Spiced shortcrust pastry for Christmas cookies.
Crumbly, spicy, fragrant, delicious.
The spiced shortcrust pastry for Christmas cookies is a very simple base to prepare, perfect for delicious Christmas cookies as well as fragrant tarts. A spiced base that will give a special flavor to your desserts, plus it is very crumbly, fragrant, and tasty. Try it and you’ll see how good the cookies you make will be 😉
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- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Cheap
- Rest time: 30 Minutes
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: 8 people
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients
- 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup potato starch
- 2/3 cup butter (at room temperature)
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar (or cane sugar for a more rustic taste)
- 1 egg
- 1 egg yolk
- zest of one organic orange
- zest of one untreated lemon
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 1 tsp honey
Tools
- 1 Pastry Board
- 1 Sifter
Steps
Mix together the sugar with the sifted flour, cinnamon, ginger, starch, and sifted baking powder.
Place this mixture in a mound on a pastry board, add the butter in pieces, and start kneading until you get a crumbly dough.
At this point, make a well in the center where you will put the eggs, honey, grated orange and lemon zest, and a pinch of salt. Knead with your fingertips and then quickly with your hands to form a smooth and homogeneous dough.
Shape into a ball and place it in a clean cloth or food wrap for at least 30 minutes in the fridge.
Put the flour and sugar, cinnamon, ginger, starch, and baking powder in the bowl 3 seconds speed 3.
Add the butter in small pieces 30 secspeed 4.
Add the eggs, honey, grated orange and lemon zest, a pinch of salt 20 secondsspeed 5.
Transfer the dough to a lightly floured pastry board and knead it slightly by hand.
Place the dough in a clean cloth or food wrap for 30 minutes in the fridge.
The spiced shortcrust pastry for Christmas cookies is ready to be rolled out and cut into all your favorite shapes.
The cookies should be baked at 356°F for about 10 minutes, but adjust according to your oven, they should be golden.
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