Communion cookies are decorated butter cookies made as favors or for the dessert table at a First Communion. We made these for Marco’s communion: a simple, firm dough that doesn’t spread in the oven and is perfect for decorating with icing or fondant crosses, doves, chalices or the child’s name.
Recipe · Cookies
Marco’s First Communion cookies
- 6 ingredients
- 8 steps
Ingredients
- 200 g wheat flour
- 100 g unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 100 g sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 pinch salt
Step-by-step preparation
- Preheat the oven to 180 °C and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, beat the butter and sugar with an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
- Add the egg and vanilla extract and keep beating until well combined.
- Sift the flour and pinch of salt over the butter mixture and mix until a smooth dough forms.
- Shape the dough into a ball and wrap it in plastic wrap. Chill in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.
- Take the dough out of the fridge, roll it out and cut out cookies with a cookie cutter. You can use a cross, dove, host or any other design suited to a communion.
- Place the cookies on the prepared baking sheet and bake for 12–15 minutes, until golden at the edges.
- Let the cookies cool on the sheet for a few minutes before moving them to a rack to cool completely.
You can personalize these cookies for the communion with white icing, sugar decorations or any other trimmings you like. Enjoy your freshly baked communion cookies!