Home
Recipes
Caption cookies

Cookies with icing

Caption cookies

Name: Caption cookies
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 22 min
Yield: Makes about 24
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 175g soft butter plus extra for greasing; 100g golden caster sugar; 1 large egg yolk; ½ tsp vanilla extract; zest 1 lemon; 250g plain flour plus extra for rolling; ½ tsp salt; cake pop sticks; 200g icing sugar sifted; 1 large egg white; food colouring of your choice, we used orange and pink

Jane Hornby

Save recipe

Makes about 24

More effort

Prep: 10 mins

Cook: 12 mins

plus chilling and decorating, cooking time is per batch

A star rating of 4.8 out of 5.4 ratingsRate

loading...

Ideal for celebrations, birthdays or any occasion, these hand-held iced and decorated cookies are a sweet way to get your message across

Freezable (uncooked dough only)

Skip to ingredients

Alternatives

Complete the dish

Showing items 1 to 3 of 3

Chocolate birthday cake

A star rating of 4.4 out of 5.106 ratings

Halloween cake pops

A star rating of 3.7 out of 5.39 ratings

Funny face cookies

A star rating of 5 out of 5.1 rating

Ingredients

Nutrition

Units:

MetricUS

For the cookies

175g soft butter

plus extra for greasing
100g golden caster sugar
1 large egg yolk
½ tsp vanilla extract
zest 1 lemon
250g plain flour

plus extra for rolling
½ tsp salt

To decorate

cake pop sticks
200g icing sugar

sifted
1 large egg white
food colouring

of your choice, we used orange and pink

Keep the screen awake with cook mode on the Good Food app.

Nutrition: per cookie

kcal214
fat8g
saturates5g
carbs34g
sugars25g
fibre1g
protein2g
salt0.3g

Method

step 1

Beat together the butter and sugar until pale and creamy, then beat in the yolk, vanilla and zest. Sift the flour and salt into the bowl, then stir in to make a soft dough. Split into two flat discs, then wrap in cling film and chill for 30 mins, or until firm but not rock hard. Meanwhile, heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Line two baking sheets with baking parchment.
step 2

Flour the work surface, then roll the dough to the thickness of 2 x £2 coins. Stamp circles with an 8cm cutter and re-roll the trimmings. If you like, pinch a speech bubble point into the bottom of each round. Chill for 10 mins, or until firm, then poke cake pop sticks carefully into the dough. (I find putting one hand on top of the dough as I insert the stick with the other prevents the stick from popping through the surface of the dough.)
step 3

Bake for 12 mins, until pale golden. Leave on the tray for 5 mins before lifting to a wire rack (use a palette knife rather than the sticks) and cooling completely. Make the icing by beating sugar and egg white until thick and smooth. Remove half to another bowl, colour it, then spoon into a disposable piping bag and snip off the tip (or use a number 2 nozzle). Pipe a speech bubble border around each cookie and leave to set for a few mins.
step 4

Now loosen the white icing with a few drops of water until runny. Spoon a little onto each cookie and let it flood to the outline, nudging it up to the edge if needed using a cocktail stick or tip of a teaspoon. Dry for 10 mins, then pipe captions on top. Leave to dry. Keep the cookies in an airtight tin for up to 3 days.

RECIPE TIPS

PIPING LETTERING

I find it easiest to pipe lettering in a graphic style, focusing on straight lines rather than rounded, normal handwriting.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, October 2014

Comments, questions and tips

Rate this recipe

What is your star rating out of 5?1 star out of 52 stars out of 53 stars out of 54 stars out of 55 stars out of 5

Choose the type of message you'd like to post

CommentQuestionTip

Overall rating

A star rating of 4.8 out of 5.4 ratings

Get 3 months of Good Food All Access

Get 3 months of Good Food All Access for just £6. Find triple-tested recipes that take the stress out of deciding what to cook, spend less time planning, and more time enjoying the season.

Subscribe now