Easy cookie recipe for 4 - 8 people, takes only 12 mins; recipe has icing sugar, vanilla extract, egg yolk, butter, plain flour, icing sugar, food colouring, silver ball and ribbon.
Sparkling vanilla Christmas cookies
Course: Easy cookie
Servings
4 - 8
servings
Prep time
10 mins
Ingredients
- Butter: 250g butter, cut into small cubes
- Plain Flour: 375g plain flour, sieved
- Egg Yolk: 1 egg yolk
- Vanilla Extract: 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Icing Sugar: 140g icing sugar, sieved
- Food Colouring: edible food colouring, optional
- Ribbon: approx 2m thin ribbon cut into 10cm lengths
- Silver Ball: edible gold and silver balls
Directions
- Tip the icing sugar, vanilla extract, egg yolk and butter into a mixing bowl, then stir together with a wooden spoon (or pulse in a food processor until well combined). Add the flour and mix to a firm dough. Shape the dough into two flat discs and wrap in clingfilm. Chill for 20-30 mins. Heat oven to 190C/fan 170C/gas 5 and line two baking sheets with non-stick baking paper.
- Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface to about the thickness of two PS1 coins. Cut out Christmassy shapes (use a cutter if you like) and place on the baking sheets. Using the tip of a skewer, cut a small hole in the top of each cookie. Bake for 10-12 mins until lightly golden.
- Lift the biscuits onto a wire rack to cool. Meanwhile, mix the icing sugar with a few drops of cold water to make a thick, but still runny icing. Colour with edible food colouring, if you like. Spread it over the cooled biscuits, decorate with edible balls and thread with ribbon when dry.
