You know, there are recipes that always come to the rescue when a friend says that in 30 minutes she will come to visit, and you only have butter, lemon, eggs in the fridge (and a mouse that hanged itself).

Then add a spoonful of lemon juice.


We take it out of the bowl and knead the dough on a flat surface (on the table) under the warmth of our hands, the butter absorbs the flour, and the dough begins to form into a plastic mass.

After a smooth plastic dough is formed, it is necessary to wrap it in cling film and refrigerate for 15 minutes.


While the dough is in the fridge, I preparing icing... Icing is a glaze. To prevent the glaze from darkening and to make it thicker, I add a little lemon juice (1/2 teaspoon).

I want to note that the amount of sugar indicated in the recipe for making icing can be slightly varied. It depends on how large the egg was from which we extracted the protein.


The glaze is brought to the required consistency. A thicker glaze for the contour, and a liquid glaze for filling. Then we cover with cling film so that it does not get covered with a crust.

For convenience, you can use a piping bag with a nozzle. But, in my experience, a bag is no worse for drawing simple patterns.
Cooking cookies, cutting them to shape.


We spread the cookies on pastry paper. In the oven, set the temperature to 180 degrees. We bake for about 8 minutes.

It is very important not to overlook when the liver is browned. They burn up instantly!

I usually decorate the stars with icing.

I use a regular plastic bag to decorate with icing. First, I cut off the corner, and then I load the icing there. After all the frosting is in the bag, cut off the end of the bag and start painting.

I want to say that these simple livers always delight all my guests! And absolutely everyone leaves me with a recipe. Today I am pleased to share this "star" recipe with you! And yes, this is my debut on the site :)

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Often cooked for holidays such as New Year, Christmas or Easter... But, despite this, it can become a frequent guest on your table. After all, a holiday can be arranged on any day, and please the family with something beautiful and unusual. The main thing is time and desire! :)

Sugar Cookie & Icing Ingredients

Sugar cookies:

3 cups (390 grams) wheat flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 cup (227 grams) butter, room temperature

1 cup (200 grams) sugar

2 large eggs

2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract (liquid vanilla)

Glaze:

2 large (60 grams) egg whites

2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice

3 cups (330 grams) caster sugar

Making sugar cookies and frosting

Sugar cookies:

In a separate bowl, stir together the flour, salt and baking soda.

Beat butter and sugar with a mixer until light and fluffy (about 3 minutes). Continuing to beat, add eggs and vanilla. Whisk until all ingredients are well mixed.

Add the flour mixture to the resulting mass and knead a smooth elastic dough.

Divide the dough in half and wrap each half in plastic wrap. Chill the dough in the refrigerator for about one hour so that it rolls out well enough and forms the desired shape.

Preheat oven to 180 degrees C and place a baking sheet lined with parchment paper in the center of the oven.

Remove one half of the chilled dough from the refrigerator and, on a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough to a thickness of about 1 cm. Make sure the dough does not stick to the table by twisting it slightly.

Assistant:)

Using a lightly floured cookie cutter, cut dough cookies of the desired shape, and then gently transfer the cookies to the baking sheet.

There are many forms of such cookies. Personally, we made a family of deer, Christmas trees, circles, a horse, a bear, stars, bells, squares.

Place the baking sheet with uncooked cookies in the refrigerator for about 15 minutes to chill the dough. This is to ensure that the cookies do not lose their shape during baking.

Cookies should be baked for 8-10 minutes (depending on size) or until the edges are just beginning to turn brown.

Then remove the cookies from the oven and let cool.

It turns out about 36 cookies per serving. We got this much with 2 servings of dough.

Egg Whites Glaze:

Beat the egg whites with lemon juice with a mixer. Then add sugar and beat on low speed until smooth. Add more sugar or water until desired consistency. Add food coloring if needed. The glaze should be used immediately or stored in an airtight container as it hardens quickly on contact with air.

After the cookies have cooled down, we proceed to dyeing them with glaze... There are also many options. Here's what we got:

The biscuits can be frozen along with the frosting, if necessary. Make sure the frosting is completely dry before storing or packaging (this can take hours or overnight).

