I followed the recipe exactly today and am a tad disappointed. The dough, as others have said, was very crumbly at rolling time, even after some kneading. Upon persevering, I managed to make 30 wreaths, 3 of which fell apart once cooked. When making the wreaths, definitely cut the inner shape out once the cookie is already on the baking tray or it will all break. I may find another cookie dough recipe and make this again, as the result looks very pretty, though I haven't iced mine just yet!

The cornstarch is correct and the dough turned out nicely for me, without the addition of milk. 4 dozen isn't going to happen though. Am decorating with chopped pistachios and chopped bits of dried cranberries. Overall, a simple and flavorful recipe that I will remake.

I found this cookie dough to be very hard to work. It was crumbly and there's no way I would ever get 4 dozen cookies. It took me hours to make and decorate. I won't make these again.

Thank you so much for the tip about the dash of milk! Same thing happened with my dough (too crumbly to even form in a disk). I added the milk and the dough is fine!

Also found this dough impossible to roll out as it was too flaky. I put it back in the mixer and added a dash of 2% milk which fixed it. I chopped the pistachio more than coarsely and it worked. Pretty colors and delicate flavor.

I agree with turkeymim. The dough is dry and difficult to work with. I couldn't get 4 dozen cookies out of this recipe, even rolling it out thinner than suggested. The lemon glaze recipe is off as well. Coursely chopped pistachios are too big for such a thin, delicate cookie. Cute idea, but did anyone test it? I may use a traditional cut-out cookie recipe to make similar looking cookies.

We had so much difficulty rolling tis dough out! It was soo dry and crumbly! Any suggestions? We did follow the directions to a tee.

Super easy and delicious. I made a few modifs : I swapped 25% of flour with almond powder, made the icing with lime and sprinkled not only pistachios but candied orange peels and dried blackcurrant. Beautiful and dellllicious :p Great recipe !!

These cookies are fantastic! Easy to make, beautiful, and delicious. Making the icing very runny, and scraping off the excess from the top dip keeps the icing from being overwhelming.

I find when I'm making cookies with a cutout center, I put the whole cookie on the baking sheet and cut out the center and remove from there. It makes it easier to maintain the overall shape if they are delicate. Also using kitchen tongs (my FAVORITE tool) works well for dipping the frosting. Dip with tongs in your dominate hand and flip onto rack with other one.