Iced Christmas-Cookie Letters
Festive gingerbread cookies cut into letter shapes and decorated with white chocolate icing to resemble icicles, perfect for holiday celebrations and personalized edible gifts.
Ingredients
- •1 cup All-purpose flour
- •1 batch gingerbread cookie dough
- •8 ounces white chocolate
- •2 tablespoons White sanding sugar
- •1 set letter templates and tools
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Position racks in upper and lower thirds of oven; preheat to 350°F. Line 2 rimmed baking sheets with parchment paper. Cut out printed letters with scissors to use as stencils.
10 min
- 2.
Generously flour a rolling pin and work surface. Working with 1 disc at a time, roll dough to 1/4" thick. Place stencils over dough. Using X-acto knife, cut out letters (or use alphabet cookie cutters). If dough becomes too soft, chill until firm. Place cookies 1/2" apart on prepared baking sheets. Chill 15 minutes.
30 min
- 3.
Bake cookies until edges are light golden brown, 10-12 minutes. Transfer to wire racks and let cool.
12 min
- 4.
Meanwhile, heat chocolate in a medium heatproof bowl set over a medium saucepan of barely simmering water (do not let water touch bowl), stirring, until chocolate is melted (you can also microwave chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl in short bursts until melted, stirring in between bursts). Dip tops of each letter in chocolate. Using a toothpick, drag down thin lines of chocolate to form icicle shapes. Sprinkle with sanding sugar and transfer to parchment-lined rimmed baking sheets. Let stand until chocolate is dry, about 1 hour.
60 min