Store cookies between layers of parchment or wax paper.

After the glaze was dry, we packed it in transparent bags, tied it with ribbons and attached small postcards with the authorship signature. It turned out to be a box of wonderful sugar cookies with glaze for a gift to family and friends.

realhousemoms.com

Ingredients

For cookies:

• 240 g butter;
• 150 g sugar;
• vanillin - on the tip of a knife;
• 240 g flour;
• 40 g cocoa;
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon of baking soda;
• ¼ teaspoon of salt;
• 2 tablespoons of milk.

For glaze:

• 90 g butter;
• 3 tablespoons of cocoa;
• 2 tablespoons of milk;
• 250 g icing sugar;
• confectionery dressing - optional.

Preparation

Beat butter, sugar and vanillin with a mixer. Add flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt and beat until smooth. Pour in milk and mix well again.

Roll out the dough and cut out circles or figures of the desired shape. Place the cookies on a parchment-lined baking sheet and bake in an oven preheated to 180 ° C for 13 minutes.

While the finished cookies are cooling, add the icing. To do this, put butter, cocoa and milk in a saucepan and cook over medium heat until the butter melts. Remove from heat, add powdered sugar and stir thoroughly.

Pour the chocolate icing over the cookies and garnish with confectionery sprinkles if desired. This should be done immediately, because the glaze quickly hardens. If the frosting has thickened, simply heat it over the fire for 15–20 seconds, stirring constantly.

thecreativebite.com

Ingredients

• 180 g butter;
• 200 g sugar;
• 1 egg;
• vanillin - on the tip of a knife;
• 320 g flour;
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon of baking soda;
• ½ teaspoon salt;
• ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg;
• 140 ml sour cream.

Preparation

Whisk in the butter and sugar until creamy. Add egg and vanillin and mix well. Add flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, nutmeg and sour cream and knead the dough. Wrap it in plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight or at least a couple of hours.

Roll out the dough and cut out the figures. Place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment and bake in an oven preheated to 180 ° C for 10-12 minutes. The cookies should be lightly browned. Let it cool before applying the frosting. You will find three glaze recipes at the end of the article.

homecookingmemories.com

Ingredients

• 240 g butter;
• 200 g sugar;
• 60 g icing sugar;
• vanillin - on the tip of a knife;
• 1 teaspoon of peppermint extract - optional;
• 1 egg;
• 300 g flour;
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt;
• 1/2 teaspoon red food coloring.

Preparation

Beat butter, sugar, icing sugar, vanillin, mint extract and egg with a mixer. If you can't find the peppermint extract, replace it with a pinch of cinnamon. The cookies will have a different, but no less pleasant winter taste and aroma. Then add flour, baking powder and salt and mix well.

Divide the dough into two equal portions. Add food coloring to one of them to make a bright red dough. Wrap each piece in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 3-4 hours.

Then pinch off some of the dough from both sides. Roll them into thin sausages about 12 cm long with your hands. Roll them into a pigtail and form a "candy cane". Do the same for the rest of the test.

Place the cookies on a baking sheet lined with parchment and bake in an oven preheated to 180 ° C for 8-10 minutes, until lightly browned. Decorate the finished cookies with powdered sugar.

spaceshipsandlaserbeams.com

Ingredients

• 240 g butter;
• 130 g sugar;
• 2 eggs;
• vanillin - on the tip of a knife;
• ½ teaspoon salt;
• ½ teaspoon baking powder;
• 1 teaspoon of baking soda;
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon + a little more for garnish
• 360 g flour;
• ½ cup chopped walnuts + some more for decoration;
• ½ cup white chocolate chips + some more for garnish
• 1 large apple;
• ¼ cups of caramel sauce.

Preparation

Beat the butter and sugar with a mixer. Add eggs, vanillin, salt, baking powder, baking soda and cinnamon. Stir until smooth. Add flour gradually, stirring the dough constantly.

Add chopped nuts and chocolate chips to the dough. You can make it yourself: just chop the white chocolate finely. Peel the apple, core and cut into small cubes. Add the apple to the dough and stir.

