These crumbly and colorful cookie cutters should not be missing in any cookie jar
Created: 11/29/2022, 10:00 am
By: Sandra Keck
A must for Christmas!
You can find the recipe for colorful cookie cutters here.
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Ready, set, go!
Are you ready for one of THE absolute classic Christmas cookies?
Colorful cookie cutters (at home we say "Ausstecherle" 😅) are not only popular with children, but also with adults.
The reason is obvious: simple recipe, simple preparation and you can really let off steam with the decoration.
Our cookie cutter recipe is a classic
3-2-1 shortcrust pastry without the egg
.
This makes it taste particularly fine and tender.
That's how it's done:
You only need a few ingredients:
Dough:
300 grams of flour
200 g butter, soft
100 grams of sugar
1 packet of vanilla sugar
Decoration as you like:
couverture
Frosting (made with lemon juice and powdered sugar)
Chopped almonds
Colorful sugar sprinkles
The preparation is simple and quick:
For the dough:
Mix the flour, butter, sugar and vanilla sugar into a dough using the dough hook of a hand mixer.
If necessary, continue kneading with your hands and shape the dough into a ball.
Chill the dough for at least 30 minutes.
Halve the dough ball and roll out on a lightly floured work surface to about 0.5 cm thick.
Cut out shapes of your choice and place on a baking sheet.
Bake at 160°C for about 12 minutes until light brown.
Take out and let cool completely.
Decorate with icing, couverture, sugar sprinkles or chopped almonds as you wish.
Relish!
With this selection of colorful cookie cutters, I can't decide which cookie to choose!
The recipe is here.
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My personal top tips for perfect cookie cutters
I have baked many Christmas cookies in my life.
The reason: my mom.
Although she doesn't describe herself as a master baker and really doesn't like baking cakes, she surpasses herself in the run-up to Christmas.
Every year she bakes more than 25 varieties, many of which are given away and even more are eaten by us.
But we – the children – first have to earn a colorful tin filled with Christmas cookies by helping diligently in the Christmas bakery.
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And along the way, I learned these tips for perfect cookie cutters:
Do not roll out the dough on a floured work surface but between two layers of
cling film
(advantage: the dough composition is not changed and the biscuit remains tender).
Put the rolled out dough in the fridge (or even better, put it on the
cold balcony tiles
- don't worry, it's protected by the foil).
Cut out ice- cold
and hard
dough
as
you like
once the top foil has been removed and place on a baking sheet.
Even the finest motifs stay in shape.
Before baking, brush the cookies lightly with
egg yolk
for a nice
shine
.
With these tips nothing can go wrong in your Christmas baking.
And if you are still looking for a suitable drink for your Christmas baking, we have something for you: This Hot Aperol is your ticket back to your summer vacation on cold days.
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