Vanilla Bean Sugar Cookies

Name: Vanilla Bean Sugar Cookies
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 36
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 177 milliliters butter, softened; 36 servings Silver and white edible glitter; 1 large egg, lightly beaten; 532 milliliters all-purpose flour; 0 teaspoons salt; 36 servings Shortening; 177 milliliters sugar; 36 servings Sparkling white sugar; 1 vanilla bean; 1 teaspoons vanilla extract; 340 grams package white chocolate morsels, divided

Vanilla Bean Sugar Cookies might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe makes 36 servings with 187 calories, 2g of protein, and 8g of fat each. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Christmas will be even more special with this recipe. If you have butter, flour, sugar, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes.

Instructions

Cut vanilla bean in half lengthwise. Carefully scrape out seeds, using a small sharp knife. Set seeds aside.

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Vanilla Bean

Seeds

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Knife

Beat butter in a large mixing bowl at medium speed of an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add sugar and vanilla bean seeds, beating until light and fluffy.

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Vanilla Bean

Butter

Seeds

Sugar

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Hand Mixer

Mixing Bowl

Add egg and vanilla extract, mixing well.

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Vanilla Extract

Egg

Combine flour and salt; gradually add to butter mixture, beating until smooth. Shape dough into four discs. Wrap each in plastic wrap, and chill at least 1 hour.

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Butter

Dough

All Purpose Flour

Salt

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Roll each disc to 1/4" thickness on a lightly floured surface.

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Roll

Cut with 3" and 4" snowflake, star, angel, or Christmas tree cutters.

Place on lightly greased cookie sheets.

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Baking Sheet

Bake at 350 for 8 to 10 minutes or until edges of cookies are lightly browned. Cool 1 minute on cookie sheets; remove to wire racks, and cool completely.

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Baking Sheet

Oven

Combine 1/2 cup white chocolate morsels and 1 tablespoon shortening in a 1-cup glass measure. Melt morsels according to package directions.

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White Chocolate Chips

Shortening

Place cookies on a wire rack over wax paper.

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Wax Paper

Wire Rack

Pour or spread white chocolate mixture over each cookie, tilting cookie to coat completely.

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White Chocolate

Spread

Sprinkle cookies with glitter and sparkling sugar.

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Sugar

Let stand until frosting hardens. Repeat procedure with remaining white morsels, shortening, glitter, and sugar until all cookies are decorated.

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White Chocolate Chips

Shortening

Frosting

Sugar

We used a 6" cooper snowflake cookie cutter to yeild 1 dozen big cookies that baked 12 minutes. Before baking, we poked holes in each cookie with a drinking straw. Once we decorated and dried them, we wrapped cookies in celophane bags and tied them with ribbon. We taped each ribbon to the top of the mantel using masking tape, and then covered the tape with plastic bags and the bags with pots of poinsettias.

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Drinking Straws