Eggless Assorted Cookies Recipe for Christmas- With One base dough: Vanilla Butter Cookies, Linzer cookies, Chocolate Sugar Cookies + Royal Icing Recipe without eggs. Sugar Cookies are the most popular recipe for Christmas and it is very easy and simple to prepare at home. These cookies are soft, buttery, and full of flavor. Sugar cookie dough can be easily turned into cookies that are not only decorative but also delicious. These cookies can be store in an airtight container and enjoy for a week. Here is the recipe with step by step instructions and pictures.
1. Take 1 cup and 2 tbsp soft unsalted butter in a mixing bowl. Make sure butter is soft but not melted state.
2. Then add 1 cup Condensed milk to it.
3. Mix butter and condensed milk well with the help of spatula. The butter and condensed milk should be creamed together.
4. Then add 1/6 tsp salt or 2 pinches of salt and 1 tsp Vanilla Essence to it.
5. Gradually add 300g or 2 cups All-purpose flour/Maida to it.
6. Mix the flour well.
7. Divide the batter into three equal parts.
8. Set a piping bag over the cup and fill it with the 1 part of the dough. I have used Star nozzle to pipe the cookies.
9. Press and release small portions of a cookie dough on to tray lined with baking paper. I have given the 'S' design for Santa. Top it with sprinkles. Adding sprinkles is optional.
10. For Linzer Cookies 1 cup Almond Flour is added to the second part of the cookie mixture.
11. Knead the dough to make soft and smooth dough.
12. Place the dough over butter paper and press it with your fingers. Then place another butter paper sheet over the dough.
13. Roll the dough with rolling pin to a flat sheet with 1/2 inch thickness. Keep this sheet in a refrigerator for at least 30 mins.
14. For chocolate sugar cookies, firstly bloom the cocoa powder. Take 2 tbsp cocoa powder in a small bowl and then add 1 tbsp hot water to make chocolate paste. Make sure the paste is lump free.
15. Add this chocolate paste and 3/4 cup Wheat flour to the third part of the cookie mixture.
16. Knead the dough to make soft and smooth dough.
17. Place the dough over butter paper and press it with your fingers. Then place another butter paper sheet over the dough. Roll the dough with rolling pin to a flat sheet with 1/2 inch thickness. Keep this sheet in a refrigerator for at least 30 mins.
18. After refrigerating the cookie dough sheets, cut them with cookie cutter of your choice like Round, Star, Gingerbread man, stocking, Snowman etc.
19. Cut all the cookies and then collect remaining dough, again roll it set into the refrigerator and then again cut the cookies.
20. Bake the cookies in preheated oven at 170°C/340°F for 12-15 minutes. Do not over-bake the cookies. The moment the edges look slightly golden, take the cookies out of the oven and cool completely.
21. For Eggless Royal Icing, sieve 3/4 cup icing sugar and 1 tbsp corn flour. Then add 1 tsp lemon juice and 1 tbsp milk to it.
22. Mix well until desired consistency is achieved. Royal Icing is ready for the icing on the cookies.
23. Decorate the cookies with prepared icing, jam and sprinkles as you like. Assorted Sugar Cookies for Christmas is ready to serve. Enjoy!
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