Incredible Sugar Cookies Recipe
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Ingredients: Cookies:
2 cups butter
1 1/2 c. sugar
4 egg yolks
2 tsp. vanilla
4 1/2 c. flour
Icing:
2 lb. bag of powdered sugar
3 Tbsp. powdered meringue
1 tsp. clear vanilla (or regular)
1 tsp. butter flavoring
1/2 tsp. almond flavoring (optional)
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Directions:For cookies:
First, cream butter and sugar, then add egg yolks and vanilla. Add flour to mixture gradually. The dough will roll out best if it has been chilled for a few hours. Roll out cookie dough to 1/4-1/2 inch thick, and cut into desired shapes. Place cookies on a buttered cookie sheet (or lined with parchment). Bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes.
Icing:
Mix ingredients. (Seriously, that's about it) Add water to the mixture incredibly slowly, until the icing is at the proper consistency for piping through a bag. Should still be pretty thick...then add color. |
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Notes: Tips:
Keep your sanity and don't try to make these in one day. Make dough one day and frost the next.
I roll my cookies out thick -- 1/2 inch -- before cutting. They taste better that way.
Take your cookies out of the oven when they just barely start thinking they want to look the least bit golden on the edges. They'll be softer and more awesome and last longer.
Use a piping bag to frost an outline on your cookie (I frost all the outlines at once). Then, thin the remaining icing with water (it doesn't take much). Use this thinner icing with a spoon to fill the inside of the cookies that have already been outlined. That's how the frosting gets so smooth.
Let the icing dry overnight. Trust me. Then wrap them up or serve.
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