Christmas Tree Shortbread

It's the last quarter of the year and our favourite festive season is coming!!
YEAH!! Christmas!!!

To get ourselves prepared, you might want to try some these Christmas shortbread recipe?
It's wonderful and take this opportunity to ask your kids to join in the fun together, I'm sure they'll love it!

Christmas tree Shortbread cookies
(Can make about 40 shortbread)

Ingredients:
Shortbread cookies: 1 ¼ cups plain flour, ¾ cup almond meal, 125g butter softened, chopped, 1/3 cup icing sugar, 1 egg, 1 tbsp milk
Icing: 1 eggwhite, 1 ½ cups icing sugar, food colouring- green



Steps:
To make cookies: process the flour, almond meal, butter, icing sugar, egg and milk until well combined. Then knead the dough into a ball on a lightly floured surface. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Roll the dough out between two sheets of baking paper until a 5 mm thickness. Cut Christmas tree shapes from the dough using a cookie cutter and place on a baking tray lined with baking paper, 3 cm apart.

Bake in a moderate oven, 180 degrees Celsius for 8-10 minutes. Leave to cool on wire racks. Spread biscuits with icing when cold



To make icing: beat 1 egg white in a small bowl with electric mixer until just frothy then gradually add sifted icing sugar until mixture forms stiff peaks. Tint the icing with 3-4 drops of green food dye, then spread the icing onto the cooled biscuits.


*Tips: You can sprinkle some colorful sugar strands/ nuts/ chocolate chips...etc to further decorate the cookies!
Be creative and have fun with your kids!