Christmas Sugar Cookies

Sugar shortbread cookies just melt in your mouth. Very tasty, tender, crumbly …

Cooking: 3 hours

Ingredients

• Flour – 400 g
  Butter – 200 g
  Sugar – 200 g
  Eggs – 2 large or 3 small
  Soda – 1 teaspoon.
  Vanilla sugar – 10 g
  Salt – 0.5 teaspoon.
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• For the glaze (icing):
  Egg white – 1 pc.
  Powdered sugar – 150 g
  Lemon juice – 1.5 teaspoon.

Instructions

1. Whisk the butter at room temperature in a large bowl. Add sugar, beat. Add eggs one at a time. Next, add flour mixed with soda and salt. Knead the shortbread dough. Cool the dough in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours.
2. Roll out the dough, cut out the cookies with molds. Place the Christmas cookies on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. We bake shortbread cookies in an oven preheated to 175 degrees for 7 minutes.

   

3. For the icing beat the egg white with a whisk, add powdered sugar and lemon juice, mix. Place the icing in a pastry bag and decorate the Christmas cookies. You can do it without icing, just sprinkle the cookies with sugar, or just eat the cookies without any coating.

The Christmas sugar cookies are ready.