Ginger cookies with icing for the New Year holidays

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   Prepare the necessary products and spices for making cookies.

2. Step 2:

   

   Spread 100 gr. of softened butter in a large bowl and add 70 gr. of powdered sugar to it.

3. Step 3:

   

   Gently mix all the ingredients with a mixer.

4. Step 4:

   

   Add a pinch of cardamom, 0.5 teaspoon of ground ginger and 0.3 teaspoon of cinnamon to the prepared oil base.

5. Step 5:

   

   Add one tablespoon of cocoa sifted through a strainer.

6. Step 6:

   

   Break one chicken egg into a bowl and mix with a mixer until smooth.

7. Step 7:

   

   Sift parts of 250 gr into a bowl. flour, add a pinch of salt, one teaspoon of soda and gently stir.

8. Step 8:

   

   We put the dough into a ball with our hands, which we put in the refrigerator for 50 minutes, after putting it in a bag.

9. Step 9:

   

   We take the dough out of the refrigerator and divide it into two parts to make it easier to roll out.

11. Step 10:

    

    Sprinkle the table with flour and evenly roll out to smooth cakes 0.5-0.6 centimeters thick each.

12. Step 11:

    

    We cut out and squeeze out the blanks of our cookies from the dough with molds and smooth the edges of each.

13. Step 12:

    

    We carefully spread our cut-out blanks on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper. Preheat the oven to 180 gr. and put a baking sheet in it for 15 minutes. bake cookies.

14. Step 13:

    

    Prepare the protein glaze and put the protein from 1 egg in a dry and clean bowl, then 200 gr. sifted through a strainer of powdered sugar.

15. Step 14:

    

    Add 0.5 teaspoons of lemon juice, 0.5 teaspoons of starch and whisk until a beautiful glossy white mass.

16. Step 15:

    

    We lay out the prepared glaze in portions in several cups, add a drop of different dye to each and stir well.

17. Step 16:

    

    After spreading the glaze on the bags, cut small holes in the corner of each and squeezing out the contours of the cookies.

18. Step 17:

    

    Coloring cookies in different colors according to your taste and desire.

19. Step 18:

    

    Festive cookies with icing for the holiday are ready! Delicious, simple, which will make any, even a novice hostess!