It’s the ho-ho-holiday season! And to make your celebrations even sweeter, here’s a dessert that will blow your mind. Sweet, neat white chocolate gingerbread cookies.
A hint of spice, complemented by the delicious melt-in-your mouth flavours of white chocolate; what could be better? Gingerbread cookies, hot chocolate, and maybe some holiday gifts, and your festive season will be complete.
Preparation time: 45 minutes
Cooking time: 15 minutes
Makes: 12- 15 pieces
Ingredients
| 65 g | unsalted butter, cut in pieces | |
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| 75 g | brown sugar | |
| 1 tbsp | golden syrup | |
| 1 tbsp | black treacle | |
| ½ tbsp | milk | |
| 1 | QL Omega egg yolk, beaten | |
| 175 g | plain flour | |
| ¼ tsp | bicarbonate of soda | |
| ½ tsp | ground ginger | |
| ¼ tsp | ground cinnamon | |
| A pinch of salt | ||
| 200 g | white cooking chocolate, melted | |
Royal Icing: | ||
| 30 g | QL Omega egg White | |
| 180 g | icing Sugar | |
| Drops of red and green food coloring | ||
Method
- Cream together butter and brown sugar.
- Mix in wet ingredients: golden syrup, black treacle, milk and egg yolk.
- Sift together flour, bicarbonate of soda, salt and spices.
- Add flour mixture to the wet ingredients, knead lightly to combine.
- Wrap and chill for 30 minutes before cutting with a 7 cm-diameter cookie cutter.
- Bake at 180°C for 12 - 15 minutes or until cooked.
- Dip half of each cookie into melted white chocolate. Set at room temperature. Cool, then decorate with royal icing as desired.
- To prepare the royal icing, mix egg white and icing sugar together bit by bit to a piping consistency. You may not need all the icing sugar. Add in desired food colouring and mix well. Transfer icing to a pastry bag and pipe as desired.
QL Omega & QL Deli Fresh eggs are available at major hypermarkets and supermarkets. For more information on QL Eggs, click here.
