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Iced Sugar Cookies

Iced Sugar Cookies
If you want to add more vegetarian recipes to your recipe box, Iced Sugar Cookies might be a recipe you should try. This recipe covers 1% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains approximately 1g of protein, 4g of fat, and a total of 88 calories. This recipe serves 40. It works best as a dessert, and is done in roughly 3 hours and 12 minutes. Christmas will be even more special with this recipe. This recipe from My Recipes requires baking powder, granulated sugar, flour, and vanillan extract.

Instructions

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Preheat oven to 35
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To prepare cookies, weigh or lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups, and level with a knife.
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Combine flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and baking powder, stirring with a whisk.
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Place butter and granulated sugar in a large bowl, and beat with a mixer at high speed until light and fluffy.
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Add egg, and beat until well blended. Beat in vanilla extract. Reduce mixer speed to low.
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Add the flour mixture to butter mixture; beat just until combined.
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Shape dough into a 4-inch round, and cover with plastic wrap. Chill for 1 hour.
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Roll dough to 1/4-inch thickness on a lightly floured surface.
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Cut out 40 (2 x 3-inch) cookies, rerolling scraps as necessary.
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Place cookies 1 inch apart on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
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Bake at 350 for 9 minutes or until lightly browned on bottoms. Cool on a wire rack.
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To prepare icing, combine powdered sugar, egg white powder, and 1/8 teaspoon salt, stirring well. Gradually add 2 tablespoons water, stirring constantly with a whisk until smooth. Decorate cookies as desired.
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Sprinkle with sugar, if desired.
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Let the cookies stand on a cooling rack until icing is completely dry (about 1 hour).
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VARIATION 1: Gingerbread Cookies
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Prepare Iced Sugar Cookies, increasing flour to 25 ounces (about 2 1/2 cups). Stir 1 tablespoon ground ginger, 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves, and 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice into flour mixture.
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Add 1/4 cup molasses to dough when vanilla is added. Halve icing recipe; decorate as desired. SERVES 40 (serving size: 1 cookie) CALORIES 91; FAT 7g (sat 2g); SODIUM 63mg
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Finishing flourishes don't require special equipment. First, flood cookies by spreading thin frosting with a small offset spatula to coat, if desired. Pipe thicker frosting from a zip-top bag to outline. Use a toothpick to make small dots of icing that act as glue for decorative details like sugar pearls.
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VARIATION 2: Pecan Cookies
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Prepare Iced Sugar Cookies, decreasing the butter to 10 tablespoons. Stir 3/4 cup chopped, toasted pecans into dough. Omit icing. Dust cooled cookies with 1/3 cup powdered sugar. SERVES 40 (serving size: 1 cookie) CALORIES 82; FAT 5g (sat 2g); SODIUM 54mg
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Dust cookies with a bit of powdered sugar for a finishing touch that's not too sweet.
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Place sugar in a fine sieve, and shake it over cooled cookies.
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DifficultyExpert
Ready In3 hrs, 12 m.
Servings40
Health Score0
Vegetarian
DietsLacto Ovo Vegetarian
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