Iced Christmas-Cookie Letters

• Baking & Spices

  • 1 All-purpose flour
  • 1 batch Gingerbread cookie dough
  • 1 Sanding sugar, White
  • 8 oz White chocolate

• Other

  • 2 –3" letters printed on paper in your favorite bold font (or alphabet cookie cutters; toothpicks; an x-acto knife or small paring knife

Found on epicurious.com

Description

Ingredients

• All-purpose flour (for surface)
• 1 batch gingerbread cookie dough, chilled
• 8 ounces white chocolate, melted
• White sanding sugar (for sprinkling)
• 2–3" letters printed on paper in your favorite bold font (or alphabet cookie cutters); toothpicks; an X-acto knife or small paring knife

Directions

• Preparation Position racks in upper and lower thirds of oven; preheat to 350°F. Line 2 rimmed baking sheets with parchment paper. Cut out printed letters with scissors to use as stencils. Generously flour a rolling pin and work surface. Working with 1 disc at a time, roll dough to 1/4" thick. Place stencils over dough. Using X-acto knife, cut out letters (or use alphabet cookie cutters). If dough becomes too soft, chill until firm. Place cookies 1/2" apart on prepared baking sheets. Chill 15 minutes. Bake cookies until edges are light golden brown, 10–12 minutes. Transfer to wire racks and let cool. Meanwhile, heat chocolate in a medium heatproof bowl set over a medium saucepan of barely simmering water (do not let water touch bowl), stirring, until chocolate is melted (you can also microwave chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl in short bursts until melted, stirring in between bursts). Dip tops of each letter in chocolate. Using a toothpick, drag down thin lines of chocolate to form icicle shapes. Sprinkle with sanding sugar and transfer to parchment-lined rimmed baking sheets. Let stand until chocolate is dry, about 1 hour.