How to make icing for decorating cookies. New Year's cookies: step-by-step recipe

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700 g

12 minutes

490 kcal

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What could be better than homemade cookies? Crispy, aromatic, made from proven products, it seems to melt in your mouth... And the finishing touch that will turn ordinary cookies into a culinary masterpiece is their decoration. The easiest and fastest way is to fill it with glaze or use it to draw various patterns on baked goods. I understand the skepticism of many: I myself was sure that icing was time-consuming, complicated and “fussy.” However, a friend (by the way, a chef by profession) told me how to make a very quick and simple icing for cookies, and not just one option, but three! You can cook them together with your children, and then trust them to decorate the baked goods. Well, let's start cooking?

Protein glaze for cookies

Kitchen appliances

To prepare and decorate baked goods with icing, you will need a blender or mixer, as well as a pastry syringe or pastry bag.

Full list of ingredients

Sometimes it is recommended to add 0.5 tsp to this glaze. starch, but I make it without it - it turns out no worse, especially if you need glaze for filling.

How to choose the right ingredients

• Be sure to check the freshness of the egg: put it in water - if it “lays down”, everything is fine.
• If you are afraid to use raw proteins, replace them with dry ones, diluting them according to the instructions (usually one part of powder to seven parts of water).
• It is better to make powdered sugar yourself by grinding sugar in a coffee grinder. If you use a store-bought one, pay attention to the grind: the smaller the better.
• Lemon juice can be replaced with citric acid diluted in water.

The cookie icing that I propose to prepare has several advantages:

1. it dries quickly, especially when applied in a thin layer;
2. prepared from simple and affordable ingredients;
3. does not require much experience to decorate baked goods;
4. It has a pleasant taste and convenient consistency.

This recipe can be called basic: add a little water to it and you’ll get an excellent option for pouring; increase the amount of powder - and a thick glaze for drawing small details is ready. Please note that this glaze should be stored in a sealed container, in a bag or wrapped in a damp towel - it dries out in the air and begins to crumble.

Step-by-step recipe for making protein glaze for cookies

Video about making egg white glaze

Protein glaze recipe

Gingerbread cookies Bell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuLm_bBFLbs
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Colored sugar recipe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNSM89AqfCo

Recipe for white glaze for decorating cookies:
1 protein
200-250 g of fine powdered sugar (depending on the size of the protein)
0.5 tsp starch
0.5 tsp lemon juice

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Sugar icing for cookies

• Cooking time: 20 minutes.
• Number of servings: This amount is enough to decorate 1 kg of cookies.
• Kitchen appliances: mixer.

Full list of ingredients

Video about making icing sugar

If you want to make this glaze, pay attention to the following video, which shows the whole process step by step.

Sugar icing (icing) that doesn't crumble

Sugar icing from tastyweek
Ingredients:
* 1 tsp. gelatin
* 6 tbsp. l. water
* 1 tbsp. Sahara

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Lenten pies - http://youtu.be/Px_7KK7Zv-g
Latte without a coffee machine - http://youtu.be/PdS-m0-QyWA
Lenten vegetable salad - http://youtu.be/UkewdF5OCUc
Niçoise salad - http://youtu.be/FzmtCUeftQI
Lenten cutlets with mushrooms - http://youtu.be/e2jmdwD1v7Q
Cookies with apples and raisins - http://youtu.be/cst4EhnJ_yc
Potato salad with feta - http://youtu.be/Lw6Oj1x7Acc
Tuna salad - http://youtu.be/A7NrLuZaOM4
Lush pancakes - http://youtu.be/fjcYVI8nmL8
Thin crust pizza - http://youtu.be/jONcdVpNTWY
Apple Pie - http://youtu.be/HWBsg6DkeEo
Chocolate fondant - http://youtu.be/JaTuH_6oCXg
Cheesecake - http://youtu.be/RXxqt8c281U
Pasta Carbonara - http://youtu.be/9vOlBi872aQ
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Chocolate icing for cookies

This is another decoration option that is great for a variety of baked goods.

• Cooking time: 15 minutes.
• Number of servings: This amount is enough to decorate 900 g of cookies.
• Kitchen appliances: plate.

