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SUGAR COOKIES ~ DIWALI DIYA

Course

dessert

Cuisine

indian

Prep Time

120 minutes

Cook Time

30 minutes

Servings

piece

Ingredients

For cookies :

For royal icing :

Course

dessert

Cuisine

indian

Prep Time

120 minutes

Cook Time

30 minutes

Servings

piece

Ingredients

For cookies :

For royal icing :

Instructions

For making cookies :

In a large bowl, sift flour, salt and baking soda and keep aside.
In another bowl whisk butter and sugar till soft and light.
Now add egg and vanilla extract and whisk again.
Add flour mix to the wet ingredients and mix all together and knead well to shape a smooth dough.
Divide the dough two portions and cling wrap it and refrigerate it for almost 2-3 hours before use.
Pre heat the oven at 180 degree C for 10-12 mins and line a baking tray with parchment paper.
Take the dough and give a quick knead again on a floored counter. Roll it with a rolling pic into a 1/8 inch thick disk.
Cut the disk into diya shapes using cookie cutter or hand made stencil.
Place the cookies on a plate and refrigerate them for another 10 mins before baking.
Line the cookies on the baking tray now and bake them for 10-12 mins or till they are lightly browned.
Rest them on a wire rack and allow them to cool at room temperature completely.

For making the royal icing :

1. Whisk egg white and lemon juice in a bowl for 1 min.
2. Sift sugar and add into the egg mixture and whisk for another 2-3 mins.
Divide into small portions and add different colors to them to make colorful icings.
If you find the icing too thick you can add water drop by drop and whisk it well.
Fill the colored icings into different piping bags and pipe them on the cookies making designs as per your imagination and creativity.
The icing dries up quick so keep the rest of the icing covered.

Recipe Notes

Try these beautiful sugar coated diya cookies this Diwali and gift your friends and family your own personalized hamper.

Love : Shaheen