Two - colour shortbread stars
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Easy shortbread cookies with scent of cinnamon or vanilla.
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Ingredients
Ingredients
all-purpose flour / plain flour | 8 | oz | 225 | grams | |
all-purpose flour / plain flour | 0 | 0 | |||
baking powder for gingerbread | 0.5 | tsp | ½ | teaspoon | |
chicken egg | 1 | pc | 1 | piece | |
cinnamon sugar | - | ||||
cocoa powder | 1 | tsp | 1 | teaspoon | |
egg yolk | 1 | pc | 1 | piece | |
powdered sugar | 2.75 | oz | 80 | grams | |
unsalted butter | 5.25 | oz | 150 | grams | |
vanilla sugar | - |
Recipe
1.
all-purpose flour / plain flour 8 oz (225 g) • powdered sugar 2.75 oz (80 g) • baking powder for gingerbread 0.5 tsp • unsalted butter 5.25 oz (150 g) • egg yolk 1 pc
Mix sugar and baking powder in flour. Add chopped butter and egg yolk. Work the dough.
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2.
cocoa powder 1 tsp
Split the dough into one third and two thirds. Incorporate cocoa powder in the smaller part of the dough. Place both parts in the cold place for one hour.
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3.
all-purpose flour / plain flour
Flour the board and use a rolling pin to spread the pale dough until it is about 3 - 4 mm thin. Cut out stars.
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4.
chicken egg 1 pc
Transfer stars to the baking tin lined with parchment paper and brush them with beaten egg.
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5.
all-purpose flour / plain flour
Use a rolling pin to spread the dark part of dough on floured board until it is about 3 - 4 mm thin. Cut out stars.
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6.
vanilla sugar • cinnamon sugar
Lay dark stars on top of the pale ones and again brush them with beaten egg. Sprinkle the dark stars with cinnamon or vanilla sugar.
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7.
Bake for 8 minutes at 180 °C.
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8.
Remove the stars from baking tin just when they are cold.
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Bon appetit!