Personalized Cookies
Party cookies decorated with guests' names or initials.
Ingredients
butter (cold, diced)
175 g
plain flour
300 g
orange zest (finely grated)
1
icing sugar
90 g
egg yolks
2
egg white
1
icing sugar
200 g
food coloring (different colors)
2
soft candies
to taste
Instructions
1
Step 1
Place the butter, flour, and orange zest in a food processor and mix until the texture resembles breadcrumbs. Add the icing sugar and egg yolks. Mix until a smooth dough forms. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
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Step 2
Preheat the oven to 200°C (gas mark 7). Grease 2 baking sheets.
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Step 3
Roll out the dough on a floured work surface. Cut out different cookie shapes (squares, rounds, hearts), each at least 7.5 cm in diameter or width.
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Step 4
Place the cookies on the baking sheets, leaving a little space between them. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, until the edges start to turn golden.
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Step 5
Let rest on the baking sheet for 2 minutes until firm, then transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely.
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Step 6
Decoration: Place the egg white and icing sugar in a bowl and beat until stiff peaks form.
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Step 7
Divide the icing into 2 bowls and add a few drops of different food coloring to each.
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Step 8
Transfer each of the 2 colored icings into a separate plastic bag and push the icing into one corner.
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Step 9
Snip a small corner off each bag so you can pipe thin lines. Write each guest's name or initials on the cookies. Use the 2 icings to pipe decorative borders around the cookies (dots, straight lines, wavy lines, or zigzag lines).
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Step 10
Cut the soft candies into small pieces. Stick the candy pieces or silver dragees onto the icing on the cookies and let set for at least 1 hour.