Form the dough into small balls and place on a baking sheet lined with foil. Slightly flatten the balls with your hand, make a small indentation in the middle of each and fill it with caramel. Sprinkle with nuts, chocolate chips and cinnamon. Flatten the cookies with a spatula.

Place the baking sheet in an oven preheated to 180 ° C for 12 minutes, until the cookies are browned. Cool it completely before serving. By the way, the next day these cookies will be even tastier than immediately after cooking.

recipes-plus.com

Ingredients

• 220 g butter;
• 5 tablespoons of sugar;
• vanillin - on the tip of a knife;
• ¼ teaspoon of salt;
• 240 g flour;
• 240 g chopped walnuts;
• 200 g icing sugar.

Preparation

Beat the butter and sugar with a mixer until creamy. Then add vanillin and salt. Add flour gradually, beating the dough constantly. Add nuts and mix thoroughly. Divide the dough in two, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 45 minutes.

Using your hands, shape the chilled dough into small balls about 2.5 cm in diameter. Place them on parchment-lined baking trays and bake in an oven preheated to 180 ° C for 12-14 minutes, until the cookies begin to brown. Do not bake for too long, or the balls will break.

Dip the biscuits in the icing sugar while they are still warm. Let it cool and roll in the powder again.

bettycrocker.com

Ingredients

For cookies:

• 300 g flour;
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt;
• 250 g sugar;
• 120 g butter;
• 100 g ricotta;
• 2 teaspoons of grated lemon zest
• 2 eggs;
• vanillin - on the tip of a knife.

For glaze:

• 280 g icing sugar;
• 3-4 tablespoons of lemon juice.

Preparation

Combine flour, baking powder, and salt. In another bowl, use a mixer to beat the sugar, softened butter, ricotta and lemon zest. While beating, add the eggs one at a time. Add flour mixture and vanillin and stir until smooth. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for half an hour.

Form the chilled dough into balls about 1 inch (2.5 cm) in diameter. Place the balls on parchment-lined baking sheets, flattening the bottom slightly. Bake in an oven preheated to 180 ° C for 9-11 minutes, until lightly browned.

While the cookies are cooling, combine the powdered sugar and lemon juice. If the icing is too thick, add a little more lemon juice. Pour ½ teaspoon of icing over each cookie. If you wish, you can decorate the cookies with pastry sprinkles.

dinneratthezoo.com

Ingredients

• 120 g butter;
• 30 large marshmallows (can be replaced with soft marshmallows);
• 1 ½ teaspoon green food coloring
• vanillin - on the tip of a knife;
• 350 g corn flakes;
• some vegetable oil;
• red dragees - for decoration.

Preparation

Melt the butter in a saucepan. Add marshmallows and stir until dissolved. If you are using marshmallows, cut them into small pieces and add a little water to the pot.

Remove the pan from heat, add food coloring, vanillin, and cornflakes. Mix everything thoroughly. Place a tablespoon of this mixture on parchment oiled with vegetable oil. While the mixture is warm, use your hands to form New Year's wreaths from it and decorate with dragees. Leave the cookies to cool on the parchment at room temperature.

And this video clearly shows the process of preparing these "wreaths":

bhg.com

Ingredients

For cookies:

• 240 g butter;
• 200 g sugar;
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ¼ teaspoon of salt;
• 1 egg;
• vanillin - on the tip of a knife;
• 270 g flour;
• 1 tablespoon cocoa
• 1 tablespoon caster sugar.

For filling:

• 250 g icing sugar;
• 30 g butter;
• 2 teaspoons of ground coffee;
• vanillin - on the tip of a knife;
• some milk.

Preparation

Make the dough first. Mix the butter, sugar, baking powder and salt with a mixer. Add egg and vanillin until smooth. Gradually add flour and knead the dough. Divide the dough into two, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 2-3 hours.

On a floured surface, roll out the dough into thin layers. Cut out figurines from the dough, place them on baking sheets lined with parchment and bake in an oven preheated to 190 ° C for 8-10 minutes.

