Christmas Pudding Cookies

A closeup of the cookies showing the pretty fondant green holly and white frosting

Christmas pudding cookies are chocolate sugar cookies decorated to look like a traditional Christmas pudding which is a date pudding popular in the UK

Course Dessert

Cuisine British

Prep Time 1

Cook Time 12

Total Time 1 12

Servings

Calories 114

Author Janette

Ingredients

¼ cup (113 grams) unsalted butter cold cut into small cubes
½ cup (100 grams) granulated sugar
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 large egg room temperature
¼ teaspoon salt
½ cup (75 grams) unsweetened cocoa powder
1 ½ cups (194 grams) all-purpose/plain flour
¼ cup (30 grams) corn starch
10 ounces (156 grams) white cookie icing
12 ounces (283 grams) green fondant

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375°F/190°C.
To a mixing bowl with hand blender or stand mixer add the butter, sugar, oil and vanilla. Cream until the sugar is dissolved and smooth then add the egg and mix in well. Don't over mix.
Use a spatula to fold in the salt, cocoa powder, flour and corn starch. Mix until there is no flour visible.
Lay out a large piece of plastic wrap and turn out the dough into the center.
Cut the dough in half and wrap half in plastic wrap and refrigerate. With the other ½ of the dough add to a sheet of parchment paper and put another sheet of parchment on top. (rolling in parchment stops the rolling pin from sticking to the dough).
Use a rolling pin to roll out the dough to 1/4 inch thick. Using a 2 inch cookie cutter, cut out rounds and put them onto a parchment covered baking sheet, ½-inch apart.
Remove the other half of the cookie dough from the fridge and repeat, rolling it out and cutting the cookies.
Place them all on a parchment lined baking sheet and bake for 10-12 minutes. Remove and allow to cool completely on a cooling rack.
Once cooled, use the white cookie icing to draw the frosting so it looks like it's dripping down the cookie.
Roll out the green fondant and cut out the holly. Once the icing is dry, place the holly at the top and in the middle of the icing.

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