Cookies for Santa recipe

Calories
81

Fat
3.5g

Protein
0.8g

Carbs
8.9g

Sugars
2.6g

Given the cook-at-home nature of Choithrams and natural variations in ingredients, nutritional information is approximated. See details

Cookies for Santa

About

Whip these up as the perfect handmade gift for teachers, coaches and friends — or for the big man in red!

Ingredients

Method

Preheat oven to 180˚C and line a shallow baking tray with baking parchment.
Put the butter in a bowl and beat with electric beaters – or a whole lot of elbow grease! – until soft and creamy.
Beat in the sugar, egg and vanilla and mix thoroughly.
Add in the flour and mix to make a dough. If the dough feels too sticky, add a little extra flour and knead in.
Roll the dough onto a baking mat and cut out star shapes.
Transfer the shapes onto the baking parchment and bake for 8-10 minutes, or until the edges are just brown.
Remove from the oven and cool on a wire rack.
With the white icing, ice each cookie, leaving a small circle in the middle for a face.
Using the black icing, add two dots to the circle for the eyes.
Using a little white icing to stick, add a red Smartie or M&M to the bottom centre of each circle for a red nose.
Sprinkle some red sugar sprinkles on the top point of each star to make a red hat, and add a blob of white icing for the hat bobble.