Mix the filling ingredients, adding milk as needed. You should have a thick cream. Place a teaspoon of coffee filling over one cookie and cover with the other. Combine the cocoa and icing sugar and sprinkle on the sandwiches.

wellplated.com

Ingredients

• 200 g sugar;
• 240 g butter;
• 80 g cream cheese;
• ½ teaspoon salt;
• vanillin - on the tip of a knife;
• 1 egg;
• 270 g flour.

Preparation

Combine sugar, softened butter, cream cheese, salt, vanillin and egg yolk until smooth. Add flour gradually, stirring the dough constantly. Wrap it in plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.

Place the chilled dough on a floured table and roll out into a thin layer. Do not roll it too thin, otherwise the cookies will turn out tough. If there is too much dough, just put the excess in the refrigerator until next time.

Cut figurines out of the dough and place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment. Bake the cookies in an oven preheated to 190 ° C for 7-10 minutes, until they are lightly browned. Cool the cookies before decorating.

cookingclassy.com

Ingredients

• 120 g butter;
• 150 g sugar;
• 100 g honey;
• 1 large egg;
• 2 tablespoons of water;
• 320 g flour;
• 1 teaspoon of baking soda;
• ½ teaspoon salt;
• 2 teaspoons of ground ginger
• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon;
• ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg;
• 1/2 teaspoon of ground cloves.

Preparation

Beat butter and sugar with a mixer. Add honey, egg and water and stir. In another bowl, combine the rest of the ingredients and gradually add them to the dough, stirring constantly. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for half an hour.

Roll out the dough into a thin layer on a floured surface. Cut out figurines from the dough and place them on baking sheets greased with vegetable oil or lined with parchment. Bake in an oven preheated to 180 ° C for 8-10 minutes, until the cookies are browned.

Now that you've baked some delicious flavored cookies, it's time to make them a real festive table decoration. With a variety of molds, delicious glazes, food colors and a cooking syringe, you can create real works of art. Here are some ideas for inspiration:

1. Classic glaze

thekitchn.com

Ingredients

• 250 g icing sugar;
• 4 tablespoons of milk;
• vanillin - on the tip of a knife.

Preparation

Beat all ingredients with a mixer until smooth. The frosting should not flow, but at the same time, you should be comfortable decorating the cookies.

If the icing is too thick, add a little more milk. Please note that it will increase in volume even more. You can then add food coloring if desired.

This glaze dries for several hours. But if you want to decorate the cookies with some kind of confectionery dressing, then it is better to do this immediately after applying the icing. This will help the jewelry adhere better.

There are many original designs for Christmas cookies:

2. Protein glaze

kingarthurflour.com

Ingredients

• 2 egg whites;
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice
• 330 g icing sugar.

Preparation

Beat the egg whites and lemon juice with a mixer. Add the sifted icing sugar and beat until smooth. If the icing is too thin, add a little more caster sugar, and if it's too thick, add a little more water.

Here are some ideas for decorating cookies with protein icing:

3. Oil glaze

taste.com.au

Ingredients

• 75 g melted butter;
• 500 g icing sugar;
• vanillin - on the tip of a knife;
• 5 tablespoons of milk.

Preparation

Beat all ingredients with a mixer until creamy. If the icing is too runny, add a little milk.

Check out how easy it is to decorate with butter frosting:

You can decorate a New Year tree with such beautiful cookies. To do this, you need to make holes in the cookies before baking, and then insert thin ribbons there. It can also be an unusual gift.

New Year- a wonderful fun holiday that adults and children love. And what a holiday without an elegant decorated beauty of a Christmas tree and the maddening aroma of tropical fruits and all kinds of dishes on the festive table.

What toys do we have on the tree? Just class!
Delicacy and decoration - NEW YEAR'S COOKIES.

New Year's cookies are a unique and incredibly tasty opportunity to combine these two symbols of your favorite winter celebration together. After all, skillfully decorated cookies can serve as both an exquisite delicacy and a wonderful element of New Year's decor, which, moreover, has amazing practicality and fabulous charm.

Many are interested in how to make New Year's cookies so that they serve as a real decoration for the festive table. This is not at all difficult to do, given some points related to the choice of a New Year's baking recipe. The dough for the cookies should be such that it can be cut out with the help of molds, and the cookies themselves after baking were sufficiently dense and not crumbled from subsequent manipulations.

