbread cookie.

Christmas tree decorations

Edible Christmas tree decorations will delight both adults and children. They can be made in any shape and decorated with colorful icing to suit your taste.

Snowflakes

Snowflake-shaped gingerbread cookies are very delicate. They are often decorated with white, light blue, or blue icing.

Father Frost and the Snow Maiden

It's impossible to imagine New Year's without Father Frost and his granddaughter, Snegurochka. If you want to delight the children, decorate your holiday gingerbread with images of these characters.

Christmas trees

Christmas tree-shaped gingerbread cookies look very elegant and festive. They can be made in a variety of ways. If you don't have a special Christmas tree mold, you can bake triangular gingerbread cookies and decorate them with icing and sprinkles.

Snowmen

These snowman-shaped gingerbread cookies look so cute. They'll be a delicious symbol of the winter holidays and a perfect addition to your New Year's table.

Warm clothes

Winter, while incredibly beautiful, is a rather cold time of year. Gingerbread cookies shaped like warm mittens, hats, or boots make wonderful New Year's gifts. Paired with tea or another hot drink, they'll warm you up and lift your spirits even on the gloomiest of days.

Residents of the North

Polar bears, penguins, reindeer, and other inhabitants of the North are also associated with winter holidays. Gingerbread cookies featuring them are very bright, cheerful, and truly festive.

Treats with a window

Gingerbread cookies with caramel windows are a unique solution for a New Year's gift or for decorating your Christmas tree. They can be shaped like snowflakes, hearts, stars, and other figures. Choose the color of the caramel to suit your taste.

Festive treats

What's a New Year's table without tangerines, champagne, and all sorts of sweets? All these treats make a wonderful addition to festive gingerbread cookies. To create this decor, you'll need colorful icing and a little imagination.

Video: Masterclass on Decorating New Year's Gingerbread Cookies "2022"

Number-shaped gingerbread cookies are always on trend. And if you decorate them in a tiger theme, you'll have the perfect dessert for the coming 2022. They can be beautifully packaged and given to a colleague, friend, or loved one. Such a delicious and charming gift will leave no one indifferent.

I present to you a stunning master class on decorating New Year's gingerbread cookies in the style of the symbol of 2022. The author demonstrates the process of decorating the cookies in the form of numbers, applying a tiger print to the "2" and an image of the coming year's host to the "0." The pastry chef shares a proven gingerbread decorating technique and explains how to quickly and correctly dry the icing.