Christmas Cookies

Submitted by Sarah06 Smith

"These cookies melt in your mouth."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 10mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Yields: 48 cookies

ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine, softened
• 1 large egg
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 1⁄4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cream of tartar

• Frosting

• 2 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1⁄4 cup light corn syrup
• 2 tablespoons water
• food coloring
• butter flavoring
• mint extract

directions

1. In a large mixing bowl combine the 1st seven ingredients in order given and mix well.
2. Chill dough 2-3 hours or until dough is easy to handle.
3. Roll out on a lightly floured surface to about ¼ inch thickness.
4. Cut with various cookie cutters.
5. (Cookie cutters may have to be floured).
6. Place on a greased cookie sheets.
7. Bake at 375° for 7-8 minutes or until lightly brown.
8. Cool on wire racks.
9. For frosting combine sugar, corn syrup, and water in small bowl.
10. Transfer equal amounts of frosting into separate bowls.
11. Add desired amount of butter/mint flavoring.
12. Mix in food coloring.
13. Frost cookies and refrigerate overnight.

Reviews

[dz in Packerland]

These are soooooooo Good!

 

[Laura MeeRan]

The cookies tasted sensational. But the cookies lost their form in the oven.

 

[kellyhp12]

the best x-mas cookie recipe i've ever come across...you can't eat just one!

 

[DeSouter]

Ooops. I meant to add that as the icing is rather sweet, go easy with it. I would suggest piping it onto the cookies here and there (a snowflake design is sparse and still lovely), but not spreading over the entire area of the cookie. And my sister didn't add flavoring to the icing and it was fine. In fact, I preferred the cookies unfrosted, though they don't look so nice that way. I'd even drizzle a bit of melted chocolate on them for a change.

 

[ChezGreg]

Excellent...and rather easy too