Christmas is a time for giving and what better way to get into the spirit than with a gift of home-made Christmas biscuits. Making biscuits for Christmas is a strong tradition, especially in Northern Europe. This is a tradition that Wickedfood Cooking School’s directors grew up with, making Christmas biscuits every Christmas. In this Christmas biscuit-making workshop we will teach you how to bake four of the tastiest biscuits we know, recipes that have been passed down for over five generations – Basler Leckerle, Cinnamon Stars, Butterbackens, and Florentines. Although the biscuits are not cheap to make, the various shapes, flavours, colours and textures make them ideal gifts, especially when packaged in decorative boxes, or antique tins.

This Christmas biscuit-making workshop is limited to a maximum of 8 people for personal attention. Working in groups of 2, each group will get to make ±100 of each of the four biscuits. This means that you will get to take home around 200 biscuits, as well as learning wicked new skills. This is a full day workshop, and includes snacks and refreshments as well as a light lunch.

The programme for the day is as follows:

• 9:00am – Tea, coffee, fruit juice and eats on arrival and during the workshop;
• 9:30am – Introduction;
• A practical hands-on demonstration on how to make each biscuit;
• Mix, bake and decorate/ice each of the 4 biscuits
• Sit down to enjoy a light lunch.

When: Saturday 12 December at 9:00am

Where: Wickefood Earth Country Cooking School, Hekpoort, just 65km from Fourways in the beautiful Magalies Valley;

Cost: R750pp, No children under 16;

To book: Contact Cilla on 076 236-2345 or cilla@wickedfood.co.za (terms and conditions apply)

Other Xmas cooking classes

 Sunday 20th December at 9:00am – Cooking for Christmas Workshop

Wickedfood Earth Country Cooking School will guide you through a number of delicious dishes that you can make ahead of time, thus releasing you from the kitchen to enjoy the celebrations with the rest of the family and friends. Dishes that will be covered in this this cooking workshop include de-boned stuffed chicken, The perfectly cooked Christmas hams and  sauces, Tomato and basil tart, and two very different Xmas desserts. More…..