Everyone has made cut-out sugar cookies. These are a childhood memory forever. I hope you made them with your family when you were little. All of my kids did. A favorite memory is my granddaughter Macy, in Mexico, coming up to my house in Cabo and the two of us cutting out Christmas cookies. By the time we were through Macy was covered in flour and frosting and the cookies were well decorated! If you know what I mean...........LOL
Now, everyone should know how to make sugar cookies. I have always had tons of compliments for my cookies.........I now realize....its NOT the cookies........its the frosting!
Christmas Sugar Cookies:
1 Cup soft butter (must be real butter) IN ALL OF MY RECIPES I HAVE NEVER AND NEVER
WILL USE ANYTHING BUT REAL BUTTER
1/2 cup sugar
1 lrg egg
1 Tblsp vanilla
3 cups flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
Cream your butter and sugar, add your egg and vanilla.......then dump in the flour and baking powder. Oh, I add a pinch of salt. Now wad this up into a roll and wrap in saran wrap and put in frig for a couple hours..........I have left mine in there for a week!
Divide it up into about 4 pieces........return what you are not using back to the frig. Roll your dough out on a lightly floured table, cut with your Fun Christmas Cutters........move to cookie sheet with a spatula and baked about 10 min (depending on how thin you rolled them out) at 325 degrees. Place them on a newspaper to cool.
NOW........the frosting
1 cube of butter softened in your mixer
add powdered sugar starting with about 2 cups, then keep adding more gradually. Add a tiny bit of cream or milk........just keep adding powdered sugar til is the consistency of spreading easily.(about 4 cups) Divide into 4 bowls and color each bowl a different color for decorating. Use sprinkles and lots of fun things to make them shine!
You can also make the dough ahead and throw in the freezer, when the grand kids come over......you are ready to start cutting and baking!
Lynne I love you ... and MISS your home baked cookies at xmas time:)
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