Russian Snowflakes

It is usually around the holidays that I feel the need to bake spice cookies. The aroma of cinnamon and nutmeg never fail to put me in the christmas mood and it signifies the start of winter for me. This year, instead of baking traditional ginger bread men I decided to try a recipe for Russian Bread which I stumbled upon sometime back. What drew me to this cookie was that it was super easy to make and it only called for a few ingredients. Unlike the other christmas cookies which contain 101 spices and other ingredients, this only required 6. If that hasn’t sold you on it yet, then let me just say that its a delicious crunchy cinnamon chocolate delight!

Recipe is adapted from deliciousdays

3 egg whites
Pinch of salt
½ cup sugar
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoon cocoa powder
½ teaspoon cinnamon
1 cup flour
 
Whip egg whites with pinch of salt until very stiff.
Fold in the sugar, vanilla extract, cinnamon and cocoa powder until combined.
Mix in the flour. Preheat oven to 340 deg F. Cover the baking tray with parchment or use a silicon mat.
Fill a piping bag with a Wilton No 21 piping tip and pipe your designs on to the tray. The traditional way is to make alphabets but seeing that it’s Christmas, I decided to make snowflakes.
Bake in the middle of the oven for 20 minutes. Make sure that you don’t under bake as the cookies will come out soft and sticky.
Cool the cookies and store in an airtight container.