As a wish for the coming year, I wanted to prepare these Firework Cookies for a sparkling 2024, as we say goodbye to 2023 today.
I know year-end is a time for reflection, but I prefer not to dwell on it. I’m happy with what I’ve achieved and know improvements can always be made in many aspects. It’s important to be aware of having done our best with our capabilities at the time. Of course, because we evolve, each year we face things differently, always hoping to improve.
These are simple shortbread cookies colored with a little gel dye and then decorated with gel pencils in different colors.
In the notes, you will find links to purchase some of the products/tools I’ve used.
- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Economical
- Rest time: 1 Hour
- Preparation time: 45 Minutes
- Portions: About 40 cookies
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Christmas
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 egg
- as needed red food coloring (gel)
- as needed food coloring (golden gel pencil)
- as needed food coloring (silver gel pencil)
- as needed food coloring (white gel pencil)
- as needed sugar balls (colored)
Tools
- 1 Cookie Cutters number-shaped cookie cutter
- 1 Cookie Cutters star-shaped cookie cutter
Steps
Prepare the shortcrust pastry with the indicated amounts and follow the procedure found by clicking this link.
Place the dough in the fridge for about an hour, take it out, add the red gel coloring, knead a little more until you get a uniform color. Roll out the dough with a rolling pin on a floured surface, about 1/2 inch thick.
Cut out the cookies with the cutters, you will get about forty.
Bake at 356°F for about 9-10 minutes. Remove from the oven and let them cool completely.
Once cooled, decorate the cookies with food gel pencils and colored balls.
And Happy New Year!!
Tips
To attach the number to the cookie, you can use a bit of glucose syrup.
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If you liked the Firework Cookies, also try the other Cookie recipes:
Strawberry with Beetroot Shortcrust Pastry
Christmas Cookies with Orange and Cinnamon Shortcrust Pastry filled with Custard
Tools Used
To create these cookies, I used number and star-shaped cookie cutters. Clicking the links below will redirect you to the website where you can purchase them:
For the colorful balls and the white gel tube, you’ll find the link below to purchase them:
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