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HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!

January 22, 2012 By Manu 26 Comments

Chinese New Year Cookies

Today we celebrate the Chinese New Year: 新年快乐!  I am not Chinese, nor do I have Chinese relatives, but I live in a city with a huge Chinese community, so I feel it is the right thing to celebrate this special day.  To do so, I made some special sugar cookies… they are eggless and have a pinch of Chinese 5 spice in the dough, just to stay on topic.  You can find the basic recipe for Eggless Sugar Cookies here.

 

I wrote the word “spring” on the cookies (since the New Year symbolises the arrival of spring) and I served them upside down as apparently the character for “upside down” in Chinese sounds the same as the character for “arrival”… so… spring has arrived!

Chinese New Year Cookies

For a tutorial on how to decorate these cookies, click here.

Chinese New Year Cookies

Happy Chinese New Year everyone, may the year of the dragon be prosperous and happy for everyone!

Chinese New Year Cookies

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  1. Amy Tong says

    January 22, 2012 at 8:59 pm

    Happy CNY to you. Your sugar cookies are beautiful and I love your hand writing. 🙂 What a lovely post.

    Reply
  2. Maureen says

    January 22, 2012 at 10:17 pm

    My daughter-in-law lives in Atlanta with my son and their kids but she was born and raised in Taiwan. so every year I try to come up with something fun to make her feel special.

    I’m sending her a link to your blog so she can make her own cookies. She’s always looking for clever ideas for their weekly dinner parties.

    These cookies are adorable!

    Reply
  3. Lyn(My Little Messy & Cheeky) says

    January 22, 2012 at 10:28 pm

    Happy CNY to you and your family, Manu!
    Awesome sugar cookies you baked and beautiful Chinese characters you wrote on them! Totally impressive! 😀
    I’m very happy yo know that you and your family celebrate our Chinese New Year(CNY) together with us! I believe you must have learnt quite a lot on our New Year from your knowledge of placing the character up side down. 😉
    新年快乐!Enjoy your special celebration! <3

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  4. Anamika says

    January 22, 2012 at 11:03 pm

    This is really a nice gesture as part of global community..and getting to such a sweet treat is always a bonus!!

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  5. Katherine Martinelli says

    January 22, 2012 at 11:31 pm

    These are so pretty!!! I love that you put Chinese Five Spice in there. Happy Chinese New Year!

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  6. Eva kitcheninspirations.wordpress.com says

    January 23, 2012 at 3:03 am

    What gorgeous cookies Manu, and I’m sure they were very tasty too. Happy New Year to you too!

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  7. Red_Shallot says

    January 23, 2012 at 3:33 am

    Cute cookies!

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  8. Lindsey@Lindselicious says

    January 23, 2012 at 5:59 am

    Wow Manu, those are so pretty! Happy Chinese New Year!

    Reply
  9. torviewtoronto says

    January 23, 2012 at 11:50 am

    happy chinese new year

    Reply
  10. wok with ray says

    January 23, 2012 at 11:53 am

    Happy Chinese New Year to you, Manu. Nice looking cookies!

    Reply
  11. kankana says

    January 23, 2012 at 12:59 pm

    happy Chinese New Year to you too and that is so sweet of your to make a post on it. The cookies look lovely and to chose the word ‘ spring ‘ is excellent.

    Reply
  12. Anna @ the shady pine says

    January 23, 2012 at 1:05 pm

    Happy CN! It’s nice to still participate in the celebrations even though we may not be Chinese. These biscuits look really special.

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  13. chocolatesuze says

    January 23, 2012 at 4:00 pm

    gorgeous biscuits! happy chinese new year!

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  14. Nami | Just One Cookbook says

    January 23, 2012 at 8:58 pm

    Impressive! Even though I know how to write spring in Chinese character I know that I won’t be able to write on cookies!!! Such an amazing work! When I saw in email, I didn’t recognize it was your email! LOL! Happy Lunar New Year to you!

    Reply
  15. Kiri W. says

    January 24, 2012 at 4:23 am

    Happy New Year to you, too! 🙂 the cookies sound great! I’m letting myself be treated by my Vietnamese co-workers 😉

    Reply
  16. Laur says

    January 24, 2012 at 6:04 am

    Gorgeous cookies! Almost too pretty to eat!

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  17. ginger and scotch says

    January 24, 2012 at 6:32 am

    your sugar cookies are so vibrant and beautiful! Happy Lunar New Year to you too!

    Reply
  18. Tina (PinayInTexas) says

    January 24, 2012 at 8:01 am

    Those sugar cookies are works of art, Manu! So beautifully done!
    Happy CNY to you and your family!

    Reply
  19. PolaM says

    January 24, 2012 at 10:33 am

    Wow those cookies are beautiful! I don’t think I could make them look so perfect!

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  20. Kim Bee says

    January 24, 2012 at 4:13 pm

    Happy Chinese New Year my friend. These little beauties are beyond perfection. Your talent always amazes me.

    Reply
  21. Nuts about food says

    January 26, 2012 at 1:06 am

    You just never cease to surprise me! Amazing.

    Reply
  22. Cì says

    January 28, 2012 at 1:36 am

    wow, the look PERFECT! 🙂
    I like finding the meenings of ideograms too 😉
    Happy Chinese New Year Manu!

    Reply
  23. Giulietta | Alterkitchen says

    January 28, 2012 at 6:44 am

    I celebrated Chinese New Year, too.. with a Chinese dinner, of course! But I missed these cookies as a dessert :S

    Reply
  24. marie, the EpicureanPiranha says

    February 3, 2012 at 6:20 pm

    These cookies are so lovely, particulary the way you’ve presented them! Your food is gorgeous ~ I’m looking forward to browsing more of your website and to trying some of your recipes!

    Have a delicious weekend,

    ~ marie

    Reply

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    January 23, 2012 at 5:14 pm

    […] Today we celebrate the Chinese New Year: 新年快乐! I am not Chinese, nor do I have Chinese relatives, but I live in a city with a huge Chinese community, so I feel it is the right thing to celebrate this special day. To do so, I made some special sugar cookies… they are eggless and have a pinch of Chinese 5 spice in the dough, just to stay on topic. You can find the basic recipe for Eggless Sugar Cookies here . I wrote the word “spring” on the cookies (since the New Year symbolises the arrival of spring) and I served them upside down as apparently the character for “upside down” in Chinese sounds the same as the character for “arrival”… so… spring has arrived! Happy Chinese New Year! […]

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    January 26, 2012 at 12:43 am

    […] capiz lotus tealight holder and square votive holder from Luna Bazaar, "spring" sugar cookies by Manuela Zangara, double happiness place cards by allielin on Etsy, dragon paper cutout from Scarlet Pyjamas. […]

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