Vickys Spiced 'n' Iced Christmas Cookies

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Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 24 servings
Cuisine: Us

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Chef :

Vicky@Jacks Free-From Cookbook

Vickys Spiced 'n' Iced Christmas Cookies

These are a variation of scandinavian christmas cookies made to my own taste. The traditional recipes use orange juice, zest and more cinnamon and ginger but I just love mixed spice!

Ingredient

Food ration :

24 servings

Cooking time :

1 hour 50 mins

225 grams

dairy-free spread such as Vitalite sunflower spread or Stork margarine foil wrapped block

1 tbsp

Mixed Spice, recipe link below

1 tsp

milk or dairy-free alternative

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Cream the butter and sugar in a mixer. Add the spices and treacle and beat again, then add 2 tbsp of the milk

* Step 2

Add the flour and baking soda then using your hands, bring the dough together into a ball. Add more milk a teaspoon at a time if you need it but don't let the dough become too sticky. Wrap it in clingfilm and refrigerate for half an hour

* Step 3

Lightly flour your surface and roll out the dough 3mm thick. Cut out your shapes and put them on to two lightly greased baking-sheets. Gather the remaining dough into a ball, roll out again and keep cutting until it has all been used

* Step 4

Put the baking sheets in the fridge for about 45 minutes, meanwhile preheat the oven to gas 4 / 180C / 350°F. Bake for 12 minutes. They should start to feel hard round the edges as they cool and eventually become really hard. They need to have a nice 'snap'

* Step 5

Decorate with icing sugar mixed with a little water or brush with marmalade as I did and cut out the same shapes from ready roll icing and stick on top of the cookies. Be creative with piping icing and embellishments

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