Full list of ingredients

Step-by-step recipe for making icing sugar

When the glaze has cooled a little, you can decorate baked goods with it.

Video about making chocolate glaze

Pay attention to the following video: it shows how to prepare this glaze.

Chocolate glaze for pie, cake, pastries, cookies

Chocolate glaze recipe for any baked goods. After hardening, the glaze does not crack when cutting, but does not run off, remains soft and tasty.
Cake with this glaze: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH4bLGOVUug
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Options for preparing glaze

• Using the first two recipes above, you'll make white cookie frosting in no time. It looks great on New Year's baking, as well as on Chrysanthemum cookies. But when preparing for a children's party, colored icing for cookies will also come in handy, which can be prepared according to the same recipe. At the very end of cooking, add a little coloring - food or natural. If you use dry mixtures, first dilute the pigment in water (a couple of tablespoons is enough), but gels can be added directly to the glaze. As for natural dyes, raspberry jam or syrup will give a pink color, turmeric will give yellow and orange.

• To make the chocolate icing more shiny, pour a tablespoon of vodka into it.
• For decoration, you can use chocolate glaze prepared according to this recipe: mix cocoa powder and powdered sugar (4 tbsp each), pour in 2 tbsp. l. water, stir again. Add 40-50g of good quality hard margarine, then heat the mixture over low heat until it becomes smooth.
• If you want to use glaze for pouring, thin it a little with water.

How to decorate cookies and cover them with icing

• To make your baked goods truly beautiful, first of all think about what patterns you will draw with the icing. You can create a sketch on paper - this way the work will go faster.
• When starting to decorate, first make an outline of the icing around the edge of the cookie. When it dries, fill it with filler, if provided for in the sketch. The filling is dried at room temperature, but if desired, it can also be dried in the oven at temperatures up to 80 degrees (by the way, this also kills salmonella).
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It's not just Grandfather Frost who loves New Year's cookies. Many adults and children enjoy them with pleasure, so housewives around the world try to bake the most delicious cookies and decorate them for New Year's. Today, dear friends, I will show you a recipe with photos, which I have tested many times. It is easy to decorate because it does not crumble, and you can add any spices to your taste. Here is a step-by-step recipe for the basic dough. I'll show you how I decorated my New Year's cookies and share my idea for decorating the holiday table.

I love experimenting with baking mixtures. Not all recipes are perfect, I will admit there were disappointments. The recipe that I will share with you now was found by me several years ago, in a book given to me, in Spanish. There are never any problems with the mass obtained from it. You can use it to bake New Year's cookies, birthday cookies, or any other cookies you want to decorate. So let's begin.

We will need:

• Sugar 100 grams (no need to sift);
• butter 100 grams (temperature is not important);
• flour 250 grams (be sure to sift);
• water 50 milliliters (it is better to take purified water);
• pinch of salt (fine salt);
• baking powder 1/2 teaspoon (I don’t use baking soda);
• vanillin 1/2 teaspoon.

Preparing the dough - step by step recipe

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Place sugar, butter, salt in a small bowl and add water. Place this entire mixture on low heat and stir with a wooden spoon until the butter and sugar are completely dissolved. No need to let it boil.

Now we need to cool the resulting mixture to room temperature. To do this, I pour it into a glass bowl. It is at this point in the recipe that you should add your favorite spices. For New Year's cookies it could be ginger, cinnamon, cloves. I limit myself only to vanilla. Sift the flour into a large bowl, this is where we will knead the dough.

Remember the golden rule: when kneading dough at home, liquid ingredients must be poured into dry ones, and not vice versa!

Pour the resulting butter-sugar mixture into the flour in a thin stream and mix with a wooden (preferably) spoon.

According to this recipe, the kneaded mass turns out to be tender, fluffy, slightly sticking to your hands. Don't let this scare you. Of course, we all have different products, including flour. So look at my photo, and if yours looks the same, then feel free to move on to the next step.

Wrap the finished batch in cling film and place in the refrigerator.

Just in the refrigerator, not the freezer!

My Christmas cookie dough hardened after 1.5 hours. But sometimes I leave it in the refrigerator overnight. This does not change its qualities, you can roll it out as soon as you feel that it has become hard.

