Healthy Moms
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 3 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Edible Paint Icing, recipe follows
- Garnish: silver dragees, sugar pearls, sparkling sugar
Directions
In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar at medium speed with an electric mixer until fluffy. Beat in eggs, vanilla and almond extract until combined.
In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt. Gradually add to sugar mixture, beating until smooth. Wrap dough in heavy-duty plastic wrap, and refrigerate 1 hour.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to 1/4-inch thickness. Cut with assorted snowflake cookie cutters and place 2 inches apart on prepared baking sheets. Chill dough 15 minutes. Bake for 10 minutes, or until edges are very lightly browned. Let cool for 2 minutes on baking sheet. Remove from pans and cool completely on wire racks.
Paint cookies with Edible Paint Icing. Garnish with silver dragees, sugar pearls and sparkling sugar, if desired.
Edible Paint Icing:
- 1/4 cup cold water
- 3 tablespoons meringue powder
- 2 cups confectioners' sugar
- Food coloring, optional
In a medium bowl, combine water and meringue powder; whisk until foamy. Whisk in confectioners' sugar until smooth. Add food coloring, if desired. Use immediately.
Yield: 1 1/2 cups
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Thanks
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Those look delicious!
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yummy!
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Those are pretty. Mine never turn out as pretty as the ones in the pictures.
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And i was just saying i wanted to make some holiday cookies with my children. Thanks!
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These look pretty easy to keep pretty... IKWYM, lol, me, too :)
Quoting cleanaturalady:
Those are pretty. Mine never turn out as pretty as the ones in the pictures.
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Every single time I try to use cookie cutters, the dang cookie dough spreads during cooking and ruins my designs!! -
That's very similar to the ones I make. No almond extract in this house, though --gag. I hate marzipan and anything that tastes like it.
I also don't use meringue powder: just icing sugar, water and food colouring works great (far less water than that in far more sugar!)
We paint on a layer of white as a base coat, then paint using crayola nylon brushes for the colours.
We make about 20 dozen every Christmas. We give a lot of them away.
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You need a recipe with less butter.
Quoting mypbandj:
Every single time I try to use cookie cutters, the dang cookie dough spreads during cooking and ruins my designs!! -
So pretty