Christmas Cookies

Ingredients list for Christmas Cookies

• 2 cups Refined flour
• Icing flour
• a pinch Salt
• 1/2 teaspoon Baking powder
• 1/2 cup Butter
• 3/4 cup Sugar
• 1 Egg
• 1 teaspoon Vanilla essence
• to garnish Mixed fruit jam
• For icing
• 1/2 cup Butter
• 1 cup Icing sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon Vanilla essence

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 170°C.
2. Grease a baking tray. In a bowl mix together refined flour, salt and baking powder and set aside. In another bowl beat together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla essence and beat until well combined. Add the flour mixture and mi
3. Cover and refrigerate for an hour. Remove the dough from the refrigerator and roll to a thickness of a quarter inch. Cut the cookies into desired shapes with cookie cutters. Place them on the baking tray keeping a little distance between each. Bake the co
4. Take the tray out of the oven and set aside to cool. To make the icing sieve icing sugar. Cream the butter till soft in a bowl. Add icing sugar a little at a time and beat. Add vanilla essence and continue beating till light and fluffy.
5. Decorate the cookies with the icing and glaze them with jam.

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