Cookies
Description
Homemade baked goods for tea. If you want to decorate your Christmas tree with edible cookies, I'll tell you. The baked goods are ready. Serve at the table.
Instructions
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Step 1
So, first prepare the ingredients for the cookies. Take the butter out of the refrigerator in advance so that it becomes soft (room temperature).
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Step 2
In a dry container, mix the flour with baking powder, cinnamon, and ginger. You can add vanilla if you like; I sometimes do. Stir and set the flour mixture aside for now.
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Step 3
Mix soft butter with sugar using an electric whisk or mixer. Beat for about 5-7 minutes until a fluffy mixture forms.
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Step 4
Beat the egg, continuously whisking, then pour in the honey. Mix the mixture thoroughly.
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Step 5
Add the flour in small portions. When the mixture becomes thick, transfer it to a work surface. Dust the surface with flour, turn out the dough, and knead until ready.
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Step 6
The dough will turn out soft, pliable, and non-sticky to the hands, but it may melt and become sticky with prolonged handling. Therefore, wrap it in a bag or plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour.
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Step 7
Now for the necessary baking tools: you will need a rolling pin, parchment paper, a cocktail straw, and cookie cutters.
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Step 8
Take the dough out of the refrigerator, cut off a small piece, and return the rest to the refrigerator. Place the dough on parchment paper and slightly roll (flatten) it with your hands on the paper.
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Step 9
Cover with a second sheet of parchment paper and roll out thinly with a rolling pin to a thickness of 0.5 mm. The second parchment sheet will help you easily roll the dough without it sticking to the rolling pin.
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Step 10
Remove the second leaf. It comes off very easily.
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Step 11
Dip cookie cutters in flour, then press out the cookies.
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Step 12
Remove excess dough from the parchment paper. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees, then place the cookies in to bake for 5-7 minutes.
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Step 13
The finished cookies are very soft while still hot, so you can use a straw to make holes for strings to hang them on the Christmas tree later.
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Step 14
You can make holes right away using the same piping tip. Then bake the cookies.
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Step 15
Done! Let the cookies cool. I got exactly 45 pieces!
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Step 16
While the cookies are cooling, you can proceed to prepare the glaze. You will also need food coloring. Additionally, you can decorate the cookies with coconut flakes or sprinkles.
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Step 17
Sift the powdered sugar a couple of times, add starch and mix. Make a depression in the center and pour in the cooled egg white.
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Step 18
Stir well with a whisk or fork until the mixture becomes smooth and uniform.
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Step 19
Using an electric whisk or mixer, beat the mixture for about 10 minutes, until it lightens in color and increases in volume.
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Step 20
At the end of beating, pour in the lemon juice and mix for another couple of minutes. Divide the protein mixture into several parts, depending on the number of colors you are using. Leave one part as white icing, and add food coloring to the rest, mixing well.
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Step 21
Decorate the cooled cookies however you like!
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Step 22
My daughter and I tried making different versions. Some figures we covered completely with icing and sprinkled with decorations; after the icing hardened, everything stayed perfectly in place. Others we simply decorated with designs. The finished cookies should be left for several hours to allow the icing to harden, preferably overnight. Once completely ready, thread strings through the cookies and use them to decorate the Christmas tree!
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Step 23
Happy New Year!!!