Christmas cheer!

So, with the holidays around the corner, there is a merry tone to our surroundings. It is the season of togetherness, be it family, friends or even subtle acquaintances. Christmas is best celebrated when shared, so, for today's blog, I've collaborated with Sukanya, founder of entreetodessert.weebly.com to bring you guys four amazing holiday recipes, now, on my blog, you'll find one of my two recipes and one of Sukanya's two recipes and when you're done reading this blog, head over to Sukanya's blog for another one of mine and another one of her recipes.
Recipe: 1
Shireen's peppermint hot chocolate.
These peppermint hot chocolate are decadent enough to remind of Christmas with every sip, delicious in being, now don't you worry, Christmas calories don't count!

Time: 15 minutes
Yields: 150 ml
Ingredients:
1. 1 cup milk;
2. 1/2 cup cream;
3. 30 grams of dark chocolate/ milk chocolate
4. 1 tablespoon sugar (if using milk chocolate, omit this step.)
5. 2 crushed peppermint candies.
Procedure:
1. In a boiler, add in milk and cream and heat till steam can be seen. You don't want to boil this mixture, boiling will cause the cream to burn.
2. When heated, remove from flame and add the chocolate and the crushed candies, whisk till well combined.
3. Done and done! Enjoy this amazing drink!
Recipe: 2
Sukanya's shortbread cookies.
Time: 20 minutes
Yields: About a dozen cookies
Christmas is all about cakes, cookies and candies! These buttery short bread cookies are absolutely delicious and perfect for Christmas. It is so easy to make and requires only 3 ingredients. Wrap them up in cute boxes and gift them to your loved ones to make their Christmas merrier. 

INGREDIENTS:
1.150g flour
2.1 stick or 100 g butter, cut into cubes
3.50 g castor sugar
METHOD:
1.Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
2.In a bowl mix the flour, butter and sugar. Slowly shape it into a dough.
3.Using a rolling pin, roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface.
4.Cut the dough into desired shapes.
5.Place the cut out dough on a baking tray and bake for 20 minutes or till they are golden brown, depending upon the thickness of your cookies.
6.Let it cool down completely before biting in!
TIPS: Use cookie cutters shaped like hearts, stars and Christmas trees to add more cuteness to your cookies.
Here's a little bit about my collaboration guest :
Recipe by: SUKANYA SAHA
I’m the founder of Entrée to Dessert (entreetodessert.weebly.com) a recipe blog, aimed at making cooking at home easy and delicious. A graduate from St. Xavier’s College, preparing for CA finals, I’ve always been passionate about food. Food, to me, is all about sharing and through Entrée to Dessert, my team of featured columnists and I share easy, tested, fail-proof and delicious recipes. We started out on 1st June 2015 and now, we have a reader base of 2500+ and the numbers only seem to be increasing.