Decorated Holiday Sugar Cookies

Name: Decorated Holiday Sugar Cookies
Prep time: 4 h
Cook time: 4 h
Total time: 4 h
Yield: 36
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 354 grams 1/2 cups all purpose flour, plus more for rolling; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 828 milliliters confectioners sugar; 1 egg; 85 grams pasteurized egg whites; 36 servings Food coloring; 59 milliliters milk; 1 teaspoons salt; 36 servings Sprinkles; 198 grams cup sugar; 8 Tbsps (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

You can never have too many dessert recipes, so give Decorated Holiday Sugar Cookies a try. This recipe serves 36. One portion of this dish contains around 2g of protein, 3g of fat, and a total of 172 calories. A mixture of pasteurized egg whites, butter, vanillan extract, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty. It will be a hit at your Christmas event. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 4 hours.

Instructions

Make cookies: In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt; set aside. In a large bowl, beat together butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beat in egg, milk, and vanilla.

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Baking Powder

Vanilla

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Milk

Salt

Egg

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Whisk

Bowl

Add flour mixture and beat until just combined. Divide dough in two, wrap in plastic wrap, and let rest in refrigerator for at least one hour and up to overnight.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Adjust oven rack to middle and upper middle positions and preheat oven to 350°F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.

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Oven

Unwrap one ball of dough. Dough will still be a little sticky, so make sure to coat a clean work surface with flour.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

Roll out dough with rolling pin, frequently flipping the dough over and reflouring the work surface.

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Dough

Roll

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Roll out dough into a circle roughly 10-inches in diameter and 1/8th-inch thick.

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Roll

Cut out shapes, then use a pastry spatula to transfer cookies to prepared baking sheets.

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Bake cookies until golden at the edges, about 12 minutes, depending on size of cutters (see note above).

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Oven

Let cookies cool for 5 minutes then transfer to a wire rack to finish cooling. Repeat with remaining dough.

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Dough

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Wire Rack

When cookies have cooled completely, make icing: In a large bowl, whisk together egg whites and confectioners sugar until smooth. Divide icing between as many bowls as you have types of food coloring.

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Powdered Sugar