How to make Christmas cookies at home?

Let's first look at a few recipes on how to make New Year's cookies at home, and then find out how you can decorate them to the delight of yourself and your kids.

Recipe number 1.

Products for the test:

200 g of good butter
-2.5 - 3 tbsp. flour
- half a glass of sugar
-2 yolks
-1 tsp baking powder
-¼ tsp citric acid

Cooking New Year's cookies.

1. Cooking the dough. First, mix the dry ingredients: flour, sugar, baking powder and citric acid. Pour the mixture onto a table or bowl and make a depression in the middle of the slide.

2. Put the yolks and butter in small pieces into the recess.

3. Knead the dough with your hands until elastic, make a ball out of it, put it in a bag and place it in the refrigerator for 1-2 hours.

4 ... Roll out the cooled dough with a rolling pin to a thickness of 0.5-0.7 cm.

5. We cut out the cookies with various molds. If there are none, you can use glasses, piles or cut out figures from the dough with a knife according to a pre-prepared cardboard template.

6. Grease the baking sheet with oil or cover with parchment. We spread the figures at a short distance from each other.

7. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees and bake the cookies for 15 minutes.

Our cookie is ready. As you can see, nothing complicated. The main thing remains - to give the liver an elegant look, decorating it with New Year's patterns. But we'll talk about this a little later. In the meantime, consider a few more recipes for New Year's cookies.

Recipe number 2. Cookies with margarine.

Products for the test:

200 g margarine
-3 eggs
-2.5 st. flour
-2/3 st. Sahara
-2 tsp baking powder
-a pinch of salt
- orange peel

Add salt and baking powder to the flour. To stir thoroughly. Grind margarine with sugar, add beaten eggs and zest to it. We combine all this with a dry mixture and mix thoroughly. If desired, you can add 1-2 teaspoons of spices (cloves, cinnamon, ginger) to the dough, which will add some piquancy to the liver. Roll out the dough, cut out the figures and bake on a greased baking sheet for 20-25 minutes.

Recipe number 3. Honey cookies.

100 g butter
- Half a glass of sugar
-2-3 st. l liquid honey
-2 yolks
-2-2.5 st. flour
- half a package of baking powder
-a pinch of salt
-spices to choose from which you like

Finely chop the butter with a knife, melt the honey if necessary. We mix all the ingredients and knead a soft dough. We give enough flour so that the dough sticks out of the hands. We put the rolled out dough on the parchment, oiled with vegetable oil, and cut out the figures. We transfer the cookies onto a baking sheet on the same paper, carefully cutting off the desired piece. We bake for 10 minutes. The cookies should remain soft, do not dry them out.

Recipe number 4. Chocolate chip cookies.

Products for the test:

175 g butter
-1 egg
-40 g cocoa powder
-250 g flour
-125 g icing sugar
-seed ½ lemon
-salt and cinnamon to taste

We mix all the ingredients and make the dough. We put the dough for 1 hour in a cold place, then roll it out, cut out the figures and bake at 180 degrees for 12 minutes.

Recipe number 5. Poppy cakes.

Products:

200 g poppy seeds
-200 g margarine
-200 g sugar
-200 g milk
-500 g flour
-2 eggs
-5 g soda

Pour boiling water over the poppy seeds and leave to steam for half an hour. Rub the poppy seeds with sugar, after draining the water. Add the rest of the ingredients, knead the dough and set in the cold for 1 hour. Roll out, cut out the figures and bake in the oven at a low temperature until browning.

Recipe number 6. Carrot cookies.

Products for the test:

400 g flour
-400 g sugar
-50 g butter or margarine
-3 eggs
-1 kg raw carrots
- 1 lemon peel

The washed carrots are boiled until tender, peeled, passed through a meat grinder and then rubbed through a sieve. Add the rest of the ingredients (flour last) and knead the dough. The finished dough is rolled out into a layer of 1 cm and various figures are cut out. Bake at a temperature of 240-260 degrees until tender.

Recipe number 7. Oatmeal cookies.

