Christmas Shortbread Stars
Posted on: December 23, 2008
The Christmas season has had me running off my feet. Believe it or not, I spent last Friday night baking a whole host of things which took me a whole SIX hours in the kitchen. My friend Sarah was having a housewarming party and i promised to bring cupcakes and a cake. Whilst the cupcakes and cake were baking, i decided to make these Christmas Shortbread stars (what was i thinking?). Decorating them was most the exciting part however as i was so tired, i didn’t really get too creative with them.
Christmas Shortbread Stars
Christmas Shortbread Stars
- 175 grams unsalted butter, softened
- 300 grams caster sugar
- 1 egg and 1 egg yolk
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla essence
- 300 grams plain flour
- Pinch of salt
Method
- Pre-heat oven to 180C
- Beat butter with an electric mixer and gradually add sugar beating until light and fluffy
- Using a wooden spoon, mix in whole and egg and egg yolk
- Add vanilla essence and salt. Mix well
- Sift flour into mix and stir to blend
- Gather dough in ball and wrap with cling wra. Refridgerate for 30 minutes
- Lightly flour a clean surface and roll dough out until 1cm thick
- Using a star shaped cookie cutter (or any shape you like) cut out shape and place on baking trays lined with baking paper
- Bake for about 10-12 minutes, or until golden
- Leave to cool in the tray for 5 minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool
- Decorate with fondant icing cut out with the same cookie cutter or any way you wish
December 28, 2008 at 11:09 pm
I love the way that you’ve done these cookies! I’m definitely going to decorate them like this as it looks so winter-chic!