The dough for our New Year's cookies is ready. We divide it into 3 equal parts, 2 of which we send back to the refrigerator.

The mass is melting, so it is better to keep it cold, wrapped in film, while you work on one part of it.

Baking New Year's cookies with your child

I constantly write that my child does not let me bake anything alone. The last time we baked with him, this time Alexander helped me with cookies. At 5 years 2 months old, he can not only sift ingredients, but also roll out dough. This is not possible with every recipe, because it happens that the mass turns out to be very tender and does not tolerate slowness. Since we baked these cookies on Santa's order, I chose this recipe, which is easy to work with.

Let me remind you that we live in Latin America, where Catholic Christmas is celebrated. Therefore, first Santa comes to our house with gifts, and then Grandfather Frost.

So let's continue. Roll out the dough to a thickness of at least 5 millimeters. With this thickness, you will get 12 New Year's cookies using this recipe. If the child has difficulty doing this, then gather the rolled out dough into a ball and ask him to roll it out again. About six months ago, Alexander and I used a ruler to measure thickness, now we can simply tell him that he overdid it (we use strong pressure) and the child himself will start all over again.

Set the oven to preheat at 180 degrees and cut out the desired shapes. I use Wilton cookie cutters. This time Alexander and I chose a snowflake, a house, a mitten and a circle.

Line a baking sheet with wax paper and place the dough so that there is space between the figures. We bake New Year's cookies for 15-20 minutes. It all depends on the thickness of your workpieces.

Tip: set the timer for 15 minutes, check for doneness, and if necessary, leave the product in the oven for another 5 minutes. This recipe takes me 20 minutes to bake.

This recipe takes me 20 minutes to bake. Once your cookies are ready, you need to place them on a cooling rack.

I would say that it’s worth thinking about how to decorate New Year’s cookies when choosing a shape. Personally, I decorate with icing (glaze), and here, as you know, there are no rules. The main thing is to prepare the glaze correctly, and then use your imagination.

Ideas

If you decide to use decorative sugar, then you need to sprinkle it on the cookies before or after baking, but on a thin layer of icing.

You can also use multi-colored dragees for decoration.

And if you decide to make a traditional Christmas tree, then you will need star shapes of different sizes. And in order not to look for them in stores, it will be better and faster to cut out stencils for them from cardboard. After smearing the center of each star with icing, fasten them together.

Our New Year's cookies with icing

Well, let's go back to our home and I'll show you how I decorated it. I’ve been using the glaze (icing) recipe for 3 years now, I haven’t changed or modified it - it’s perfect without it.

First, as always, I applied a thicker glaze along the edges of the intended design, and then applied a thinner color background.

This is the height/thickness of our New Year's cookies. Since a child was present in the process, as you can see, it is not the same. But these are all little things, the main thing is that we completed Santa’s task and spent an unforgettable time with our son in the kitchen.

And finally, a parade of our decorated New Year's cookies:

Of course I still have a lot to learn, but my boys were very happy with the result. This is evidenced by the absence of 2 cookies, which were stolen even before the photographs.

As I already mentioned, we live in a country where Catholic Christmas is celebrated. This means that I have a great opportunity to practice decorating the table before the New Year.

The coming year will be the year of the Rooster, so to please him, red tones predominate in the table setting.

In general, this year, just following the call of my heart, I had a desire to decorate the apartment in traditional colors: red, green and white. Therefore, the decorated table blended perfectly with its surroundings. This kind of training table setting will always tell you what is missing, so I advise you to resort to a similar method in order to be fully prepared on December 31st.

In our case, I noted to myself that I still had to make holiday napkin holders and buy New Year's covers for the chairs. We celebrate Christmas among the members of our small family - dad, mom and Alexander. I put a red disposable glass for the child to avoid trouble.

I hope you liked my New Year's cookie recipe and how I decorated it. Dear friends, I sincerely congratulate you on the upcoming New Year! Be happy, kind to each other, decorate your New Year's table with love and then everything you put on it will undoubtedly be delicious.

New Year's cookies with icing will fit perfectly into the festive atmosphere. It can be prepared to please children or presented as a gift to friends and family. The unusual design and delicate taste will make this dessert a signature dish.

