Manga & Chibi / Cookies & cupcakes
Shortbread Superheroes in Capes
Ginger men are cut with a triangular cape integrated into the biscuit; two very simple expressions in icing make these Christmas heroes live.
About twenty 9 cm flat silhouettes, body and cape in one piece / Cold-colded shortbread dough, cutting and icing with water
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Ginger men are cut with a triangular cape integrated into the biscuit; two very simple expressions in icing make these Christmas heroes live. The corresponding shaping and assembly are detailed in the steps.
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Preparation
- Cream butter and brown sugar. Add honey and egg, then flour, spices, bicarbonate and salt. Form a disc without kneading for a long time; refrigerate 1 hour.
- Preheat to 175°C. Spread the dough between two papers by 5 mm. Prepare a 9 cm hero template: small round head, stocky body and wide triangular cape, all connected without thin arms or parts. Cut about twenty cookies by re-spreading once the offcuts. Spacing on two plates.
- Cook one baking tray at a time for 10 to 12 minutes. The contours should color slightly. Wait 5 minutes on the plate, then cool on a rack.
- Add the water to the icing sugar in small amounts to obtain a icing that keeps its line. Keep the three-quarters white and mix the cocoa with the remaining quarter, with a few drops of water if necessary. On each cold cookie, pipe a large white area at the top of the cape. With cocoa icing, draw two eyes, either two small closed bows or two dots, and a single short line on the cape. The shapes remain simple, without sculpted hair or erect accessories.
- Allow the icing to dry for 1 hour before storing.
Preserve and Serve
7 days in metal box, perfectly cold and dry cookies.
Baking tips for this recipe
- Work the dough just enough to combine the ingredients after adding flour; avoid prolonged kneading.
- Respect the temperature of the butter and the indicated rest. If a cutting paste becomes sticky, cool it before shaping.
- Keep a regular thickness between pieces of the same batch and monitors the edges at the end of cooking. Let cool before garnishing.
Substitutions and variations
You can choose a sweeter or more full-bodied honey, keeping the indicated amount. Replacing honey with dry sugar, on the other hand, requires a review of the recipe.
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