Delightful Festive Treat: Christmas Crispy Cookies
Christmas is getting closer. Hurry up and prepare some Christmas theme snacks to share with friends! Just mix and squeeze. The butter fragrance is rich. One bite at a time, they are delicate and lovely!
About Christmas Crispy Cookies
Christmas crispy cookies are a very popular traditional cookie during Christmas. They have a crispy and sweet taste and come in various different shapes, such as Christmas trees, Santa Claus, snowflakes, moons, stars, etc. You can make Christmas crispy cookies of different shapes according to your own preferences.
Traditional Christmas crispy cookies are made mainly from flour and butter. Today's recipe is different from the traditional baking method. An air fryer is used for baking. The time is faster and the method is also shorter.
Ingredients Needed:
Low-gluten flour: It is the basic material for making cookies and provides structure and a soft texture.
Butter: The main raw material for making Christmas crispy cookies, providing a crispy texture and flavor.
White granulated sugar: It can not only provide sweetness but also stabilize the crispy texture of crispy cookies.
Egg liquid: Mainly plays a bonding role, combining various ingredients together and enriching the taste of cookies.
Vanilla extract: Vanilla extract increases the aroma of cookies and enriches the taste of cookies.
Decorative sugar beads: Mainly used to decorate Christmas crispy cookies and make cookies more festive.
Edible pigment: Used to color cookies and make them more beautiful and attractive.
Essential Tools:
Air fryer: The main baking tool for traditional Christmas crispy cookies is an oven. The baking equipment for this recipe is an air fryer. The air fryer can quickly heat and cook food in a short time. If you don't have an air fryer at home, you can also use an oven.
Piping bag: The piping bag is mainly used to hold the prepared dough and squeeze out the desired shapes such as Christmas trees, Santa Claus, snowflakes, etc.
Common Mistakes to Avoid:
Insufficient softening of butter
Butter softening is very important. If the butter is not softened evenly, it will affect the texture of the dough.
It is recommended that when softening butter, only soften the butter to room temperature. But note that the butter does not need to be melted. Just soften it until when you gently press the butter with your finger, it feels soft but not sticky.
Insufficient whipping of sugar and butter
Please note that when whipping sugar and butter, it must be whipped fully. Otherwise, it will lead to uneven structure of the dough and poor taste of the cookies.
The correct way is to use an electric mixer to whip the butter and sugar until the color becomes lighter, the volume increases, and the texture becomes light and fluffy.
Excessive addition of egg liquid
When making these Christmas crispy cookies, please follow the recipe for the amount of each ingredient. Do not add too much egg liquid at one time. Otherwise, the dough will become too wet and difficult to shape.
The correct way is to add 75 grams of egg liquid in small amounts several times. After each addition, stir well until the dough reaches the appropriate humidity.
Uneven sifting of flour
When adding flour, it is recommended to sift the flour to avoid particles in the dough and deteriorate the taste of cookies.
You can use a sieve to sift the flour into the dough. Be careful during the process to avoid missing unsifted flour. When making the dough, make sure there are no particles. Stir gently to avoid excessive stirring and causing the dough to have too high gluten content.
Improper baking temperature and time
When baking cookies with an air fryer, be careful to avoid too high temperature or too long baking time. Otherwise, the cookies will be burned.
It is recommended to preheat the air fryer to 180 degrees and bake for 8-10 minutes. Turn over once in the middle to ensure that the cookies are heated evenly.
INGREDIENTS
Main Ingredients
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·250g low-gluten flour
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·200g butter
Accessories
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·70g white granulated sugar
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·75g egg liquid
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·2g vanilla extract
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·Appropriate amount of decorative sugar beads
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·A little edible pigment
COOKING STEP
Step 1
Prepare 250 grams of low-gluten flour, 75 grams of egg liquid, and 200 grams of butter.
Step 2
Soften 200 grams of butter; add 70 grams of white granulated sugar and whip until slightly white.
Step 3
Then add a little egg liquid and a little vanilla extract and continue to whip evenly.
Step 4
Sift in 250 grams of low-gluten flour and stir evenly.
Step 5
Divide the dough into several parts and add different colors of pigments respectively and stir evenly.
Step 6
Put the dough into piping bags respectively and squeeze out various cookie shapes.
Step 7
Preheat the air fryer to 180 degrees and bake for 8-10 minutes. Turn over in the middle.
Step 8
Delicious Christmas crispy cookies are ready.
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How to store and heat Christmas cookies
1.Preservation bag method: After the baked Christmas cookies are completely cooled, put them into a preservation bag or a sealed plastic bag. Squeeze out the air and seal it tightly with a clip or sealer.
2.Sealed bag method: Put the cooled Christmas cookies into a sealed bag, squeeze out the air and tighten the sealing strip.
3.Preservation box/sealed box method: Place baking paper at the bottom of a preservation box or a sealed box. Put the cooled cookies in and cover it tightly with the lid.
4.Room temperature storage: Store Christmas cookies at room temperature and there is no need for refrigeration. If you find that the cookies become soft, you can put them on a baking tray and 5.bake them in the oven for a while. After they are cooled, they can restore the crispy texture.
In this way, your Christmas cookies can be kept in the best condition and you can enjoy the sweetness of the festival at any time.
Recipe Tips
1. If the dough is too dry, you can add a small amount of milk and stir evenly. It depends on the dryness and wetness of your own dough.
2. If you are not sure what the dough looks like when it is made well, as long as it can be squeezed out of the piping bag with a little force.
3. If the air fryer is too powerful, you can cover it with tin foil to prevent the cookies from being colored too much.
FAQs:
Answer: Be sure to fully soften the butter and whip it until it shows a slightly whitish color, so as to enhance the crispness and taste of the biscuits.
Answer: After adding low-gluten flour, adjust the humidity of the dough appropriately according to the actual situation. If the dough is too dry, a little egg liquid can be added slightly.
Answer: When adding pigment, it must be fully stirred to ensure that the pigment can be evenly distributed in the dough.
Answer: Select an appropriate piping tip and keep your hand stable during the process of extruding the shape. Through repeated practice, the beauty of the shape can be improved.
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