It's almost the time of the year again and who doesn't love a good holiday season. Christmas is all about love and joy, a time of giving, and gathering with loved ones.
By now, you should already have seen our cupcakes which we have made for Christmas a few posts away. We have another quick, easy and fail-proof recipe for you to try out! In this entry, we have for you a wonderful traditional sugar cookies recipe that you can make with your family and friends.
We kid you not, these cookies are definitely a classic holiday treat! They are fragrant, delicious, and perfect to brighten up your dining table for their vibrant colors and designs. What's more? You can even hang these cookies on your Christmas tree!
INGREDIENTS
480g Flour
230g Butter
195g Sugar
38g Corn Starch
3g Salt
1tsp Vanilla Essence
2 Eggs
METHOD
Whisk flour, corn starch and salt together in a big bowl and set aside.
Cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Add in eggs, 1 at a time and add a teaspoon of the vanilla essence.
Once incorporated, slowly mix in the dry ingredients in batches until a dough is form. This steps will take only a few minutes.
Transfer the dough out into a cling wrap and refrigerate it for at least 30 minutes for easy cutting.
Prepare a tray with baking sheet.
Remove from fridge and cut out a small portion of the dough for rolling and cutting.
Placed cut cookies onto the baking tray and bake it at 190 Celcius at 10 - 12 minutes until golden brown at the edges.
Repeat until all dough is used up.
We made these cookies in the office and honestly, the smell is divine! You can eat the cookies as it is now or if you'd like to take it up a notch, you may prepare some Royal Icing to pipe on the cookies like we did.
INGREDIENTS
1 Egg white
150g Icing Sugar
Food coloring of choice (Gel food color recommended)
METHOD
Over a pot of simmering hot water, bain-marie the egg white to kill bacteria. We whisk the egg to avoid cooking the egg over the hot steam. Prepare a cooking thermometer and measure the temperature of the egg white until it reaches roughly 62 Celcius.
Remove from heat and add in the icing sugar in batches. With an electric beater (or stand mixer), whisk the batter and add in the icing sugar continuously in small batches until the batter becomes smooth.
Divide the icing sugar into a few bowls and add the coloring of your choice for piping.
We know celebrations will be different this year with Covid-19 but we can always bring out the best of the festivity and enjoy every moment of it. Bake these cookies at home, or in your office and let the fragrance of these cookies linger around the entire unit space. It will surely grab anyone's attention. Christmas is truly the most wonderful time of the year.
Celebrate this meaningful day with your loved ones and gift them with these cookies handmade with love!
Our Team had been busy whisking up these pretty cookies for the past weeks and gifting them to our business partners and friends. Giving thanks in a truly and surely Cookielicious way!