Holiday Sugar Cookies

Name: Holiday Sugar Cookies
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 60
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 710 milliliters all purpose flour; 237 milliliters granulated sugar; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 1 teaspoons salt; 237 milliliters butter, softened to room temp; 1 egg, slightly beaten; 3 Tbsps whipping cream; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (can substitute almond extract); 79 milliliters Crisco (transfat-free) or a 1/3 cup of softened butter; 454 grams confectioners sugar; 59 milliliters About of milk; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 1 serving Jimmies; 1 serving Sprinkles; 1 serving Sugar Pearls; 1 serving Decorating Pens

Holiday Sugar Cookies takes about about 45 minutes from beginning to end. One portion of this dish contains approximately 1g of protein, 5g of fat, and a total of 108 calories. This recipe serves 60. Plenty of people really liked this dessert. It is perfect for Christmas. This recipe from Simply Recipes requires all purpose flour, vanillan extract, jimmies, and milk.

Instructions

Make the cookie dough: In a large bowl, vigorously whisk together the dry ingredients—flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.

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Baking Powder

Cookie Dough

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Salt

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Whisk

Bowl

Use a mixer to mix in the softened butter, egg, whipping cream, and vanilla extract. Beat until well mixed.

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Vanilla Extract

Whipping Cream

Butter

Egg

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Blender

Chill the dough for several hours.

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Dough

Roll out the dough: Break off a piece of dough the size of an orange and pat it flat in your hand.

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Orange

Dough

Roll

Sprinkle lightly with a flour/sugar mixture (use a 2/1 ratio of flour to sugar: 4 Tbsp flour mixed with 2 Tbsp sugar).

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All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Using a rolling pin, roll dough on a floured board or between wax paper. Flour both sides of the dough while rolling so the dough will lift easily from the board when cut.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

Roll

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Roll out to about a 1/4-inch thickness.

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Roll

Cut out the cookie shapes: Use cookie cutters to cut out the cookie shapes.If the rolled out dough gets too soft, chill it in the refrigerator for 5 to 10 minutes before continuing.

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Dough

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Place the cookie shapes on silpat-lined or an un-greased cookie sheet.

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Baking Sheet

Bake 5-8 minutes at 400°F.

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Oven

Remove the cookies from the oven as soon as you see them turning color at the base of the cookie.

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Base

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Let cool completely.

Make the icing: Use a mixer to beat the icing ingredients—Crisco or butter, confectioners sugar, milk, vanilla extract—until smooth.

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Powdered Sugar

Vanilla Extract

Butter

Crisco

Icing

Milk

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Blender

If your icing is too thick to spread evenly, add tiny amounts of milk and thoroughly remix until the icing is the consistency you prefer.

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Spread

Icing

Milk

Separate into different bowls, add food coloring to achieve various colors.

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Food Color

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Spread the icing onto the cookies with a butter knife or a pastry brush, use cake decorating piping equipment to add decorative accents.

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Butter

Spread

Icing

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Pastry Brush

If you want the sprinkle type decorating candies to stick, brush the cookie with clear Karo syrup and then sprinkle.

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Syrup

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Servings:

710milliliters

all purpose flour 237milliliters

granulated sugar 2teaspoons

baking powder 1teaspoons

salt 237milliliters

butter, softened to room temp 1

egg, slightly beaten 3Tbsps

whipping cream 1teaspoon

vanilla extract (can substitute almond extract)79milliliters

Crisco (transfat-free) or a 1/3 cup of softened butter 454grams

confectioners sugar 59milliliters

About of milk 1teaspoon

vanilla 1serving

Jimmies 1serving

Sprinkles 1serving

Sugar Pearls 1serving

Decorating Pens

Recommended wine: Cream Sherry, Madeira, Moscato Dasti, Port, Prosecco

Cream Sherry, Madeira, and Moscato d'Asti are great choices for Sugar Cookies. A common wine pairing rule is to make sure your wine is sweeter than your food. Delicate desserts go well with Moscato d'Asti, nutty desserts with cream sherry, and caramel or chocolate desserts pair well with port. The NV Solera Cream Sherry with a 4.5 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 17 dollars per bottle.