Easter Gift Cookies

These Easter gift cookies are perfect to surprise your kids or even the adults. Just add a little bow with string, and they will look amazing.
Ingredients
4
Servings
  • 450 grams flour
  • 250 grams butter
  • 250 grams sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
  • 1 tablespoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 egg
  • food coloring, in various colors
  • 2 cups icing sugar
  • 2 limes
Preparation
30 mins
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  • Preheat the oven to 180ºC.
  • In a bowl, cream the butter with a mixer, and once well creamed, add the sugar. In another bowl, mix the baking powder with the flour and set aside.
  • Add the egg to the creamed butter with the sugar. Once the egg is well incorporated, add the salt and vanilla.
  • Then gradually incorporate the flour mixture until a smooth dough forms.
  • Divide the mixture into two parts and place them in bags in the refrigerator for fifteen minutes.
  • Once the dough is chilled, sprinkle some flour on a flat surface and roll out the dough to about half a centimeter thick.
  • Cut the cookies with an egg-shaped cutter and make a small hole in them.
  • To bake them, place them on a greased and floured baking sheet or lined with parchment paper and put them in the oven until the edges are golden.
  • Remove from the oven and let cool. Once cool, they can be decorated.
  • To decorate, make the icing with powdered sugar and lemon, adding lemon drops to the powdered sugar gradually until the icing is ready.
  • Separate the icing into different bowls and color them with food coloring.
  • Add a layer of color to each cookie, refrigerate for 15 minutes, and continue decorating with dots, lines, etc., then refrigerate for another 15 minutes, and you’re done.
  • Attach a string and make a bow to make them look nicer.

Nutritional Information

* * Information per 100g serving, percentage of daily values based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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