I always make these butter cookies with my children. They are ideal for little children's hands and can then be decorated generously. This makes for a lovely afternoon on a cold day:
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Mound the powdered sugar and flour with the lemon zest on the work surface.
Put the egg in the middle and cut the butter into small pieces and distribute it around.
Knead with your hands into a firm dough, wrap in plastic wrap and chill for 1 hour.
Preheat the oven to 180 °C (top and bottom heat) and line the baking sheet with baking paper.
Roll the dough out thinly to 3-4 mm with a little flour.
Now you can cut out cookies in any shapes you like, for example Christmas trees, snowmen, stars or hearts.
Place them on the baking sheet and bake in the oven at 180 °C for 10 minutes.
These cookies can be decorated with anything.
Either make a white icing with the powdered sugar and lemon juice and spread it on the cookies.
If you prefer a pink icing, use the raspberry syrup instead of the lemon juice.
The cookies can also be brushed with egg yolk or egg white.
After the icing, the cookies can be sprinkled as desired with sugar pearls, nuts or colored coarse sugar.
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