Recipe

Ginger star cookies

Apr 27, 2013 2:00pm
  • 10 mins preparation
  • 10 mins cooking
  • Makes 30 Item
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Ingredients

Ginger star cookies
  • 125 gram butter, at room temperature
  • 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1/2 cup golden syrup
  • 2 3/4 cup plain flour
  • 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
  • 1 tablespoon ground ginger
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • lemon icing, to serve
  • silver cachous, to decorate
Lemon icing
  • 1 egg white
  • 1 1/2 cup icing sugar
  • 1 teaspoon lemon juice

Method

Ginger star cookies
  • 1
    Preheat oven to 180°C/160°C fan-forced. Line 4 baking trays with baking paper. Using an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar in a small bowl until light and creamy. Add egg yolk and golden syrup; beat until combined. Sift flour, bicarbonate of soda, ginger and cinnamon over butter mixture; stir to combine. Press dough together to make a ball.
  • 2
    Roll dough between sheets of baking paper until 5mm thick. Using a 5cm star pastry cutter, cut stars from dough. Re-roll remaining dough, if necessary. Place stars on prepared trays. Bake for 10 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from oven. Cool on trays (cookies will firm).
  • 3
    Using a wooden spoon, beat egg white in a medium bowl. Gradually add sifted icing sugar, a few tablespoons at a time. Continue to beat until smooth. Add juice; beat until combined.
  • 4
    Spoon icing into a small, resealable plastic food storage bag. Snip a corner from bag. Pipe icing onto cookies. Top with cachous. Set.

Notes

Makes 30 cookies You can freeze raw cookie dough. Thaw in fridge. Bake as recipe directs. Lemon Icing: Makes about 3/4 cup You can tint icing with food colouring.

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