Dec 16, 2010

Christmas Sugar Cookies

Ingredients:

½ cup butter
¾ cup sugar
1 egg
½ teaspoon vanilla
1 tablespoon milk (or cream)
1 ½ cups flour
¼ teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
  1. Cream butter until light and fluffy. Beat in sugar
  2. Add egg and vanilla and beat well
  3. Sift flour, soda and baking powder, add to batter and mix well
  4. Divide dough into 3 or 4 (softball sized) balls and refrigerate 1 hour or more
  5. Roll dough out about ¼ inch thick and cut using cooking cutters
  6. Place on greased cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes
  7. Decorate with icing after cooled
Cookie Icing:
1 ½ cups icing sugar
4 tablespoons milk
add food coloring if desired

Non Rolled Sugar Cookies: use ¼ cup less flour and arrange by teaspoonful on cookie sheet

Chocolate Sugar Cookies: before adding flour to Sugar cookie batter, add 1/3 cup dry cocoa or 2 ounces of unsweetened melted chocolate

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