Christmas cookies: the recipe for bull’s eyes
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Ragusa – The ox eyes are typical shortcrust pastry cookies for Christmas and for all Christmas holidays. They are easy to make cookies. Here is a simple recipe to make at home with a few simple steps. Christmas cookies: the recipe for bull’s eyes
Shortcrust pastry Christmas cookies: the ingredients
Ingredients to prepare 120 biscuits
- 1 kg of flour 00
- 600 gr of butter
- 500 grams of granulated sugar
- 1 pinch of salt
- 4 medium eggs equivalent to 150 grams of total weight
- aroma: lemon peel, almond flavor, as desired
Shortcrust pastry biscuits: how they are prepared at home
First, mix the butter and sugar until you get a homogeneous mixture. Add the eggs (exactly the indicated weight) and knead the dough until you get a homogeneous paste. Then add the flour and work until it is completely incorporated, for the shortest time possible. Then wrap in plastic wrap and let it rest in the refrigerator for 2 hours, then roll out the dough with a rolling pin. Now cut the cookies into the shapes you prefer with the cookie cutters. You can make double cookies, then prepare a shape that acts as a base and which is then stuffed and a top with a hole that acts as a hat. Finally bake in a pre-heated oven at 180 ° for 10 minutes and let it cool.
As a last step you can have fun with the decorations and you can stuff them with jam, nutella, chocolate and then sprinkle them with icing sugar. Here are the other Christmas cookie recipes and more published in the Cucina section of the Ragusa newspaper.
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