\nEasy<\/p>\n
\nApproximately 426<\/p>\n
\nServes 20<\/p>\n
\n35 minutes<\/p>\n
\n15 minutes<\/p>\n
\n1 hour 50 minutes<\/p>\n
Christmas shortbread cookies decorated like a string of lights. I found a simple photo online and the result was so charming. It was fun decorating them. These are cookies that can also be made with kids.<\/p>\n
– Flour: 250g
\n– Sugar: 100g
\n– Soft butter: 125g
\n– Egg: 1
\n– Almond powder: 80g
\n– Icing sugar: 150g
\n– Lemon juice: 1 tablespoon
\n– Mini smarties: 1 pack
\n– Dark chocolate: 50g<\/p>\n
\nCombine the flour with baking powder. In your mixer’s bowl, blend the egg with the sugar. Gradually add the flour+baking powder mixture and the soft butter. Mix everything with a paddle attachment until the dough is even. Wrap the dough and chill it in the refrigerator for 1 hour, although I prefer overnight. Using a rolling pin, roll out the dough on parchment paper, then chill again (the dough tends to warm up quickly and becomes harder to handle) for about 30 minutes.<\/p>\n
\nPreheat your oven to 350\u00b0F (180\u00b0C). Cut out the dough using a round cookie cutter about 2.5 inches (6 cm) in diameter. Brush each with egg yolk, then bake for 10 to 15 minutes.<\/p>\n
\nIn a bowl, mix the icing sugar and egg white, then add the lemon juice. Adjust the amount of icing sugar as necessary to achieve a consistency that is neither too runny nor too thick.<\/p>\n
\nCoat the cookies with this icing. Let them crust slightly. Meanwhile, melt the chocolate in a double boiler. Transfer it into a small piping bag. Draw lines across the iced cookies. Place mini smarties on the chocolate lines to resemble the colorful bulbs on a string of lights. Allow the cookies to dry at room temperature. Store the cookies in a metal tin after they have dried.<\/p>\n\n\n