Delicious traditional Cinnamon Christmas Cookies made without molasses but with homemade brown sugar syrup (or maple syrup), decorated with royal icing sugar: the best Christmas gift ever!These cookies are crispy outside but a bit soft inside, full of cinnamon flavor!I cut out stars cookies so I assmbled it into a cute Chtistmas cookies overlapping the cookies: place in on the center of your Christmas table to impress your guests!
100 g(1/2 cup)dark brown Muscovado sugaror normal brown sugar
1/2 tspbaking powder
75 g(1/3 cup)unsalted butterchilled and cubed
1egg
About 50 g(3 tbsp)brown sugar syrupor maple syrup
Royal Icing
25 g(about 1/2)egg whites
15 drops lemon juice(optional)
125 g(1 cup)powdered sugar
Instructions
Brown Sugar Syrup
Place water and dark brown sugar in a saucepan and cook for about 4-5 minutes over medium heat until sugar dissolves and become a syrup. Let it cool.
Cookie Dough
Place flour, cinnamon, brown sugar, baking powder and butter in a food processor and mix for about 1 minute or until reach a evenly sandy mixture (don’t overmix, you can use the pulse function).
Add the egg, the brown sugar syrup and process until a dough is formed (not too wet!).
On a well floured surface roll the dough 1/5 inch-0,5cm thick.
Cut the dough with different sizes star cookie cutters (if you haven’t cookie cutters, you can realize some star shapes using templates in stiff paper; you’ll need at least 6-7 stars-shaped sizes cookie cutters and you have to realize at least 3-4 cookies for every star size).
Transfer the cookies to a baking sheet lined with baking paper; re-roll scraps and repeat.
Bake in preheated fan oven at 180°C-350°F for 8-10 minutes.
Cool it down completely on a wire rack.
Royal Icing
In a medium size bowl place the egg white, few drops of lemon juice and whisk for few seconds.
Gradually add the powdered sugar and mix it until reach a stiff consistency medium-peak mixture.
Transfer the royal Icing into a piping bag (I used a No. 1,5 round piping tip) and decorate the cookies.
Let it dry completely, at least 3-4 hours, before store it.
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Notes
You can store the cookies in a tin cookie box for 1-2 weeks at room temperature.