Why is good to have cookie stamps? I have two good reasons…
First of all you can create adorable cookies with personalized messages for you family and friends. But with a cookie stamp you can even make Christamas decorations too if you use a special homemade clay making from baking soda and cornstarch.
I bought my first cookie stamp collection when Husband told me not to buy any more store cookies for our children because they’re unhealthy and full of artificial ingredients. I agreed with him and I started to bake homemade cookies for my kids. But I found them too simple and flat, and that was the moment when I realized I couldn’t live without cookie stamps.
But cookie stamps can be used not only in the kitchen, but they’re very useful if you make do-it-yourself Christmas decorations.
Cinnamon butter cookies
- ½ cup+1 tablespoon butter
- 2,7 cup all purpose flour
- 1 egg
- 1,4 cup icing sugar
- pinch salt
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 tablespoon milk
- In a mixer bowl, cream together sugar and butter.
- Add to the mixture the other ingredients and blend well.
- Wrap in plastic.
- Refrigerate until firm, at least 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 356F/180C.
- On a slightly floured surface, roll out dough to an 1/10-inch thickness.
- Cut out circles with cookie cutters and decorate them with the stamps.
- Transfer cut-out circles to a parchment-lined baking sheet.
- Bake until edges are golden, 18-20 minutes.
- Cool cookies 1 minute on sheets, and transfer to wire racks to cool completely.
- Seal them in an airtight container.
Homemade clay for ornaments
It looks like salt dough but it’s much more better.
Ingredients
- 1 cup cornstarch
- 2 cup baking soda
- 1,25 cup water
Instruction
- combine the cornstarch, baking soda, and water in a medium sized pot
- stir over medium heat
- after a few minutes, the mixture will begin to thicken
- when it looks like smooth, mashed potatoes, remove the pot from the heat
- spoon the dough into a bowl and cover it with a damp cloth until it’s cool
- knead it on a smooth surface until smooth
- preheat oven to 175F/80C
- line a baking sheet with parchment paper
- roll out clay to 1/4 inch thick on a surface lightly dusted with cornstarch
- use your cookie stamps as you would create just cookies
- if you want to hang your ornaments later, use a straw to make a hole at the top of them
- place them in the oven for about an hour (turn them over halfway through cooking)
Tip
- if you want to make colored dough, add food coloring to the water before you mix it in
Have fun!
These are so adorable and fun. Thanks for the recipe and ideas.
Hello,
Thanks for stopping by. My kids really enjoyed it.
Have a nice day.