I asked my new husband what's the one Christmas cookie he'd like this year. He said the cut outs with icing & sprinkles. Easy enough. I searched and searched for which recipe I'd like to use ~ this one seemed the easiest. I found it on Annie's Eats and the frosting on Amber's Delectable Delights. Pretty easy recipes and I liked the way they turned out.
Ella’s White Sugar Cookies
Ingredients:
1 cup butter
1 cup powdered sugar
1 egg, beaten
1 ½ t. almond extract
1 t. vanilla
1 t. salt
2 ½ c. sifted flour
Directions:
Cream butter. Add powdered sugar. Blend in egg, almond extract, vanilla, salt and flour. Chill dough until firm. Roll to ¼” thickness on well-floured surface. Cut with cookie cutters. Place on greased cookie sheets. Bake at 375° for 8-10 min. Cookies should not brown. Frost and decorate when cool. Yields ~40 cookies.
Milk Frosting
Ingredients:
1 cup powdered (confectioners') sugar
1/2 teaspoon lemon extract
1 to 1 1/2 tablespoons milk
Food coloring of your choice
Directions: In a small bowl, combine powdered sugar, lemon extract, and enough milk to make frosting easy to spread. Tint, if desired, with a few drops of food coloring.
I would try this recipe next time, as my co-worker makes them for us all of the time. They are really good! Thanks for Mary Jane McCarrick for the recipe!
SUGAR COOKIES
1/4 cup butter
1/2 cup shortning(butter crisco)
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
2/3 teaspoon vanilla
2-1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
Cream butter, shortning together, add sugar and eggs, mix well. Add vanilla, then flour, salt and baking powder. Mix well. Put inrefrigerater about 1 hour. Roll dough on floured surface and cut withcookie cutters about 1/4 inch thick. Bake @ 400 degrees for 10-12minutes until just slightly brown on bottom. Remove from tray and ice immediately to achieve hard coat effect, decorate with sprinkles etc.
ICING
6 oz. powdered sugar
1 tablespoon milk
3 tablespoon butter(softened)
1 teaspoon vanilla
Food coloring if desired
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