Vegan Xmas Cookies

Xmas is coming! Nothing else could be better than cookies for a present to friends and relatives…

Today I’ll be sharing with you this easy recipe that you can then customize as you want. I made these amazing Christmas tree shaped ones but you can use any cookie cutter you prefer! The aquafaba royal icing is the key for perfect masterpieces: use your talent or imagination to decor as you like! NB AQuafaba is chickpea’s cooking water, just buy a can of canned chickpeas, use that water to make the recipe while saving chickpeas for other recipes! Last night I spent hours decorating these amazing cookies and time really flew! Just try yourself!

There we go with the recipe!

For about 20 – 25 cookies:

WHAT YOU NEED:

• 1 cup began butter (room temperature)
• 3/4 cup powdered sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups all porpouse flour
• pinch of salt

For the aquafaba royal icing:

• 35 ml aquafaba (chickpea cooking water)
• 185 g powdered sugar
• 2 tsp lemon juice
• food colorings of any choice

WHAT TO DO:

Preheat oven to 160 C. Using a food processor, place all the ingredients for the cookies but the cegan butter. Blend to mix the dry ingredients and while spinning, add a piece of vegan butter at a time until a crumbly dough forms. Form a dough into a ball and roll in between parchment paper to 1/3-1/2-inch thick. Cut into any preferred shape using a cookie cutter and pkace on the baking sheet.

Bake 12-15 minutes or until the bottoms of the cookies are barely golden brown. Cool 5 minutes on hot baking trays before transferring to cooling racks.

When completely cooled down prepare the royal icing: whipe the aquafaba with lemon juice using a hand-whipping machine and when firm add slowly the sugar time by time till thick and creamy. Add any food coloring and place your royal icing in a sac a poche. Cut the tip and use it for decorating your cookies as you want. The royal icing takes about 8 hours to dry, when ready you can store your cookies in an airtight container tonorevent them to get soggy.

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