Homemade Santa Cookies
Easy Homemade Santa Cookies made with simple ingredients. A fun Christmas baking activity for kids and the perfect festive family tradition.
Equipment
Ingredients
- For the shortbread
- 120 g butter
- 50 g sugar
- 170 g plain flour
- Tiny dash water if needed
- Easy Icing:
- 200 g icing sugar sieved
- 30 ml milk cold is fine
- Mix together in a bowl transfer to a piping bag or food bag and snip the corner to decorate.
- To decorate:
- 100 g milk chocolate melted
- 1 packet edible Christmas Decorations
- Christmas Sprinkles
Instructions
- Beat the butter and the sugar together until smooth. Then add the flour and blend until the dough comes together. Test a small amount and see if it will clump to make a ball, if it seems very dry add a 1/2 tsp of water and blend again.
- Turn on to a work surface and shape the dough into a circle, cover with parchment paper and chill in the fridge for 30 minutes.
- Preheat the oven 170ºC fan.
- Roll out the dough to about the thickness of a 1 euro/pound coin
- Cut into shortbread rounds and place onto a baking tray.
- Bake in the oven for 12-15 minutes, until lightly golden. Set aside to cool completely on a wire rack.
- To decorate - pipe on the icing or dip in the chocolate and top with the decorations as you wish.
- Make ahead: Store the shortbread dough in an airtight bag in the fridge for 1 week, then roll out and bake.
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