Christmas cookies are a tradition in many families and help create a festive atmosphere in the kitchen. With buttery dough and a glossy glaze, they’re perfect for serving as dessert, giving as gifts, or making with the kids at home.
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In this classic version, the dough is firm for modeling and allows you to use cookie cutters with thematic shapes. Find out how to do it:
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Ingredients
- 3 eggs
- 3 cups of sugar (tea)
- 1 cup (tea) butter
- 1 cup of milk (tea)
- 1 tablespoon of vanilla
- 1 tablespoon of yeast
- 1 dessert spoon of ammonia salt
- Wheat flour until smooth
Icing
- 200 g of icing sugar
- 2 egg whites
- 1 tablespoon of lemon juice
- Food coloring (optional)
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To start cooking, start with simple recipes, read the recipe carefully and follow the instructions step by step.
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Maintain organization in the kitchen, using basic utensils and ensuring knives are sharp.
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Also preheat stoves and ovens and use low heat to avoid burning food, and pay attention to food signs, such as smell and color.
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Separate and measure all ingredients before lighting the heat. This saves you from wasting time looking for something in the middle of preparation.
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For beginners, low or medium heat is ideal as it gives more time to react and prevents food from burning.
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It is normal that the first attempts are not perfect. Cooking is a learning process
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Preparation method
- Mix the sugar, butter and eggs until you obtain a homogeneous cream.
- Add the milk, vanilla, yeast and ammonia salt and mix again.
- Add the flour little by little until you obtain a firm dough.
- Roll out the dough with a rolling pin and cut it into molds.
- Place on a greased or parchment-lined baking sheet.
- Bake in a hot oven for ten minutes, until lightly browned.
- Beat the egg whites with the sugar and lemon until you obtain a firm glaze.
- Decorate cooled cookies with icing and coloring, if desired.
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