Hanukkah Sugar Cookies
Sweet vanilla flavored cookies. Easy and fun activity with the kids for Hanukkah and perfect as an edible gift too.
Ingredients
- 1¼ cups (175 grams) all purpose flour
- ¼ cup (50 grams) sugar
- 1 (100 grams) stick melted butter
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract / paste
For the garnish:
- A chocolate bar (I used dark chocolate)
- Sprinkles
Instructions
- In a stand mixer bowl, place the melted butter and sugar.
- With the flat beater attachment, beat the butter and sugar.
- Add the egg and vanilla and continue beating until unified.
- Add the flour and mix for a couple minutes until the batter becomes dough (make sure you don’t mix for too long otherwise the dough will turn tough).
- With your hands, create a single ball of dough and wrap with plastic.
- Let the dough rest for 1 hour in the fridge.
- Set the oven to 170°C / 350°F with the fan.
- On a floured surface, roll the dough until it is ¼ to ⅜ inch thick.
- Cut the dough with cookie cutters in various shapes to your liking. Then on a baking pan with a baking sheet, place the cutouts 1 inch apart.
- Bake the cookies for 10-12 minutes or until edges are golden.
- Cool the cookies at room temperature.
- Melt a few cubes of chocolate in a piping bag that has been sitting in a glass of boiling water.
- Cut a small hole at the end of the piping bag and decorate the cookies as you like.
- Sprinkle the sprinkles on the chocolate while it is still wet.
- Let the decorations set on the cookies.
- Have a cookie and happy Hanukkah!