Christmas cookies with lard

7. 10. 2025

This lard cookie recipe doesn’t require many ingredients, and the cookies are instantly pliable.

Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup of lard
• 34/ cup of all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup of powdered sugar
• 4 spoons of cocoa
• Baking Chocolate
• Nuts or candied fruit for decoration

Method:

1. First, mix the loose ingredients – i.e., flour, sugar, and cocoa.
2. Add room temperature lard to the mixture.
3. Process the soft dough and then form balls about 1.2 inches in diameter.
4. Prepare baking paper on a baking sheet and place the lard balls on it.
5. Make a hole in each with your finger and bake in a preheated oven at 248°F for about 15 minutes (cakes are dried rather than baked).
6. Fill baked lard cakes with chocolate melted in a water bath and decorate with almonds, walnuts, hazelnuts, or candied fruit.

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