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Christmas Cookies 4 Ways

Miss Kabaki
This Christmas cookie box is so easy to make once you make the mother dough.
Prep Time 40 mins
Cook Time 15 mins
Resting 45 mins
Total Time 1 hr 40 mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine American

Equipment

  • Cookie cutters

Ingredients
  

For The Mother Dough

  • 3 1/2 cups All-purpose flour
  • 1 cup Powdered sugar
  • 250g Unsalted butter (Softened room temperature)
  • 2 Egg yolks
  • Pinch of Salt

For Ginger Cookies

  • 1/4 Mother dough (pre-made above)
  • 3 tbsp Ginger powder

For Red Velvet Cookies

  • 1 tsp Red food coloring

For Vanilla Cookies

  • 2 tsp vanilla extract

For Chocolate Cookies

  • 1/4 cup Cacao powder
  • 1/3 cup Melted chocolate

Instructions
 

  • In a large bowl, add butter and sugar. Using a hand mixture, beat butter and sugar until combined. Then add yolks and salt and process. Add flour in bits until the mixture resembles crumble.
  • Once the mixture comes together, use your hands and knead for a few minutes until it forms a cohesive dough.
  • Divide the dough into 4 eaqual parts for the different flavours.

Ginger Cookies

  • Add ginger powder to the portion of mother dough. Knead with your hands until the ginger is well combined into the dough.
  • Take two baking papers and spread the dough in between the papers. Roll using a rolling pin to 1/2 inch thickness then refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
  • Once rested shape as you wish.
  • Bake for 15 minutes the remove and rest on the countertop.

Red Velvet Cookies

  • Add red food coloring to the portion of mother dough. Knead with your hands until the color is well combined into the dough.
  • Repeat the steps from rolling between baking papers to baking

Vanilla Cookies

  • Add vanilla extract to the portion of mother dough. Knead with your hands until the vanilla is well combined into the dough. The dough will be wet so add a few tablespoons of flour.
  • Repeat the steps from rolling between baking papers to baking

Chocolate Cookies

  • Add melted chocolate and cacao powder to the portion of mother dough. Knead with your hands until well combined into the dough.
  • Repeat the steps from rolling between baking papers to baking
Keyword Christmas cookies, cookie box