Choosing dough for New Year's cookies with icing

A wide variety of products are used to prepare New Year's cookies, even beer, which can be a substitute for yeast. Thanks to it, the baked goods are tender and tasty. Curd dough is especially loved by children. Thanks to the presence of cottage cheese, such cookies are not only tasty, but also healthy. In addition to cottage cheese, eggs, flour, butter, sugar are usually added to it. As for choux pastry, it can also be used. But there will be some minor difficulties when decorating, since such baked goods often turn out shapeless and have an uneven surface. But nothing is impossible.

Cookie icing recipe

Classical

1. Type of dish: baked goods.
2. Dish weight – 300 g.
3. The country of the dish is Persia.
4. Number of servings – 5.
5. Calories (100 g) –
6. Cooking time –

Ingredients for glaze:

• powdered sugar – 200 g;
• lemon – 1 pc.;
• chicken egg white – 1 pc.

Cooking process:

1. Squeeze the juice out of the lemon.
2. Break the egg, separate the white.
3. Mix lemon juice, egg white and powdered sugar, and then beat with a mixer until fluffy and white. The content should increase 2-3 times.

To prepare chocolate icing for New Year's cookies, add 1 tablespoon of cocoa to the resulting mass. Another option is to melt a chocolate bar in a water bath, and then add 250 g of powdered sugar, half a spoonful of butter and a shot of milk. Stirring continuously, you need to boil the mixture until it thickens. It must be used immediately as it hardens quickly.

Honey

You can make a honey coating for the cookies.

Ingredients:

• natural honey (not too liquid) – 2 tbsp. l.;
• butter – 50 g;
• powdered sugar – 2 tbsp. l.;
• lemon juice – 3 tbsp. l.

Cooking process:

1. Mix all the ingredients in a saucepan and place it over low heat.
2. Boil until smooth.
3. Cool slightly until the contents become thicker and more viscous.

Marmaladnaya

Marmalade icing for New Year's cookies is no less popular. The following ingredients will be required:

1. marmalade – 200 g;
2. butter – 50 g;
3. powdered sugar – 4 tbsp. l.

Preparation:

1. Cut the marmalade into small pieces and place it in a saucepan.
2. Add the remaining ingredients and place the pan on the stove.
3. It is enough to cook the mixture for about 10 minutes, remembering to stir gradually so as not to burn.
4. When the mass has cooled a little, it can be used for its intended purpose.

Creamy

The result is a fairly viscous mass, which is especially suitable for creating a pattern on cookies.

Ingredients:

• butter – 4 tbsp. l.;
• granulated sugar – 1 cup;
• cream – 150 ml;
• vanillin.

Preparation:

1. Melt the butter over low heat, add sugar and cook until the mass becomes creamy. As a rule, 5 minutes are enough for this.
2. Remove the container from the heat, add the cream and whip everything until fluffy.
3. Place the pot on the fire again and boil its contents for 5 minutes.
4. Add vanillin, stir and cool slightly, stirring occasionally.

New Year's gingerbread cookies with glaze: recipe

Ingredients

• flour – 200 g;
• granulated sugar – 100 g;
• soda – 0.5 tsp;
• ginger (ground) – 1 tsp;
• egg – 1 pc.;
• butter – 100 g;
• nutmeg – 1 pc.;
• cinnamon (ground) – 1 tsp;
• milk - 30 ml;
• icing as decoration.

Instructions

1. Combine slightly melted butter and sugar and beat with a mixer for about 5 minutes.
2. Then add milk and egg yolk to the resulting mass. Mix these ingredients and add flour, baking soda, ground cinnamon and ginger.
3. Grate the nutmeg, add to the rest of the ingredients, knead the dough and put in a cool place for 20 minutes.
4. Choose a form. If you don't have one ready-made, cut it out of thick cardboard. Dust your work surface with flour, remove the dough from the refrigerator and roll out the dough to approximately 5mm thick. Cut out Christmas cookies using a ready-made or homemade cookie cutter. If you want to hang it on the Christmas tree, you need to provide a hole for the string. For this purpose, you can use a syringe without a needle, the tip of which presses the dough right through in a certain place.
5. The resulting figures are baked in the oven at 180 degrees for 8-10 minutes. Once the cookies have cooled, decorate them. To do this, you can take a regular spoon and evenly rub the sweet mass over the surface. To draw any design on the cookies, use a piping bag.

