Ube Christmas Cookies
Stars, Christmas trees and hearts cut from a purple dough, iced and decorated: ube Christmas cookies are the festive baking activity of the season.
To gift, to hang, to bite into.
The festive baking tradition
Making Christmas cookies is a joyful ritual, to share as a family.
A shortbread dough with ube, cut into festive shapes with cookie cutters, then iced and decorated: purple brings an original touch to this tradition. You hang them on the tree, you gift them in pretty boxes, you enjoy them with a hot chocolate.
Make a small hole before baking so you can hang the cookies on the tree with a ribbon.
Ube Christmas Cookies, step by step.
The seasonal recipe with ube, step by step.
Ingredients
- 200 g flour
- 120 g soft butter
- 70 g icing sugar
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 tbsp Kinampay ube powder (approx. 10 g)
- Icing: icing sugar, a little water, ube powder
Equipment
- Christmas cookie cutters
- A rolling pin
- A baking tray
Preparation
- Cream the butter and icing sugar, add the yolk, then the flour and ube powder. Chill for 30 minutes.
- Roll out the dough and cut Christmas shapes with cookie cutters. Make a hole if you want to hang them.
- Bake 12 minutes at 170 °C, keeping the cookies pale. Leave to cool.
- Prepare an icing sugar glaze, tinted with ube, and decorate the cookies. Leave to dry.
The whole Seasonal & festive family
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Quick ube ice cream
The instant ice cream, ready in 5 minutes.
See the recipe →The chef’s touch
Cold dough and a controlled oven.
Chill the dough before rolling it out for clean cuts that keep their shape. Take the cookies out while still pale, they should stay tender. Wait until they are completely cold before icing them, otherwise the glaze runs.
Decorate with several colours of icing: it’s a perfect activity to share with the children.
Mistakes to avoid
Three pitfalls for beautiful festive cookies.
Explore the world of ube
Seasonal recipes are just one facet: explore the whole purple world.
Drinks
Lattes, smoothies, ube frappés.
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Bowls, porridges, overnight oats.
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Explore →Fancy these festive cookies?
All you need is Kinampay ube powder.
Your questions about this recipe.
How do you make ube Christmas cookies?
Prepare an ube shortbread dough, cut Christmas shapes, bake 12 minutes at 170 °C, then ice and decorate once cold.
Do ube Christmas cookies contain caffeine?
No, ube is naturally caffeine-free.
How long do they keep?
Up to two weeks in an airtight box, which makes them an ideal gift.
Can they be hung on the tree?
Yes: make a small hole before baking and thread a ribbon once cooled.
How do you get a nice glaze?
Mix icing sugar, a little water and ube powder for colour, until a coating consistency.