Cut-out Cookies

Name: Cut-out Cookies
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 1 h 45 min
Ingredients: 120 g Butter (unsalted) (softened); a pinch Salt; 100 g Caster sugar; 2 Egg yolks; 100 g Cake flour (Ingredient A); 90 g Cake flour (Ingredient B); 10 g Cocoa powder (Ingredient B); 50 g Powdered sugar (for lemon icing); 2 tsp Lemon juice (for lemon icing); 50 g Powdered sugar (for coffee icing); 2 tsp Hot water (for coffee icing); 2 tsp Instant coffee (for coffee icing)

Basic molded cookies, available in original and cocoa flavors, topped with lemon sugar frosting and coffee sugar frosting.

1h 45m

Hard

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Ingredients

Butter (unsalted) (softened) 120 g

Salt a pinch

Caster sugar 100 g

Egg yolks 2

Cake flour (Ingredient A) 100 g

Cake flour (Ingredient B) 90 g

Cocoa powder (Ingredient B) 10 g

Powdered sugar (for lemon icing) 50 g

Lemon juice (for lemon icing) 2 tsp

Powdered sugar (for coffee icing) 50 g

Hot water (for coffee icing) 2 tsp

Instant coffee (for coffee icing) 2 tsp

Instructions

Advance preparation

Bring the butter to room temperature to soften; sift Ingredient A with a sieve; combine Ingredient B together with a sieve; line a baking sheet with a layer of parchment paper; preheat the oven to 180°C before baking.

Step 1

Use an electric mixer to beat the butter until creamy.

Step 2

Add the salt and caster sugar, and mix until evenly combined.

Step 3

Whip until the mixture turns white.

Step 4

Add the egg yolks, mix evenly, then divide into two portions.

Step 5

Add the flour and mix evenly. Add Ingredient A to one bowl and Ingredient B to the other, folding each with a rubber spatula until there are no lumps, then knead into a dough.

Step 6

Wrap in plastic wrap and rest in the refrigerator for about 1 hour.

Step 7

Roll out the dough with a rolling pin. Dust the work surface with a suitable amount of bread flour, and roll each portion of dough into a sheet about 7 mm thick.

Step 8

Cut out the dough with a cutter and place on the baking sheet. Bake in the oven preheated to 180°C for about 12–15 minutes.

Step 9

Cool on a cake cooling rack.

Step 10

Prepare the lemon icing. Place the powdered sugar in a bowl, add the lemon juice, and stir with a small whisk until sticky and smooth.

Step 11

Prepare the coffee icing. In another bowl, add the powdered sugar, pour in the coffee dissolved in hot water, and stir with a small whisk until sticky and smooth.

Step 12

Decorate the cookies. Place each icing into a cone-shaped bag made from parchment paper, and pipe patterns onto the cookies.