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Homemade cookies are a typical dish that cannot be missed at Christmas. As a breakfast or snack, the most popular are butter, although you can add any other ingredient, such as chocolate or nuts.
Its preparation is quite simple, so it can be fun for the little ones in the house this holiday season.
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The ingredients are also quite basic and are available in any store or supermarket. To cook the shortbread cookies you just need 240 grams of butter, 400 g of flour, 150 g of sugar, 1 egg and a pinch of salt.
The first step is to let the butter reach room temperature, removing it from the refrigerator a few minutes beforehand. Then the softened butter and sugar are beaten with a whisk or food processor. Add the egg while continuing to beat. The next step is gradually add the sifted flour and salt. With your hands, or with an electric mixer, knead the mixture until you obtain a homogeneous paste, without lumps and which is easily released. With this dough, form a ball that is covered with plastic wrap and let it rest in the refrigerator for 1 to 3 hours.
Once the dough is cold, It is stretched with a rolling pin on baking paper or on a surface sprinkled with flour. The dough sheet should be half a centimeter thick, more or less. Cookies are cut with a cookie cutter and with the leftovers, make a ball again to stretch it again and make more cookies. The market sells special molds for these dates in the shapes of Santa Claus, reindeer, Christmas tree or snowmen.
Once the cookies are cut, They are placed on the baking tray lined with baking paper.. Place the dish in the oven, previously heated to 180 degrees, and cook for 10-15 minutes or until golden.
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once cooked, Using a spatula, place the cookies on a wire rack to cool. and harden, because when they come out of the oven they are still soft.
When the cookies are cool, They can be decorated with homemade icing. Made with 200 grams of icing sugar, one egg white, lemon juice and food coloring. It's time to put the icing in a piping bag and decorate the cookies as you like. It can also be used to decorate colored fondant, which is sold in stores, or covered with chocolate or jelly.
The cookies can be stored in a closed glass jar for at least a week.
