Smarter Holiday Cookies
Spiced Star Holiday Cookies
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Spiced Star Holiday Cookies - Warm spices with a festive look
Health Score:
72 / 100
Difficulty:
moderate
Difficulty
Preparation:
40 min.
Preparation
Healthy, because
Even smarter
Spices stimulate digestion
Use any shape or color
Author of this recipe:
EAT-SMARTER
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Ingredients
for
30
- For the ccokies
- ½ cup unsalted butter
- ⅔ cup dark brown sugar
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 tsp Baking powder
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- ¼ tsp ground cloves
- ½ tsp Mixed spice
- 2 large eggs (beaten)
- 4 Tbsps clear honey
- To decorate
- 1.333 cups instant royal icing mix
- 3 Tbsps water
- colored sugar sprinkles
Preparation steps
1.
For the ccokies: heat the oven to 160°C / 325°F. Line 2 baking trays with non-stick baking paper.
2.
Beat the butter and sugar in a mixing bowl until smooth and creamy.
3.
Sift in the flour, salt, baking powder, cinnamon, cloves and mixed spice and stir until incorporated.
4.
Beat in the eggs and honey to form a dough. If the dough is too dry add a little water; if too wet add a little flour.
5.
Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface, about 5 mm / 1/4" thick.
6.
Cut star shapes out of the dough. Re-roll the remaining dough and cut out more stars.
7.
Place the biscuits on the baking trays and bake for 20 minutes until golden brown and cooked through. Place on a wire rack to cool completely.
8.
To decorate: prepare the icing according to the pack instructions. Ice the edges of the biscuits using a teaspoon (use the tip of the spoon for dripping the icing onto the edges and the back of the teaspoon for smoothing).
9.
Put a dab of icing in the center of each biscuit and sprinkle with the sugar sprinkles.
