Easter cookies with icing
Description
This recipe for Easter cookies with icing calls for ginger. However, if desired, you can use only cinnamon or other aromatic spices. As for decorations, you're free to let your imagination run wild—use food coloring, sprinkles, and create various designs. These cookies will not only decorate your table but also make a wonderful gift. Serve them warm or chilled. Perfect with tea.
Instructions
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Step 1
1. To prepare the dough, place butter and sugar in a double boiler. Once the sugar dissolves, add honey, cinnamon, ginger, cocoa, and zest. Heat the mixture while stirring constantly, but do not let it boil. Remove from heat, cool slightly, and mix in the egg yolks. Sift together flour, salt, and baking powder, then gradually add to the mixture in small portions, kneading until you get an elastic dough. Roll the dough into a ball and refrigerate overnight.
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Step 2
2. Roll out the dough, cut out cookies using templates, and bake in a preheated oven for 6-8 minutes. To prepare the icing, beat egg white with powdered sugar and lemon juice until you get a very thick mixture. Now you can start decorating Easter cookies with icing at home.
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Step 3
3. After outlining the contours, you can fill in the center. At first, it might seem like a complicated science, but with properly prepared icing, it's actually quite simple.
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Step 4
4. Some parts can be completely filled with icing.
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Step 5
5. Use food coloring if desired. There are no specific tasks here—just draw for your own enjoyment.
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Step 6
6. If creating a multi-layer design, each layer must dry. In a warm and non-humid room, this will take about 10–13 minutes.
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Step 7
7. Here is a simple way to make Easter cookies with icing. Using the template, you can cut out not only eggs, but also buns, angels, etc. Have fun creating!