What's more beautiful and Christmassy than decorating the tree with
homemade cookies ? Here's our recipe for delicious and cute cookies to hang on the Christmas tree. The
shortcrust pastry is prepared with arifa organic flour , a balanced blend of organic flours,
perfect for preparing sweets and cakes of all kinds.
Ingredients for the shortcrust pastry:
- 500 g of Arifa organic flour
- 100 g chopped hazelnuts
- 100 g of chocolate chips
- 250 g of butter
- 250 g of sugar
- 2 whole eggs
- 1 egg yolk
- Half a sachet of baking powder
For decoration:
- 1 egg white
- Juice of half a lemon
- 250 g icing sugar
- Food coloring of your choice
- Sugar pearls
Procedure for biscuits to hang on the Christmas tree
Knead the shortcrust pastry by starting to mix the flour and the butter at room temperature; then, quickly add the sugar, hazelnuts, chocolate, yeast and eggs, without working for a long time.
Let the dough rest for half an hour in the refrigerator, covered with cling film.
After the resting time, roll it out to a thickness of about 0.5 cm. Cut out the dough with the appropriate cookie cutters.
Make a hole in the top of the biscuit with a straw; the hole will be used later to insert the ribbon. Bake at 180° C for about 20 minutes.
Beat the egg white, pouring in the powdered sugar and lemon juice. Color the icing as desired, put it in the piping bag with a pointed nozzle and decorate the cookies with sugar pearls. When the icing is dry, insert a satin ribbon into each cookie and decorate your Christmas tree!
Thanks to "Claudia Annie's True Love Recipes" for the recipe!
