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Christmas light cookies, recipe, decorate
December 20, 2017
Baking, Christmas, cookies and biscuits

Get Festive with Christmas Lights Shortbread Cookies

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Christmas Light Shortbread Cookies
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Christmas Light Shortbread Cookies

By Lexi Klaebe December 20, 2017

A shortbread cookie comes together really quickly and with only a handful of ingredients. A soft buttery crumb, topped with an icing glaze and a string of Christmas lights is sure to impress your guests!

Ingredients

  • Plain Flour - 1 3/4 cups
  • Cornflour - 1/4 cup
  • Icing Sugar - 1/2 cup
  • Butter, room temperature - 225g
  • Vanilla Essence - 1 teaspoon
  • Icing Glaze
  • Icing Sugar - 1 cup
  • Milk - 2 1/2 tablespoons
  • To Decorate
  • Mini M&Ms
  • Egg White - 1
  • Icing Sugar - 1 1/2 cups
  • Black Food Colouring, piping bag

Instructions

1. Line two baking trays with baking paper and set aside.

Christmas lights shortbread cookies
2. Place the butter in a mixing bowl and using electric beaters, beat until smooth. Add the icing sugar and vanilla, beating together for a minute until fluffy and combined.

how to make Christmas shortbread cookies
3. Add both flours and beat until combined.


4. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface, knead and form a ball. Flatten into a disc. Dust the bench and a rolling pin lightly and roll the disc into a even slab around 1cm in thickness. Don't roll it too thin or it's likely to break when you move. Cut your shapes with a lightly floured cookie cutter.


6. Place the dough shapes on the trays and put in the fridge for at least an hour. In a preheated 190°C oven, bake the cookies for 12 to 14 minutes, or until the edges are lightly golden. Let cool completely on a wire rack.


8. To make the glaze, mix together the icing sugar and milk to a pouring consistency. Transfer the glaze to a shallow bowl and dip the surface of the biscuit into the mix. Lift gently and let the excess drip off, before quickly turning it over and leaving it to set. Let set for around 30 minutes.


9. Make the royal icing by mixing together the egg white and the icing sugar.


10. Add a squirt of black food colouring and mix in. Add a few drops of water if required to thin it out to a piping consistency. Transfer to a piping bag.


11. Pipe a string of black icing on to the biscuit. Press the Mini M&Ms into the string to make lights - and you're done!

It’s not too late to whip up a last minute festive treat with this quick Christmas lights shortbread cookie recipe!

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Lexi Klaebe

South Australian mum and self proclaimed foodie, Lexi can most days be found in the kitchen, apron tied firm and armed with a whisk or wooden spoon.

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