Ingredients:

160 g flour
-100 g oatmeal
-120 g sugar
-100 g butter
-150 g honey
-125 g sour cream
-1 egg
-5 g soda

Sift flour together with soda through a sieve. Grind the butter with sugar until white and add the rest of the ingredients. Add flour and soda at the very end. Knead the dough for 2 minutes, then roll it out into a layer 3-5 mm thick and form various figures with grooves. We bake for 10-15 minutes at a temperature of 220 degrees.

Wonderful decoration for New Year's cookies.

Now, I think, everyone can choose a recipe to their liking in order to bake the most delicious and aromatic cookies. And now that our pastries are ready, it's time to think about how and how to decorate New Year's cookies, so that they would not be ashamed to put them on the table and hang them on the Christmas tree.

The easiest, but no less attractive, way to decorate a cookie is to print on it using a homemade or purchased stencil or "print". To do this, press the stencil tightly against the cut out figurine of raw dough, and then bake the cookies.

A beautiful colored pattern on cookies can be made using sugar, dyed with food dyes. To do this, drop a little dye into a bowl with sugar and stir until damp. Then spread the sugar in a thin layer on a baking sheet and leave at room temperature until completely dry. Apply sugar to freshly baked cookies or freshly applied frosting.

The fluffy border on the cookies can be made using the same sugar. To do this, put a strip of jam or condensed milk on the cookies with a thin layer and sprinkle with sugar. Let dry and gently shake off excess crumbs.

Cookies decorated with protein glaze look beautiful and effective. It is not difficult to prepare it.

Plain white cookie frosting

1 raw egg white
-200 g icing sugar
-Juice of 1 lemon

Beat the cooled protein with a mixer, gradually adding powdered sugar. The mass should increase in volume by 3-4 times. At the end of whipping, add lemon juice. Instead of juice, you can add 8-20 drops of citric acid or 4-5 drops of vinegar. The glaze is ground until white and luxuriant.

If desired, you can make a colored glaze by adding juices of vegetables and berries instead of lemon juice. Pink and red can be obtained by adding raspberry, strawberry, currant or beetroot juices. The orange color is given to the glaze by carrot juice, yellow - by sage broth, green - by spinach juice, blue - by red cabbage juice. As you can see, no chemical dyes, because our children will eat this beauty.

With the help of glaze, you can paint real masterpieces. Cover all cookies with icing and let dry. Now grab the glaze of different colors and let your imagination run wild. When applying multiple coats, let them dry before applying the next one.

If you plan to decorate your artwork with store-bought edible beads or other sprinkles, you don't need to wait for the glaze to dry.

The latest squeak of fashion is decorating New Year's cookies with sweet mastic. To prepare it, you need:

200 g marshmallows
-400 g icing sugar
-1 tsp butter, melted
-3 tsp lemon juice (water)

I put the marshmallows in a bowl, sprinkle with lemon juice (or water) and melted butter and put in a hot oven. Warm until the marshmallows begin to melt and increase in volume. Powdered sugar is gradually added to the mass and mixed. You can also add dyes there.
When the sweet mass thickens and it is difficult to mix with a spoon, it is laid out on the table and continues to knead with your hands, constantly adding powder. The mastic is considered ready if it does not stick to your hands.

The mastic is rolled out with a rolling pin and cut out using stencils. You can stick it to the liver using thick sugar syrup or jam. To make the mastic shine, walk over it with a brush dipped in vodka or another solution containing alcohol.

If you plan to use the cookie as a Christmas tree decoration, remember to make a thread hole in it before baking.
Be sure to involve kids in making New Year's cookies. This is a very exciting activity to cut out figurines from the dough and decorate at your own discretion. Enjoy your New Year's worries!

New Year's cookies with icing will perfectly fit into the festive atmosphere. It can be prepared to please children or presented as a gift to friends and family. Unusual design and delicate taste will make this dessert a signature dish.

