FOODMONSTAS BUTTER COOKIES

Name: Foodmonstas Butter Cookies
Total time: 45 min
Yield: Makes About 20–24
Ingredients: 200 g soft butter; 100 g sugar; 1 packet vanilla sugar; 1 pinch of salt; 1 medium egg; 300 g flour or spelt flour; 200 g powdered sugar, plus a little extra if needed; 1–2 tbsp water or lemon juice; Food coloring: green, purple, pink, optionally white; 2 FOODMONSTAS WAFER EYES per cookie, 15 mm or 22 mm, or a mix of both sizes; Black edible food pens; Colorful sprinkles

Simple butter cookies become little FOODMONSTA faces: colorful icing, sprinkles and FOODMONSTAS WAFER EYES give every cookie its own character. You can place the WAFER EYES directly into the wet icing, or gently press them on at the end with the back lightly moistened.

45 MIN ACTIVE + 60 MIN CHILLING

EASY

MAKES ABOUT 20–24

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INGREDIENTS

FOR THE DOUGH

200 g soft butter

100 g sugar

1 packet vanilla sugar

1 pinch of salt

1 medium egg

300 g flour or spelt flour

FOR THE DECORATION

200 g powdered sugar, plus a little extra if needed

1–2 tbsp water or lemon juice

Food coloring: green, purple, pink, optionally white

2 FOODMONSTAS WAFER EYES per cookie, 15 mm or 22 mm, or a mix of both sizes

Black edible food pens

Colorful sprinkles

PREPARATION

Mix the butter, sugar, vanilla sugar, salt, egg and flour with dough hooks first, then briefly knead by hand until you have a smooth shortcrust dough. Shape the dough into a ball, wrap it and chill for about 60 minutes.
Roll out the chilled dough in batches on a lightly floured surface until it is about 3–5 mm thick. Cut out cookies with a round cutter, about 6–7 cm wide, and knead the leftover dough together again.
Place the cookies on baking trays lined with parchment paper and bake at 175°C top/bottom heat or 150°C fan for about 10–12 minutes. Remove from the oven and let them cool completely.
Make the icing by mixing the powdered sugar with water or lemon juice until it is thick, smooth and easy to spread. If it is too runny, add more powdered sugar; if it is too firm, stir in a few drops of water. Divide the icing into small bowls and color it with food coloring.
Spread a thin layer of icing over the cooled cookies. Place the FOODMONSTAS WAFER EYES directly into the wet icing. Alternatively, add them at the end by lightly moistening the back of each WAFER EYE and pressing it on gently; keep the printed side dry. Add sprinkles as hair, dots or little antenna details. Let the icing dry completely.
Only draw on the cookies once the icing is completely dry. Use black edible food pens to add zigzag mouths, scars, angry eyebrows or little hair lines. Do not draw on wet icing, otherwise the lines may smudge.
Create your own FOODMONSTA characters: green icing for Frankie, purple icing with one single WAFER EYE for an alien, or white icing with pink dots for a zombie. Mix 15 mm and 22 mm WAFER EYES, eyebrows, mouths and sprinkles however you like.

FOODMONSTAS BUTTER COOKIES

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