Cookies
Description
It will be perfect with tea and coffee. Also, it’s a great idea for a children’s party. If you prepare the cookie dough in advance, the kids will happily color and eat them at the celebration! If you don’t want to make icing, you can cut out circles in the shape of the cookies from ready‑made fondant. The baking is ready. Serve at the table.
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare all the necessary ingredients.
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Step 2
Sift the flour and mix it with sugar.
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Step 3
Place room‑temperature butter into the flour and rub it with your hands into crumbs.
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Step 4
Beat the egg with a pinch of salt and add it to the flour mixture.
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Step 5
Knead a smooth dough. Shape it into a ball.
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Step 6
Place it in a bag and press it lightly. This way the dough will cool evenly. Put it in the refrigerator for 25–30 minutes.
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Step 7
Roll out the chilled dough into a sheet 0.7 cm thick and cut out round cookie blanks with a cutter or a glass. Place in a preheated oven at 180 degrees for 15–18 minutes.
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Step 8
Let's make the glaze. Add lemon juice and sifted powdered sugar to the chilled egg white. The bowl must be dry and clean.
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Step 9
Whisk the icing with a mixer for 5–7 minutes on medium speed. Cover the finished icing with a damp towel, so it won’t start to dry.
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Step 10
Set aside a portion of the icing in another bowl and add the cooled boiled water drop by drop. Add a drop of water, stir thoroughly, etc. When the icing becomes tacky, transfer it to a pastry bag.
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Step 11
Cut off the tip of the pastry bag and completely coat the cooled cookies with icing.
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Step 12
Let the glazed cookies dry for 5–6 hours, without covering them with a lid or plastic wrap.
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Step 13
Prepare clean paintbrushes, add a drop of various colors of food gel dye (candurine) diluted with vodka. The vodka evaporates instantly from the finished cookie, and there is nothing harmful about it. Also prepare a small cup of water where you can rinse the brush and the napkin. After rinsing, the brush should be dabbed on the napkin and then take the paint while it is dry. Everything is ready! Just call the children and let them freely “paint” on the tasty cookie! :)
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Step 14
Let the dye sit for about an hour to dry, and enjoy tea with “Aquarel” cookies in a warm family circle!
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Step 15
The pastry is ready. Serve with tea.