Holiday Cutouts
2013-12-06 20:48:56
Ingredients
- Cookies
- 1 1/2
- cups powdered sugar
- 1
- cup butter or margarine, softened
- 1
- teaspoon vanilla
- 1/2
- teaspoon almond extract
- 1
- egg
- 2 1/2
- cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour
- 1
- teaspoon baking soda
- 1
- teaspoon cream of tartar
- Betty Crocker® Decor Selects candy sprinkles, nonpareils or colored sugars, if desired
- Frosting
- 2
- cups powdered sugar
- 1/2
- teaspoon vanilla
- 2
- tablespoons milk or half-and-half
Instructions
- 1 In large bowl, mix 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar, the butter, 1 teaspoon vanilla, almond extract and egg until well blended. Stir in flour, baking soda and cream of tartar. Cover and refrigerate at least 3 hours.
- 2 Heat oven to 375°F. Divide dough in half. On lightly floured, cloth covered surface, roll each half of dough 3/16 inch thick. Cut into assorted shapes with cookie cutters, or cut around patterns traced from storybook illustrations. If cookies are to be hung as decorations, make a hole in each 1/4 inch from top with end of plastic straw. Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
- 3 Bake 7 to 8 minutes or until light brown. Remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
- 4 In medium bowl, beat all frosting ingredients until smooth and spreadable. Tint with food color if desired. Frost and decorate cookies as desired with frosting and colored sugars.
Notes
- For melt-in-your-mouth treats, be sure to mix cookies just enough—but not too much. Too much mixing can result in tough cookies.
- Skip the decorator frosting and use part of a container of ready-to-spread frosting instead. The frosting layer will be a bit thicker this way, but it will be equally delicious!
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