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Cookie Cutter Sugar Cookies
Ingredients
- 2/3 cup shortening
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 egg
- 4 teaspoons milk
- 2 cups flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- ICING (Optional):
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Making sugar cookies with cookie cutters is such a fun and special time especially during the holiday season with friends and family. For our picture, we made these in a star-shaped mold using a Wilton baking pan, but they can also be rolled out thin and made the traditional way with cookie cutters.
Foodie Byte: These cookies come from Diana Fortner and are tasty enough to replace sugarplums in those holiday dreams!
Preparation
- Cream shortening, sugar, and vanilla.
- Add egg and beat till light and fluffy.
- Add milk and stir together.
- Sift together flour, baking powder and salt and mix into mixture.
- Divide dough in half.
- Chill 1 hour.
- Roll out on floured surface to 1/8 inch thickness. Cut with cookie cutters.
- Bake on greased cookie sheet at 350ºF 6-8 minutes.
- To ice, simply mix the powdered sugar, 1 tablespoon milk and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla together. If you want a thinner consistency, just add a few drops more of milk.
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