Cover of Christmas Cookies

Equipment

·         2 lightly greased baking trays

·         Something to remove the cookies from the baking trays for example- egg flipper.

·         1 clean mixing bowl and a mixing spoon.

·         Rolling pin

·         Plastic film

·         Electric Mixer

·         Flour sifter or strainer

·         Cookie cutters

·         Wire rack                                                                                                

Ingredients

White Lemon Icing

540gm of icing sugar- sifted

2 egg whites

1/2 a tablespoon

Cookie Dough

120gm unsalted butter

1/2 cup castor sugar

1 whole egg

2 cups self raising flour, sifted

3-4 drops Vanilla Essence

Method

Step 1- Preheat your over to 170 degrees Celsius or Gas Mark 3 for a gas oven and lightly grease two over trays for baking.                 

Step 2- Beat together the butter and castor sugar using an electric mixer intill light and fluffy.

Step 3- Add the egg and mix until combined.

Step 4.-Now, add the sifted flour and vanilla essence.

Step 5- Knead the mixture to form a ball then, wrap the ball in plastic film and place in a fridge to rest for approximately 20 minutes.

Step 6- Roll the dough evenly with a rolling pin on a clean, lightly floured surface until it is 4-5mm thick.

Step 7- Use cookie cutters to stamp out shapes from the cookie dough and then place on prepared oven trays.

Step 8- Place in the oven and bake for about 5 minutes or until golden brown.

Step 9- Remove the baking trays from the oven and place on a wire rack to cool.

Step 10- When the cookies are cool place sifted icing sugar into a clean mixing bowl.

Step 11-. Add the egg whites and mix until the icing mixture forms stiff peaks.

Step 12-. Add the Lemon juice and mix thoroughly.

Step 13- Add the white lemon icing to the Christmas cookies and any other decorations you wish.

Cook’s Notes- When rolling out the cookie dough, it is easier to cut the dough in half and roll one at a time. If you would like thin and crispy cookies as compared to thicker ones, simply roll the cookie dough out more. These cookies taste delicious when decorated with sprinkles, hundreds of thousands and many other cupcake decorations.

Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoy these lovely Christmas cookies with White Lemon icing-Aurora1