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SHORTBREAD
COOKIES

Since she loves surprising her friends, Nebulia came up with a recipe for colorful shortbread cookies that match her hair and taste delicious. They might even make wishes come true…

INGREDIENTS (APPROX. 40 COOKIES)

  • 2 ½ cups flour
  • ¾ cup butter (softened)
  • 2 ¼ cups powdered sugar
  • 1 egg white
  • 1 tablespoon of water
  • ½ teaspoon of lemon juice
  • purple, pink and blue food coloring
  • edible silver glitter (optional)
  • star sprinkles
  • skewers
  • 1 star-shaped cookie cutter (or cardboard template)

Tip You can buy premade royal icing!

1. In a bowl, use your fingers to mix the flour, ¾ cup of the sugar, the butter and the water together until the dough forms a ball. Refrigerate for 15 minutes.

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2. Roll the dough out to just under ½ inch thick and use the cookie cutter to cut out stars. If you don’t have a cookie cutter, just cut out a template in some cardboard!

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3. Preheat the oven at 350°F for 10 minutes. Insert the skewers all the way to the center of the cookies. Bake for 10 minutes + 5 minutes with the oven turned off. Let them cool completely!

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4. For the icing, pour the egg white on the rest of the sugar and mix for 5 minutes, until you get a very thick paste. Add the lemon juice. Use a toothpick to add drops of food coloring and gently swirl it through the mixture to create the marbled effect.

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5. Carefully dip the stars in the marbled icing to coat one side. Rotate the cookies to catch any drips and put them on a flat surface so that the icing spreads evenly.

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6. Before the icing sets, sprinkle glitter and stars on your cookies. Finish off by attaching a kind note to your friends…

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Tip Soak the skewers in water for 10 minutes to prevent from turning black in the oven!

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