For Martina’s communion we made these decorated butter cookies, a lovely favor for guests or for the dessert table. The dough is simple, cuts cleanly with cutters and holds its shape in the oven, so it’s ideal for decorating afterwards with royal icing or fondant.
Recipe · Fondant
Martina’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 Martina’s communion with white icing, sugar decorations or any other trimmings you like. Enjoy your freshly baked communion cookies!