Snowflake Christmas Cookies

Take the following ingredients.

So, let's start creating beauty. Prepare a bowl with high sides. Sift the wheat flour. Add salt, vanilla, and baking powder. Take a whisk and mix all the ingredients together in circular movements.

For making our cookies, you can use butter or margarine. It should be slightly soft but not too much. Finely chop it with a knife and transfer it to a convenient dish. Sprinkle half of the powdered sugar, leave the other half for decoration. Cream the softened butter with the sugar until smooth and homogeneous. At this stage, you can use a mixer if desired.

Gradually add the flour mixture, simultaneously kneading the dough with a wooden spatula. Knead the dough quickly until it becomes smooth and uniform. The goal is to make the cookies more crumbly in the end.

Gather the dough into a ball, wrap it in plastic wrap or a plastic bag. Keep it in the fridge for 30-60 minutes.

Prep the snowflake template of the desired size. It's most convenient to use sturdy cardboard. You can always find a template online. I have prepared large snowflakes. From the specified amount of dough, I made 4 snowflakes. Take the dough out of the fridge. Divide it into as many portions as you will have snowflakes and work with each one separately. Keep the rest of the dough in the fridge. Place a portion of the dough between parchment paper and roll it out into a thin sheet. Place the template on top and carefully trace around it with a knife.

Transfer the dough, along with the parchment paper, onto a baking sheet. Preheat the oven to 200-210 degrees Celsius. Bake for 20-30 minutes.

Let the cookies cool.

Prepare the royal icing. In a bowl, beat the cold egg white until it forms stiff peaks. Gradually add powdered sugar and mix it thoroughly. Transfer the royal icing to a pastry bag, preferably a disposable one, and cut a small hole in it.

Decorate the cookies with icing and sprinkle with blue coconut flakes. Snowflake New Year's cookies are ready. Happy New Year!