Choosing a dough for Christmas cookies with icing

For cookies with icing for New Year and Christmas, different doughs are used: with or without yeast, with butter, honey, sour cream or mayonnaise. Thematic decoration will help to decorate the festive table. Children will be delighted with this idea. Puff yeast dough is often used to make cookies for the New Year. It can be given any shape. One drawback of this dough cookie is its high calorie content. To prepare it, you need yeast, eggs, flour, milk, margarine or butter, salt, vanillin. Bread dough is kneaded on the basis of butter or margarine, you can add sour cream or mayonnaise. You will also need flour, salt and sugar. This dough can be stored in the refrigerator if it is too much. The classic version is eggs, flour, margarine, sugar.

A wide variety of products are used to make New Year's cookies, even beer, which can be a substitute for yeast. Thanks to him, the pastries are tender and tasty. Curd dough is especially loved by children. Thanks to the presence of cottage cheese, such cookies are not only tasty, but also healthy. In addition to cottage cheese, eggs, flour, butter, sugar are usually added to it. As for choux pastry, it can also be used. But there will be slight difficulties in design, since such baked goods often turn out to be shapeless and with an uneven surface. But nothing is impossible.

Cookie frosting recipe

White icing is often made for New Year's cookies, since it is associated with snow, which is important for the winter holiday.

Classic

1. Type of dish - baked goods.
2. The weight of the dish is 300 g.
3. The country of the dish is Persia.
4. Servings Per Container - 5.
5. Calorie content (100 g) -
6. Cooking time -

Ingredients for the glaze:

• powdered sugar - 200 g;
• lemon - 1 pc.;
• chicken egg white - 1 pc.

Cooking process:

1. Squeeze the juice out of the lemon.
2. Break the egg, separate the protein.
3. Mix the lemon juice, protein and icing sugar, and then beat with a mixer until an airy white mass. The content should be 2 to 3 times larger.

To make a colored frosting, add food coloring. You can also change the color using natural products such as beetroot, carrot and other juices. It is recommended to use them instead of lemon.

Add 1 tablespoon of cocoa to the mixture to make the chocolate icing for the New Year's cookies. Another option is to melt the chocolate bar in a water bath, and then add 250 g of powdered sugar, an incomplete spoonful of butter and a glass of milk. Stirring continuously, you need to boil the mass until it thickens. It is necessary to use it immediately, as it hardens quickly.

Honey

You can make a honey-coated cookie sheet.

Ingredients:

• natural honey (not too liquid) - 2 tbsp. l .;
• butter - 50 g;
• icing sugar - 2 tbsp. l .;
• lemon juice - 3 tbsp. l.

Cooking process:

1. Combine all ingredients in a saucepan and place over low heat.
2. Boil until smooth.
3. Cool slightly until the contents become thicker and more viscous.

Marmalade

Marmalade icing for New Year's cookies is equally popular. You will need the following ingredients:

1. marmalade - 200 g;
2. butter - 50 g;
3. icing sugar - 4 tbsp. l.

Preparation:

1. Cut the marmalade into small pieces, place it in a saucepan.
2. Add the rest of the food and place the pot on the stove.
3. It is enough to cook the mixture for about 10 minutes, remembering to stir gradually so that it does not burn.
4. When the mass cools down a little, it can be used for its intended purpose.

Creamy

The result is a rather viscous mass, which is especially suitable for creating a pattern on cookies.

Ingredients:

• butter - 4 tbsp. l .;
• granulated sugar - 1 glass;
• cream - 150 ml;
• vanillin.

Preparation:

1. Melt butter over low heat, add sugar and cook until it becomes creamy. As a rule, 5 minutes is enough for this.
2. Remove container from heat, add cream and beat until fluffy.
3. Put the dishes on the fire again and boil their contents for 5 minutes.
4. Add vanillin, stir and cool slightly, stirring occasionally.

Christmas gingerbread cookies with icing: a recipe

Ingredients

• flour - 200 g;
• granulated sugar - 100 g;
• soda - 0.5 tsp;
• ginger (ground) - 1 tsp;
• egg - 1 pc.;
• butter - 100 g;
• nutmeg - 1 pc .;
• cinnamon (ground) - 1 tsp;
• milk - 30 ml;
• glaze as decoration.

Instructions

Glazed gingerbread cookies are a traditional New Year's or Christmas table decoration. Give it the shape of a Christmas tree or Santa Claus mittens, decorate with colored glaze - children will be delighted with such an original idea.