Shortbread cookies with glaze for the New Year

1. Type of dish: baked goods.
2. Dish weight – 400 g.
3. The country of the dish is Persia.
4. Number of servings – 7.
5. Calorie content (100 g) – 480 Kcal.

Ingredients

• butter – 200 g;
• flour – 350 g;
• cinnamon and vanillin - a small pinch each;
• soda – 1 tsp;
• egg – 1 pc. (plus one protein);
• granulated sugar – 150 g.

Instructions

1. Grind softened butter with granulated sugar.
2. Add the egg and mix the ingredients thoroughly.
3. Add soda, vanillin and cinnamon to the flour, which will provide the baked goods with a pleasant aroma. Stir.
4. Knead the dough until it turns out stiff. So feel free to add flour if necessary.
5. The dough needs to be rolled out to a thickness of 5 mm. Using molds, squeeze out different figures that correspond to the holiday. Place them on a baking sheet, having previously covered it with parchment paper. Although, as practice shows, baking doesn’t stick anyway. Place the baking sheet in the oven and bake at 180˚C for 20 minutes.
6. Once the cookies have cooled, decorate them however you like.

Sour cream and honey cookies with glaze

1. Type of dish: baked goods.
2. Dish weight – 300 g.
3. The country of the dish is Persia.
4. Number of servings – 5.
5. Calorie content (100 g) – 400 Kcal.
6. Cooking time – 30 minutes.

Ingredients

• flour – 220 g;
• sour cream – 1 glass;
• honey – 50 g;
• egg yolk – 1 pc.;
• butter – 50 g;
• salt and soda - ¼ tsp;
• granulated sugar - 2 tbsp. l.

Step by step instructions

1. Take the butter out of the refrigerator first so that it comes to room temperature. Grind it with sugar, honey and salt. Add the egg yolk and beat until fluffy.
2. Mix all ingredients with flour and sour cream. Then add soda.
3. Knead the dough until smooth. It should not stick to your hands or table. Roll out the layer to a thickness of 5 mm. Cut out shapes and place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake in the oven at 220 degrees until done.
4. Cool the cookies and decorate with icing or melted chocolate.

New Year's gift or just cookies - decorations for New Year's cookies

Or you can show your imagination and create real culinary masterpieces. Don't be afraid to experiment. Children will be delighted with this idea, especially if they take an active part in the cooking process. May they remember New Year and Christmas as something magical.

My favorite pastime on the eve of the New Year is numerous chores at home and in the kitchen. You can make your own New Year's cookies. The prepared cookies can be hung on a holiday tree as a decoration, placed in piles, tied with a silk ribbon and given to loved ones. This is not just food, it is an eternal symbol of the New Year! The most beautiful and expensive cookies bought in a store cannot compare in taste and aroma with homemade ones, which are prepared with love.

A New Year's cookie recipe does not have to be complicated and can consist of ingredients that are on hand. Below are interesting and at the same time simple recipes.

Cookies “Shimmering Christmas Trees”

A simple baking recipe that requires the following ingredients:

• 220 gr. Sahara;
• 220 gr. butter;
• 600 gr. flour;
• 2 pinches of table salt;
• 2 eggs
• a few drops of vanilla essence.

Preparation:

1. Beat softened butter and mix with sugar.
2. Add vanilla essence and egg.
3. Sift the flour with salt and add to the dough.
4. Stir the dough until soft, wrap in cling film and place in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
5. Roll out the chilled dough into a layer no more than 3-5 mm thick and cut out the Christmas trees. If you want to decorate a Christmas tree with cookies, make small holes in it.
6. Place the cookies on a greased baking sheet and bake in the oven at 190 degrees for 8-10 minutes.
7. Decorate the finished and cooled cookies with multi-colored icing and sugar confectionery balls. Thread ribbons through the holes.

Beautiful and delicious cookies for the New Year are ready!

