Holiday Sugar Cookies

Name: Holiday Sugar Cookies
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 36
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 631 milliliters all purpose flour; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1 large egg; 5 Tbsps Just Whites (pasteurized powdered egg whites); 36 servings Assorted food colorings, preferably Wilton concentrated gel pastes in Golden Yellow, Violet, Moss Green, Red (No Taste) and Sky Blue; 237 milliliters (packed) golden brown sugar; 1 teaspoons ground nutmeg; 1 teaspoons salt; 237 milliliters unsalted butter, room temperature; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 12 Tbsps (or more) water

Holiday Sugar Cookies might be just the dessert you are searching for. One serving contains 105 calories, 1g of protein, and 5g of fat. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 36. It is perfect for Christmas. If you have vanillan extract, just whites, golden brown sugar, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet.

Instructions

Using electric mixer, beat butter and sugar in large bowl until fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Sift flour, baking powder, salt and nutmeg over; stir to blend well. Turn dough out onto lightly floured surface and knead gently 1 minute. Shape dough into 1/2-inch-thick rectangle.

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Baking Powder

Vanilla

Butter

Nutmeg

Dough

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Salt

Egg

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Cut into 4 equal pieces; wrap in plastic and refrigerate at least 3 hours and up to 1 day.

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Wrap

Let dough soften slightly at room temperature before rolling out.

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Dough

Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 350°F. Butter large baking sheet. Working with 1 dough piece at a time, roll out dough on lightly floured surface to 1/8-inch thickness, lifting and turning dough often and dusting surface very lightly with flour to prevent sticking. Using floured 3- to 4-inch cutters, cut out cookies. Pull away excess dough from around cookies.

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Cut Out Cookies

Butter

Dough

All Purpose Flour

Roll

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Baking Sheet

Oven

Transfer cookies to prepared baking sheet, spacing 1 inch apart (cookies will not spread). If using cookies as hanging ornaments, push 1 end of drinking straw through dough near top of each cookie; lift straw, then remove small dough round from straw. Gently reroll dough scraps; cut out more cookies.

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Spread

Dough

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Drinking Straws

Baking Sheet

Transfer to same sheet.

Bake cookies until light brown, about 11 minutes.

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Oven

Let cool 5 minutes on sheet.

Transfer cookies to rack; cool.

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Repeat with remaining dough pieces, baking 1 sheet of cookies at a time. Cool baking sheet completely and butter sheet lightly between batches.

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Butter

Dough

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Baking Sheet

Whisk 9 cups sugar and powdered egg whites in large bowl to blend.

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Dried Egg Whites

Sugar

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Whisk

Bowl

Whisk in 12 tablespoons water. If necessary, whisk in more water by teaspoonfuls or more sugar by tablespoonfuls until frosting is medium-thick and very smooth.

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Frosting

Sugar

Water

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Whisk

Place 1/2 cup frosting into each of 4 small bowls; mix colors using instructions in box on previous page. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover bowls and remaining frosting with plastic wrap to keep frosting from drying out. Store at room temperature.) Thin frosting in each bowl as needed by mixing in 1/4 teaspoon water at a time.

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Frosting

Water

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Bowl

Using pastry brush or small metal offset spatula, spread frosting on cookies; set cookies aside and let frosting dry, about 30 minutes.

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Frosting

Spread

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Offset Spatula

Pastry Brush

Cut off small tip from end of 1 disposable pastry bag (cut off slightly more if planning to insert metal tip). Fold down top 2 inches of bag, forming collar. Holding bag under collar and using small rubber spatula, fill bag with 1 color of frosting. Repeat with remaining pastry bags, filling each with 1 color of frosting. Pipe decorations onto frosted cookies in desired patterns and colors.

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Frosting

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Pastry Bag