Holiday Cutouts

Name: Holiday Cutouts
Prep time: 4 h 10 min
Cook time: 4 h 10 min
Total time: 4 h 10 min
Yield: 60
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons almond extract; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 237 milliliters butter or margarine, softened; 1 teaspoon cream of tartar; 1 egg; 591 milliliters Gold Medal® all-purpose flour; 2 Tbsps milk or half-and-half; 473 milliliters powdered sugar; 1 teaspoons vanilla

Holiday Cutouts might be a good recipe to expand your hor d'oeuvre recipe box. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 63 calories, 1g of protein, and 3g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 60. This recipe covers 1% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. 1 person found this recipe to be delicious and satisfying. Head to the store and pick up almond extract, egg, milk, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 4 hours and 10 minutes.

Instructions

In large bowl, mix 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar, the butter, 1 teaspoon vanilla, almond extract and egg until well blended. Stir in flour, baking soda and cream of tartar. Cover and refrigerate at least 3 hours.

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Butter

All Purpose Flour

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Heat oven to 375°F. Divide dough in half. On lightly floured, cloth covered surface, roll each half of dough 3/16 inch thick.

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Dough

Roll

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Cut into assorted shapes with cookie cutters, or cut around patterns traced from storybook illustrations. If cookies are to be hung as decorations, make a hole in each 1/4 inch from top with end of plastic straw.

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Drinking Straws

Place on ungreased cookie sheet.

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Bake 7 to 8 minutes or until light brown.

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Remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.

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In medium bowl, beat all frosting ingredients until smooth and spreadable. Tint with food color if desired. Frost and decorate cookies as desired with frosting and colored sugars.

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