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Christmas lighting Cookies with a small batch of royal icing and mini M&Ms as Christmas lighting fixtures.

Brace yourselves. i am no longer a adorable cookie decorator. but, I pushed thru and made those Christmas lights Cookies to affect my youngster.

INGREDIENTS :

• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 3/4 cup flour, plus extra for rolling
• 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
• 1/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• pinch of salt
• 1 egg yolk
• 1/4 cup sugar

For the small-batch royal icing :

• 1 large egg white
• 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
• 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar

For decorating :

• handful mini M&Ms
• 1 small tube of black icing for writing

INSSTRUCTIONS :

1. In a small bowl, whisk collectively the flour, baking powder and salt.
2. In a medium bowl, beat together with an electric mixer the butter and sugar. as soon as light and fluffy, upload the egg yolk and vanilla and almond extracts.
3. once well integrated, sprinkle over 1/2 the flour combination and beat lightly until combined, then sprinkle over the relaxation. Beat till no streaks of flour stay, however be careful now not to over-mix.
4. dust a smooth counter top with flour, and dump the dough out onto it. acquire it right into a ball and press it right into a half of" thick spherical disk. Flour your rolling pin, then roll out the dough out huge enough to reduce out about 8 shapes. region the shapes on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or a silicone mat. acquire the dough scraps and re-roll to reduce out four extra shapes and vicinity them at the cookie sheet. You have to get 12 cookies.
5. area the cookie sheet within the freezer for the mins even as you preheat the oven to 350.
6. once the oven is warm, bake the cookies for 10-12 minutes, till the edges of the cookies just start to turn brown. let them take a seat at the sheet a couple of minutes earlier than transferring them a wire rack to chill completely.
7. once the cookies are cooled absolutely, make the royal icing: in a small bowl, combine the powdered sugar and lemon juice.
8. Beat the egg white in a small bowl to loosen them, after which degree out 2 tablespoons of egg whites and add them to the bowl with the sugar.
9. Whisk together the icing, starting slowly, and agree with that the sugar will soften and it turns into liquid. resist the urge to feature any extra liquid to the bowl, and as an alternative simply hold whisk slowly.
10. while the icing comes together, spoon a small amount onto every cookie, and use an off-set spatula to unfold it almost to the edges.
11. let the royal icing harden completely on the cookies earlier than proceeding.
12. Pipe  thin black lines onto each cookie, after which press mini M&Ms sideways (see photographs for reference).

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