Lazy Mom’s Cut-Out Sugar Cookies

Name: Lazy Mom’s Cut-Out Sugar Cookies
Prep time: 22 min
Cook time: 22 min
Total time: 22 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 591 milliliters all purpose flour; 1 teaspoons almond extract (optional); 1 teaspoon baking soda; 2 Tbsps butter melted; 1 teaspoon cream of tartar; 1 egg; 3 Tbsps milk; 473 milliliters powdered sugar; 1 scant teaspoon salt (omit if using salted butter); 1 teaspoons vanilla; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Lazy Mom’s Cut-Out Sugar Cookies might be just the dessert you are searching for. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 100 calories, 2g of protein, and 1g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 24. It will be a hit at your Christmas event. Head to the store and pick up all purpose flour, vanilla, milk, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 22 minutes.

Instructions

In a microwave-safe mixing bowl, melt the butter on high power.

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Butter

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Mixing Bowl

Microwave

Let it sit for 5 minutes to cool, then add powdered sugar and stir until smooth. Stir in salt, egg and extracts. Next, add baking soda and cream of tartar. Stir well with a mixing spoon making sure there are no clumps of baking soda or cream of tartar. Scrape sides of bowl and stir a little more.

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Baking Soda

Powdered Sugar

Salt

Egg

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Bowl

Add the flour and stir until blended. Do not beat it. Dough will be more like batter, so don’t even think about rolling it. Can’t happen.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

Lay a large sheet of waxed paper over a cookie sheet and dump the dough onto it. Divide dough into 4 parts and set each part on a separate sheet of waxed paper. Press each section of dough down into a 1/3 inch thick mass and press a sheet of waxed paper on top of each. Put all 4 sections in refrigerator to chill for an hour. It will magically firm up!Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

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Dough

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Baking Sheet

Oven

Remove one section of the dough from refrigerator. No need to roll, because you’ve already pressed it. Now cut out some shapes, and hurry. The dough gets soft as it sits. Lift the shapes from the dough and place on a non-stick cookie sheet. Lift up scraps, press and cut. Repeat with another section of dough.

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Dough

Roll

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Baking Sheet

Bake the cut-outs for 10-15 minutes (varies with size of cutters) or until they appear nicely set and the edges are brown.

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Oven

Let cool on cookie sheet for a few minutes, then transfer to a rack to finish cooling.When the kids get home from school, give them the blank cookies, your choice of frosting and sprinkles to decorate.If you’re not feeling quite so lazy, make the frosting. This recipe is great for kids.

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Sprinkles

Frosting

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Baking Sheet

Mix the melted butter and sugar into an ugly paste.

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Butter

Sugar

Add milk one tablespoon at a time and stir until smooth. When it’s the consistency you want, stir in vanilla. Spoon it into some zipper bags and chill until the kids get home. When they get home, snip off the bottom corner of the bag and let them squeeze out the icing.(Or just forget the bag and spread it on with a plastic knife)

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Vanilla