Output : 10 to 15
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Ingredients
- 625 ml (2 ½ cups) flour
- 3 ml (1/2 tsp) baking powder
- 1 pinch salt
- 15 ml (1 tbsp) ginger, ground
- 15 ml (1 tbsp) cinnamon, ground
- 15 ml (1 tbsp) nutmeg
- 1 pinch cloves
- 125 ml (1/2 cup) unsalted butter, cold
- 125 ml (1/2 cup) sugar
- 2 eggs, yolks
Royal icing
- 2 eggs, whites
- 750 ml (3 cups) icing sugar
- 5 ml (1 tsp) water
- Food colouring of your choice
Preparation
- Preheat oven to 200°C (400°F) with rack in centre.
- In a bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, pinch of salt, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves.
- In a bowl, mix the butter and sugar.
- Incorporate the egg yolks then gradually the prepared dry mixture.
- Form a disk of dough, wrap in plastic food wrap and refrigerate for 20 minutes.
- On the work surface, using a rolling pin, roll out the dough to about 1 inch thick.
- Using a cookie cutter, cut out the dough.
- On a baking sheet covered with parchment paper or a silicone mat, arrange the pieces of dough and bake for 10 minutes. Let cool.
- For the royal icing, in a bowl, using a whisk, whisk the icing sugar, egg whites and water.
- Depending on the number of food colorings to be incorporated, divide the royal icing. Add the food coloring and fill piping bags to decorate the cookies.
