Lactose-Free Christmas Cookies are perfect shortbread cookies for those who are intolerant to this oligosaccharide, which is why I used lactose-free butter!
For those who have no problems, you can make this version with regular butter.
They are lighter cookies but at the same time very delicious, prepared in Christmas theme with white and cocoa dough.
For those who have problems and cannot eat just anything, this is the right dough, then let your imagination run wild to create and shape cookies with various cutters and two-tone twists.
The cookies can be served simply like this just out of the oven or decorated with glaze, chocolate, or filled with specific creams or jams.
Therefore, even at Christmas, those with problems can safely enjoy a sweet treat with suitable ingredients.
For those who do not want to use butter, you can always prepare an olive oil shortbread perfect for many sweets.
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- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Economical
- Rest time: 30 Minutes
- Preparation time: 20 Minutes
- Portions: 10 people
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Christmas
Ingredients for Lactose-Free Christmas Cookies
- 4 cups All-purpose flour
- 1 cup Sugar
- 1.1 cups Lactose-free butter
- 2 Whole eggs (medium)
- 1 Egg yolk
- 1/2 cup Unsweetened cocoa powder
- to taste Orange zest (grated)
- 1 1/2 teaspoon Baking powder
Tools
- Parchment paper
- 1 Rolling pin
- Cookie cutter
- Oven
Preparation of Lactose-Free Christmas Cookies
In the bowl of the stand mixer or by hand in a bowl, work the butter, at room temperature and in pieces, with the sugar until it forms a cream. Continue working and add the eggs and grated zest.
Finally, add the sifted flour with baking powder, leaving aside 50 grams, mix everything quickly, and then divide the dough into two parts.
In the white dough, add the remaining flour, in the other dough, always work in the cocoa powder.Take the doughs from the fridge and roll them out on two separate sheets of parchment paper, with a thickness of about 0.4 inch, then with various cutters, make the cookies in the shape of trees, stars, hearts, intertwine and join the two colors to form even sticks.
Make the shapes you like best.
If you want filled cookies, make pairs with the base whole and the top open with a smaller star or heart cutter.
Lay all the cookies on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper and then transfer them to a preheated oven.Bake the cookies in a preheated fan oven at 356°F for about 12-15 minutes. Adjust based on your oven’s power if you need to remove them earlier. The cookies should be just golden, then take them out and let them cool.
Decorate, fill the cookies according to your tastes.For twists and shapes, find more traditional Christmas cookies with lactose here.
Christmas Trees with Two-Tone Shortbread
Mixed Christmas Gift Cookies
Rolled Two-Tone Cookies with Ginger and Cinnamon
Black and White Button Cookies
Anna advises…
The cookies can be kept for several days in an airtight tin to avoid humidity. Compared to regular cookies, they tend to harden a bit after a few days!
