Snowflake Cookies

Name: Snowflake Cookies
Prep time: 3 h
Cook time: 3 h
Total time: 3 h
Yield: 30
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons almond extract; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 177 milliliters butter or margarine, softened; 4 teaspoons light corn syrup; 30 servings White coarse sugar crystals (decorating sugar), powdered sugar or white edible glitter; 2 eggs; 591 milliliters Gold Medal® all-purpose flour; 237 milliliters granulated sugar; 237 milliliters powdered sugar; 0 teaspoons salt; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 3 teaspoons water

You can never have too many dessert recipes, so give Snowflake Cookies a try. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 129 calories, 1g of protein, and 5g of fat. This recipe serves 30. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet. Head to the store and pick up eggs, powdered sugar, granulated sugar, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 3 hours.

Instructions

In large bowl, mix granulated sugar, butter, vanilla and eggs until well blended. Stir in flour, baking powder and salt. Cover and refrigerate at least 1 hour but no longer than 24 hours.

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Granulated Sugar

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Heat oven to 400ºF. On lightly floured surface, roll about one-third of dough 1/8 inch thick.

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Dough

Roll

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Cut with 1 1/2 to 2-inch star-shaped cookie cutter.

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Place 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet.

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Bake about 6 minutes or until light brown.

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Remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes. Repeat with remaining dough.

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Dough

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In medium bowl, mix all glaze ingredients except coarse sugar crystals until smooth, glossy and pourable.

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Coarse Sugar

Glaze

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Place cooled cookies together in pairs with about 1 teaspoon glaze, with points of top cookie between points of bottom cookie.

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Glaze

Place cookies on cooling rack on cookie sheet to catch excess glaze.

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Glaze

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Pour 1 tablespoon glaze evenly over top and sides of each cookie, glazing only a few at time. When glaze is set but still soft, move cookies to another rack or waxed paper; sprinkle with sugar crystals. (Occasionally remove glaze from cookie sheet, and add a few drops of hot water as necessary to make glaze smooth and thin enough to pour; continue glazing.)

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Sugar

Water

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In small bowl, mix frosting ingredients to make a frosting that can be easily drizzled or used in a decorating bag, yet holds its shape. Pipe snowflake designs on cookies.

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Frosting