Ingredients: |
Ingredients: Ingredients
Dough
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter, soft, unsalted
2 large eggs
1 tsp vanilla
2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp salt
2 tsp baking powder
Icing
2 egg whites (from large eggs)
4-6 cups powdered sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla
1/4 tsp lemon juice
liquid food color, as desired
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Directions: |
Directions:Cookies
Combine sugar and butter and beat until light and fluffy, about
8-10 minutes with an electric mixer and paddle attachment.
Add eggs and vanilla and blend.
Sift flour, salt and baking powder and add. Mix until a dough
forms.
Wrap dough in plastic and chill for at least two hours or
overnight before using.
Roll on a lightly floured surface to 1/4" thick. Cut out desired
Chirstmas shapes like, bells, santas, snowmen, stars, candy canes
and etc.
Place cookies on a baking tray that has been lined with baking
paper or grease baking tray if no paper is avaliable.
Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for about 10-12 minutes until
lightly browned. Baking times depend on the oven. Rotate baking
tray halfway through the baking time. Do not over-bake or cookies
will get too hard. These cookies should be soft.
Let cookies cool completely before decorating.
Makes about 2-3 dozen cookies (depending on size of cutters).
Icing
Place egg whites in the bowl of an electric mixer.
Sift powdered sugar. Gradually add sugar as mixer is running on
low speed. May require a little more or less sugar depending on
size of egg whites used.
Add lemon juice and vanilla and blend well.
Divide icing into small bowls and color as desired.
Decorate cookies as you wish.
Note: For a quick way to decorate cookies without using the
icing, brush cookies with a slightly beaten egg white and
sprinkle cookies with colored sugar(s) before baking. |
This recipe for White House Soft Rolled Christmas Sugar Cookies is from