Yield: 1
Prep Time: 25 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Ingredients
1 L (4 cups) flour
190 ml (3/4 cup) sugar
5 ml (1 tsp) baking powder
2 pinches salt
30 ml (2 tbsp) ginger powder
30 ml (2 tbsp) cinnamon, ground
30 ml (2 tbsp) nutmeg, grated
2 pinches ground cloves
290 ml (1 cup + 2 tbsp) unsalted butter, cold
1 lemon, zest
4 eggs, 4 yolks and 2 whites
60 ml (4 tbsp) icing sugar and/or soft fondant
Preparation
Preheat the oven, rack in the middle, to 200 °C (400 °F).
In a bowl, mix the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves.
In a bowl, using a whisk, mix the butter and zest.
Incorporate the egg yolks and whites, then gradually the prepared dry mixture.
Form a disk of dough, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 20 minutes.
On the work surface, using a rolling pin, roll out the dough to about 1/2 inch thick.
Using cookie cutters or several star-shaped paper guides of increasing sizes, 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.
On a serving tray, stack the stars in descending order to form a tree.
Dust with icing sugar or use soft fondant for cookie decorating.
