Christmas Cookies

Ingredients

250 g flour
100 g softened butter
125 g sugar
50 g ground almonds
1 egg
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 egg yolk (mixed with a little water)
For icing
1 cup icing sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla or other extract
2 to 2 1/2 tablespoons milk or water

Spices/flavour:
Cinnamon, Ginger, Nutmeg, Cloves, Lemon zest (also try orange or tangerine)

Directions

Combine flour, baking powder, sugar and ground almonds in a large bowl. Add butter and eggs; then work the dough, first with a fork and then with your hands. Add your choice of spices/flavour: cinnamon / orange, lemon …
Divide the dough in 3, and make 3 different flavour varieties!
Preheat the oven to 200 °C
Roll out the dough with a rolling pin and cut out shapes with a cookie cutter (trees, moons, stars, etc.).
Arrange them on a baking tray lined with baking paper.
Spread a little egg yolk with cinnamon on the cookies, so that they get a nice golden brown colour.
Bake for 7 to 10 minutes.
Allow cookies to cool down before icing.
Mix icing ingredients. Decorate your cookies using a piping bag or a squeeze bottle.
Let icing set for up to 12hrs before serving.