Get the recipe: Black Forest Christmas Cookies For these cookies, you’re going to need flour, baking powder, salt, one stick of unsalted butter, light brown sugar, granulated sugar, large eggs ...

Beat together the butter and sugar in a large bowl ... warmed apricot jam and stick the icing onto the cookies. Decorate with the white and black writing icing.

Add lemon juice to taste, plus sugar, a pinch of salt, and one grind of black pepper. Refrigerate. Shortbread: Place the butter and confectioner’s sugar in a standing mixer and beat until creamy.