- Preparation time: 10 minutes plus at least 30 minutes of rest
- Cooking time: 15 - 20 minutes
- Difficulty : easy
How to make Christmas cookies with icing
There are many ways to enjoy the scent of lemons in the kitchen, and among them is a quick and easy recipe for homemade shortbread cookies with icing, a natural delight, much loved by children for both breakfast and a snack.
Ingredients
- 100g of butter taken out of the refrigerator a little in advance
- 100 grams of sugar
- 2 egg yolks (leftover egg whites can be stored in the freezer)
- 200 g of 00 or 0 flour
- 1 sachet of vanilla or untreated lemon zest
- Christmas cookie cutters
Preparation
- Mix together butter with sugar.
- Add the egg yolks, one at a time.
- To perfume with vanilla or zest Lemon;.
- To pour gradually add the flour, working with your fingertips so as not to heat the mixture too much, until you obtain a firm dough.
- Put it in a bag and put it away in a cool place to rest for at least 30 minutes.
- Take the dough again, lay it out with a rolling pin until it is about half a centimetre thick, crop the shapes of the biscuits, gradually recovering the pastry scraps.
- Switch on the static oven at 180°.
- Place the biscuits on a baking tray lined with paper, and cook them for about 15–20 minutes until golden brown.
- Remove them from the oven and let them cool before collecting them in a container and serving them.
These simple shortbread cookies are a hit with everyone. Flavoring them with vanilla or grated lemon zest isn't a neutral choice: vanilla provides a more traditional cookie-like aroma, while lemon makes them more rustic.
variants
Some tips to make them more original :
- Perfume them with, ground cloves or cardamom.
- prepare the chocolate version with the addition of two tablespoons of bitter cocoa.
- Perfume and color them with a few pinches of turmeric.
Add the eggs and flour. You can, of course, divide the dough in half to make different cookies and satisfy everyone's tastes. Those with good craft skills can prepare a glaze (200 grams of powdered sugar, an egg white, and a little lemon juice), color it with food coloring, and decorate the cookies with Christmas motifs. A little melted chocolate , a few chocolate sprinkles , or a few sultanas can also be used to create beautiful decorations. These cookies are perfect as place cards or Christmas tree decorations : use a straw to poke a small hole in the unbaked cookie. This can be used to tie a colored or gold ribbon to hang the cookies on the Christmas tree, tie them around a napkin, or decorate a gift box—perhaps the same one containing the cookies you're giving away.
How to package Christmas cookies
Once you've finished decorating your delicious and beautiful DIY Christmas cookies, it's time to think about how to best package them . If the sweets are for friends, why not try surprising them by placing the cookies in a glass jar and decorating it with a pretty red ribbon and a cinnamon stick ? What a lovely surprise!
Read also:
- Star-shaped Christmas cookies
- Gingerbread Cookies: The Simplest Recipe
- Walnut Cookies: A Breakfast Recipe Ready in Half an Hour
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