Forevermama's Sugar Cookies
- Ready In:
- 1hr 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Yields:
-
3-4 dozen
ingredients
- 2 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons grated lemon rind
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- decorator sugar (I use different colors)
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Decorative Icing
- 1 1⁄2 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1 large egg white
- 1 pinch cream of tartar
directions
- Combine flour and salt in a bowl. Beat butter and sugar in a mixer bowl until light and fluffy.
- Beat in egg, lemon peel and vanilla.
- Beat in dry ingredients until combined. Remove from bowl onto a large sheet of plastic wrap. Shape into an even square or ball. Wrap tightly with plastic wrap. Refrigerate overnight.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Grease about 5 cookie sheets.
- With a serrated knife, divide dough into quarters. Wrap 3 of the quarters of dough in plastic wrap and place back in the refrigerator.
- Roll the quarter that is not wrapped between 2 sheets of wax paper -- or, flour both your surface and top of dough. Using a rolling pin, gently roll out cookie dough until even to about 1/8" thick.
- With floured cookie cutter(s), cut dough into desired shapes.
- Place shapes onto the greased cookie sheets. If using colored sugars, decorate with the sugars at this point.
- Bake 8 - 9 minutes or until edges are golden.
- Remove from oven and cool on wire racks.
- Repeat the process with remaining dough.
- NOTE: I've always tripled and quadrupled this recipe.
- NOTE: If using decorative icing, decorate with the following decorative icing recipe once cookies have cooled. Different colored icing can be achieved by adding food coloring.
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Decorative Icing:
- Beat all ingredients in a large mixer bowl until smooth and thick, about 5 minutes. Store in tightly covered container up to 4 days. Makes about 3/4 cup.
- NOTE: I've never decorated these with the decorative icing due to time constraints (but have always wanted to). Therefore, I can't confirm if the decorative icing is the perfect amount to ice the specific amount of cookies produced from this recipe.
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ForeverMama
United States
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