Malitha, I decided to just post these recipes on here. You are the only one who follows it.. tee
hee.
These cookies probably don't look that great but they were really good and the girls did the icing all by them selves (I helped Aidan a little).
I like this recipe. Its pretty simple to make and I always have the ingredients on hand. They aren't to sweet and they are easy to roll out. The original recipe (found on all recipes) calls for whipping cream but I have always used milk (when there's whipping cream in this house I always use it up to make
Alfredo... yum). I'm actually looking forward to someday tasting these cookies with cream!
SUGAR COOKIES
INGREDIENTS
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 cup heavy whipping cream/or milk (I have yet to have cream on hand while making these)
colored sugar for decoration (optional)
DIRECTIONS
In a medium bowl, cream together the butter and sugar. Stir in the eggs and vanilla. Sift together the flour and baking powder, stir into the creamed mixture alternately with the heavy cream. Cover dough, and chill for 2 to 3 hours, until firm. I have pulled them out after and hour and a half. They were a bit sticky but not to bad. I usually just make them the night before.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough to 1/4 inch thickness. Cut into desired shapes with cookie cutters. Place cookies 1 inch apart on the prepared cookie sheets. Sprinkle with colored sugar if desired.
Bake for 12 to 14 minutes in the preheated oven, until bottoms and edges of cookies are light brown. Remove from baking sheet and cool on wire racks. Store in an airtight container.
I really liked this icing. It is a tad bit sweet...it is icing though, but it complemented the cookies very well. Again, I had everything in my pantry already (This is an important factor for me- I'm not to keen on packing up 3 or 4 kids just to get one ingredient at the store).
SUGAR COOKIE ICING
INGREDIENTS
1 cup confectioners' sugar
2 teaspoons milk
2 teaspoons light corn syrup
1/4 teaspoon vanilla/or almond extract
+additional milk 1/2 tsp. at a time may also be needed
assorted food coloring
DIRECTIONS
In a small bowl, add milk first and slowly mix in sugar until
smooth. Beat in corn syrup and almond extract until icing is smooth and glossy. Add additional milk 1/2 tsp. at a time until icing is at a spreadable
consistency.
Divide into separate bowls, and add food colorings to each to desired intensity. Dip cookies, or paint them with a brush.
Allow them to dry, then store them in a sealed container.
I made two separate batches one right after another (I did not double it and do it at all at once). I knew that more icing would end up in mouths and on the table then on the cookies.
We dressed ours up with ketchup and lettuce (Syd says this could be pickles and tomato's too) on the top and some mayo and mustard at the bottom.
We made Extra red frosting to dip our fries into. Oh and if you want your ketchup to be nice and red you might want to look into some professional use food die or just be prepared to use a bunch of that red dye in you cupboard.
Don't the look good!
