HOW TO... bake healthy christmas cookies

Heeeey,

Welcome to my first festive themed post - HOW TO... bake healthy christmas cookies. I am going to be sharing lots of different, creative ideas with you all, in the run up to christmas. So if there is anything you would like to see on here, let me know in the comments.

So today's post is literally a beginners guide to making cookies. I am no master chef, so if I can make them, you definitely can too. They can be shaped and decorated however you fancy. I think they work great as a little nibble on the big day or wrapped up in a pretty box as a gift.

So lets get started:

You will need

Fry Light
200g ready-rolled shortcrust pastry
1tsp ground cinnamon
7 level tsp icing sugar
a few drop of food colouring





Serves: 20
Approx 50 cals each



How to

1) Pre- heat oven. I used 180°C which i think is equivalent to gas mark 4. Line 2 baking trays with parchment and spray with the fry light.

2) Roll out the pastry - it needs to be roughly the thickness of a pound coin. Cut out the pastry into shapes using a cutter (preferably christmas themed).

3) Transfer the cut out shapes onto the baking trays. Sieve over a teaspoon of icing sugar and cinnamon (optional). Bake in the oven for 10-12 minutes, or until slightly risen and looking golden and delicious. 

4) Leave the cookies to cool. Once they are, mix the remaining icing sugar with a few drops of food colouring and a couple of drop of water, and drizzle this over the top.

At around 50 calories a biscuit, these healthy festive treats are too good to resist.

Yummy.

Gemma xx