If you are like 99.9% of the country and have been baking now more than ever, then this post is definitely for you. Much like you, my family and I took up more baking this quarantine season. We have done sandwich bread, cinnamon rolls , banana bread, danishes, carrot cake.... well, you name it, we’ve tried it.
These cookies though have been the quarantine winner thus far. Not only are they super easy to make, but the icing is quite literally the icing on the cake (or, should I say, cookie). “Decorating” has been by far my son’s favorite part of making these cookies and gives us an opportunity to bond in the kitchen. Have fun experimenting w different cookies cutters, we are using these super cute skull ones this season, because well it is October after all.
Hope you love them as much as we do here in the Maytorena household!
INGREDIENTS
For cookies:
200 gr flour
10 gr sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 Egg
130 gr butter, cold
20ml cold water
For Icing:
200gr Confectioners Sugar
4 tbsp fresh squeezed lemon juice
food coloring
INSTRUCTIONS:
Heat oven to 350 degrees and line sheet pan w parchment paper. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar and salt. Add cold butter and mix with your hands until butter has dissolved into pea size bits. Mix in the egg until incorporated into the dough. Incorporate the water slowly and mix until the dough comes together. It should be moist, but not wet. Turn dough into a ball, cover tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 15 minutes.
Turn dough on a lightly flat floured surface. Flatten into a disk with the heel of your hand. Roll dough with a rolling pin until it has flatten to be 1/4 inch thick.
Cut the dough using the cookie stamp/cutter of your choice. Lay cookies out on sheet pan and bake for 15-20 minutes.
While cookies are baking, make the icing. Sift the sugar into a bowl. Slowly add the lemon juice and whisk until mixture has reached a medium consistency - firm enough so it doesn’t flow out of the piping bag. Divide icing into 3-4 different bowls and add a few drops of food coloring of your choice to each. Transfer each into a piping bag.
Once the cookies have cooled down, have fun decorating!