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🍽️ Santa Claus Cookies

273 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 350 g flour
• 200 g cold butter (in pieces)
• 175 g sugar
• 3 egg yolks
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 400 g powdered sugar
• 2 egg whites
• food coloring (supermarket)
• sugar pearls

Instructions

1. 1. Knead all dough ingredients quickly into a smooth dough.
2. 2. Shape the dough into a ball.
3. 3. Wrap the dough ball in cling film.
4. 4. Place the foil in the refrigerator for about 2 hours.
5. 5. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
6. 6. Dust a work surface with flour.
7. 7. Take dough pieces in portions.
8. 8. Roll out the dough pieces on a floured surface.
9. 9. Ensure the dough is about 3 to 4 millimeters thick.
10. 10. Cut out stars with a diameter of about 8 centimeters.
11. 11. Line a baking tray with baking paper.
12. 12. Place the dough stars on the prepared tray.
13. 13. Bake the cookies in the preheated oven for 8 to 10 minutes.
14. 14. Remove the cookies from the oven.
15. 15. Let the cookies cool down completely.
16. 16. Separate the egg whites from the eggs.
17. 17. Whisk the egg whites with powdered sugar.
18. 18. Divide the icing into several small bowls.
19. 19. Color the icing portions with food coloring.
20. 20. Use red color for the hat and coat.
21. 21. Use brown color for hands, boots, and belt.
22. 22. Use yellow color for the belt buckle.
23. 23. Brush the cookies for the hat and coat with red icing.
24. 24. Fill the other colored icings into piping bags.
25. 25. Cut off a small corner from each bag.
26. 26. Apply the icings for the details onto the cookies.
27. 27. Wait after each color application until the icing has dried.
28. 28. Garnish the faces with sugar pearls.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 273
• Protein: 3 g · Fett/Fat: 10 g · Carbs: 43 g