Spiced Christmas Cookies
As fun to make as they are to eat
A change from the traditional gingerbread dough, this dough is lighter in colour and ideal for colourful tree decorations!
Ingredients
- 125g butter, softened
- 1/4 tsp vanilla essence
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp each: ground nutmeg, allspice
- 1/2 cup Chelsea Caster Sugar
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- 2 cups flour
- Decorate with Chelsea Icing Sugar, silver balls, glace cherries etc.
Method
- Preheat oven to 180°C.
- In a food processor, mix the butter, vanilla, spices and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add the egg and mix to combine.
- Add the flour to make a firm dough.
- Chill for 15 minutes in the fridge.
- Roll dough out to about 5mm thickness and cut into shapes with Christmas biscuit cutters.
- With a thick skewer, make a hole in the top of each biscuit large enough for a ribbon to be threaded if using as decorations.
- Place on an oven tray and bake for 10-15 minutes, until lightly browned.
- Once cooled, decorate biscuits with coloured icing and silver balls.
