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Christmas cookies with icing
What could be better than the smell of spices in a cozy kitchen during the Christmas holidays? Delight your loved ones – Christmas cookies with icing, cinnamon, and ginger make a perfect handmade gift.
Preparation time: 60 minutes.
Caloric content: 402 kcal per 100 grams of the dish.
Ingredients
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- 75 g sugar (can be brown);
- 80 g butter;
- 220 g flour;
- 2\3 tsp baking soda;
- 3 tbsp honey or molasses;
- 1 tsp each of cinnamon and ginger, a pinch of anise;
- nutmeg;
- dried orange and lemon zest;
- 3 cloves.
Preparation
- Grind the spices in a mortar.
- Bring sugar and honey with spices to a boil.
- After removing from heat, add cut butter, baking soda.
- Add flour until a soft dough forms. Don’t overdo it; it will set further.
- Cover with film, cool for half an hour.
- Roll out the dough to a thickness of 3-4 mm. Cut out cookies with molds.
- Bake for 10 minutes at 180º C. It’s important not to overbake; the product burns quickly. Transfer to cool.
- For the icing, you need to beat 200 g powdered sugar and 1 tsp cornstarch with the white of 1 egg using a mixer on low speed for 2-3 minutes, and continue for the same amount of time after adding 1 tsp lemon juice. Dilute with water literally drop by drop to a sour cream consistency (not thick), add food coloring.
Christmas cookies with icing, cinnamon, and ginger are ready. Cook this delicious cookie. Enjoy your meal.
