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Dessert
Hot cross cookies
Difficulty:
Medium
Prep time:
45 mins
Cooking time:
14 mins
Servings:
30 cookies
Ingredients
Cookies
- 125g Margarin, softened
- 1 cup (175g) Brown sugar
- 2 Eggs
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
- 2 tsp Finely grated lemon rind
- 2 1/2 cups Self-raising flour, sifted
- 2 tsp Cinnamon
- 1 tsp Mixed spice
- 1/3 cup a2 Milk® Full Cream
- 1/2 cup Sultanas
Icing
- 1 cup Icing sugar, sifted
- 1 tbsp Boiling water
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Directions
- Preheat oven to 180°C. Place the margarine and sugar in an electric mixer and beat for 8–10 minutes or until pale and creamy. Gradually add the eggs and vanilla, beating well after each addition.
- Add lemon rind, flour, cinnamon, mixed spice, a2 Milk® Full Cream and sultanas and beat until a smooth dough forms. Refrigerate for 30 minutes or until firm.
- Roll tablespoons of the dough into balls and place on lightly greased baking trays. Bake for 12–14 minutes or until light golden. Allow to cool on trays.
- To make the icing, place the icing sugar and water in a bowl and mix until a paste forms. Place the mixture in a piping bag fitted with a 3mm plain nozzle and draw a cross on each cookie. Allow to dry on a wire rack.