New Year Fortune Cookies

What would a New Year be without cherished wishes and pleasant wishes! You can't do without a recipe for crispy and sweet fortune cookies. So, the recipe for New Year's fortune cookies is simple and interesting.

Required ingredients:

• paper strips with printed predictions;
• 4 squirrels;
• 1 cup flour;
• 1 glass of sugar;
• 6 tbsp. l. vegetable oil;
• 2 bags of vanillin per 10 g;
• ½ tsp. salt;
• ½ tsp. starch;
• 8 tbsp. l. water.

Ingredients:

• 200 gr. butter;
• 500 gr. flour;
• 200 gr. powdered sugar;
• 2 eggs;

Spices:

• 4 teaspoons of ginger;
• 1 teaspoon of cloves;
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon;
• 1 teaspoon cardamom;
• 1 teaspoon allspice;
• 2 teaspoon cocoa;
• 2 tbsp. spoon of honey;
• 1 teaspoon of soda;
• salt.

Preparation:

1. Mix cardamom, ginger, cloves, cinnamon, allspice and baking soda in a separate bowl. All spices must be ground.
2. Add a pinch of salt and stir again.
3. Sift flour and cocoa, add spices, mix. Cocoa gives the cookies a dark color. If you want your baked goods to be light, do not add cocoa.
4. Grind the powdered sugar and butter with a mixer, add honey and egg, beat with a mixer. Warm up the thick honey a little.
5. Add spices to the resulting mass and mix with a mixer or your hands.
6. You will have a soft and slightly sticky dough. Wrap it in cling film and leave it in the refrigerator for an hour.
7. Roll out a layer of 1-2 mm thick on parchment and cut out the figures using cutters. When placing cookies on a baking sheet, maintain a slight distance to prevent them from sticking together during baking.
8. Bake cookies at 180 degrees for 5-6 minutes.

Shortbread cookies with glaze are a popular delicacy that will not leave anyone indifferent. And if you make it in the shape of a heart, then your loved ones will definitely appreciate the feelings you show and will never forget such a wonderful gift that can be dedicated to Valentine's Day!

Tender, melt-in-your-mouth cookies “For Loved Ones” are prepared quickly and eaten even faster!

To present it effectively, prepare a beautiful box or jar and place cookies in it along with a cute card that describes all your feelings.

Shortbread cookies with glaze - recipe with photos step by step

The shortbread cookies will take about an hour to make. From these ingredients you will get 15-20 delicious and aromatic cookies.

Ingredients for the dough:

• 2 eggs
• 2 cups flour,
• 0.5 cups granulated sugar,
• 150 gr. butter,
• 1 teaspoon baking powder,
• a pinch of salt.

For the glaze:

• 100 gr. powdered sugar,
• 50 ml milk,
• a few drops of beet juice.

Preparation:

1. Beat eggs with sugar, then add softened butter, mix well. Add flour, sifted with baking powder, and salt into the mixture.

2. Knead the dough, but do not knead it for a long time, otherwise it will lose its porous structure and the cookies will not turn out sandy, crispy, crumbly. Leave the finished dough for half an hour.

3. Roll out the dough to a thickness of 5 mm. If you roll it thinner, it will not be convenient to work with; if you roll it thicker, it will no longer be the same cookie that is covered with glaze.

4. Using a cookie cutter, a heart is best, cut out future cookies on the dough. It is convenient to do this directly on parchment so as not to transfer the cookies and spoil them.

5. But you can do without paper. In this case, lightly grease the baking sheet with oil and lay out the cookie dough. We bake the cookies in the oven, preheated to 180 degrees, for literally 10 minutes, after five minutes we begin to check the readiness so that they do not burn.

6. While the cookies are in the oven, prepare the glaze. To do this, mix powdered sugar with milk. Add as much milk as needed to bring the glaze to the desired consistency.

7. To make the glaze pink, add a few drops of beet juice to it. The more juice, the brighter the color of the glaze.

8. When the cookies have cooled completely, cover them with glaze. Since we made it completely natural, you need to remember that it will be stored less than when using food coloring.

9. Shortbread cookies with glaze “For Loved Ones” are ready! Rather, give cookies to your loved ones and enjoy their wonderful taste with them.

Bon appetit!