As a wish for the coming year, I wanted to prepare these Fireworks Cookies for a sparkling 2024, as we leave 2023 behind today.

I know the end of the year is a time for reflection, but I prefer not to do it, I am happy with what I have achieved, I know that many aspects can be improved, that many things could have been done better, the important thing is to be aware of having given our best according to our capacities at the time. Of course, because we evolve, every year we face things differently, hopefully always trying to improve.

These are simple shortcrust cookies colored with a little gel dye and then decorated with gel pencils of different colors.

In the notes, you will find the links to buy some of the products/tools I used.

Difficulty: Easy
Cost: Cheap
Rest time: 1 Hour
Preparation time: 45 Minutes
Portions: 40Pieces
Cooking methods: Oven
Cuisine: Italian
Seasonality: Christmas, New Year

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter
1 egg
to taste red food coloring (gel)
to taste food coloring (gold gel pencil)
to taste food coloring (silver gel pencil)
to taste food coloring (white gel pencil)
to taste sugar pearls (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 on this link.
Place the dough in the refrigerator 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 to about 3/8 inch thick.
Cut out the cookies with the cookie cutters; you will get about forty.
Bake at 356°F for about 9-10 minutes. Take them out of the oven and let them cool completely.
Once cooled, decorate the cookies with gel pens for food and colored sugar pearls.
And Happy New Year!!

Tips and Suggestions

To attach the number to the cookie, you can use a bit of glucose syrup.

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If you liked the Fireworks Cookies, also try other Cookie recipes:

Reindeer

Strawberry with Beetroot Shortcrust

Christmas Cookies with Orange and Cinnamon Shortcrust Filled with Custard

Tools Used

To create these cookies, I used number and star-shaped cookie cutters. By clicking on the links below, you will be directed directly to the site where you can purchase them:

Number-Shaped Cookie Cutters

Star-Shaped Cookie Cutters

For the colored pearls and the white gel tube, here is the link to access them for purchase:

Colored Pearls

White Gel Tube

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