1. Mix slightly melted butter with sugar and beat with a mixer for about 5 minutes.
2. Then add milk and egg yolk to the resulting mass. Combine these ingredients and add flour, baking soda, ground cinnamon and ginger.
3. Grate the nutmeg, add to the rest of the ingredients, knead the dough and put in a cold place for 20 minutes.
4. Pick a shape. If you do not have a ready-made one, cut it out of thick cardboard. Sprinkle flour on a work table, remove the dough from the refrigerator and roll out a layer approximately 5 mm thick. Cut out your Christmas cookies using a premade or homemade cookie cutter. If you want to hang it on the tree, you need to provide a hole for the rope. For this purpose, you can use a syringe without a needle, with the tip of which the dough is pressed through in a certain place.
5. The resulting figures are baked in the oven at 180 degrees for 8-10 minutes. When the cookies are cold, decorate them. To do this, you can take a regular spoon, evenly rubbing the sweet mass over the surface. Use a piping bag to paint any pattern on the cookies.

Shortbread cookies with icing for the New Year

1. Type of dish - baked goods.
2. The weight of the dish is 400 g.
3. The country of the dish is Persia.
4. Servings Per Container - 7.
5. Caloric content (100 g) - 480 Kcal.

Ingredients

• butter - 200 g;
• flour - 350 g;
• cinnamon and vanillin - a small pinch each;
• soda - 1 tsp;
• egg - 1 pc. (plus one protein);
• granulated sugar - 150 g.

Instructions

Making shortbread cookies with icing for the New Year is quite simple. It turns out to be satisfying, and if you use natural products, then it is also healthy. Delicious pastries will make your holiday tea magical.

1. Mash softened butter with granulated sugar.
2. Add the egg and mix the ingredients thoroughly.
3. Add baking soda, vanillin and cinnamon to the flour for a pleasant flavor. Stir.
4. Knead the dough, which should be tough. Therefore, feel free to add flour if necessary.
5. The dough must be rolled out to a thickness of 5 mm. Use shapes to squeeze out different figures that correspond to the holiday. Place them on a baking sheet, lined with parchment paper. Although, as practice shows, baking does not stick anyway. Place the baking sheet in the oven and bake at 180 ° C for 20 minutes.
6. Once the cookies have cooled down, arrange them as you wish.

Sour cream honey cookies with glaze

1. Type of dish - baked goods.
2. The weight of the dish is 300 g.
3. The country of the dish is Persia.
4. Servings Per Container - 5.
5. Caloric content (100 g) - 400 Kcal.
6. Cooking time - 30 minutes.

Ingredients

• flour - 220 g;
• sour cream - 1 glass;
• honey - 50 g;
• egg yolk - 1 pc .;
• butter - 50 g;
• salt and soda - ¼ tsp;
• granulated sugar - 2 tbsp. l.

Step-by-step instruction

Sour cream honey cookies with icing are tasty, but slightly harsh. Such products are perfect as decorations for a Christmas tree, if you first make holes for the ropes.

1. Remove the butter from the refrigerator first to bring it to room temperature. Mash it with sugar, honey and salt. Add egg yolk and beat until fluffy.
2. Combine all ingredients with flour and sour cream. Then add baking soda.
3. Knead the dough until smooth. It should not stick to your hands and table. Roll out the layer 5 mm thick. Cut the figurines into shapes, place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake in the oven at 220 degrees until tender.
4. Cool the cookies and garnish with icing or melted chocolate.

New Year's gift or just cookies - decorations for New Year's cookies

As a decoration for New Year's cookies, you can choose ready-made confectionery products: beads and so on. If you show your imagination, it is easy to decorate the cookies yourself with the help of multi-colored icing using a pastry syringe. Such products are suitable for a gift or simply become a decoration for a New Year's table or Christmas tree. You can give the cookies the shape of balls, a snowman or snowflakes. Or build a Christmas tree.

Or you can show your imagination and create the most real culinary masterpieces. Feel free to experiment. Children will be delighted with such an idea, especially if they take an active part in the cooking process. May the New Year and Christmas be remembered by them as something magical.