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| Just like Poinsettias, Sugar Cookies go with Christmas |
1 cup butter softened (2 sticks)
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
2 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cream of tarter
granulated sugar for sprinkling
Preparation
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Cream butter, sugar, vanilla, and egg together ( in food processor). Sift flour, soda and cream of tarter into bowl of food processor with butter, sugar, vanilla and egg. Mix well in food processor until dough forms. Chill dough for two hours before rolling out to cut.
Roll dough to 1/4 inch thick on lightly floured surface. Dip cookie cutter in flour to cut shapes. Place cookies on lightly greased baking sheet. Bake for 5-8 minutes until edges are lightly browned. If you do not want to ice the cookies, sprinkle with granulated sugar before baking. Cool completely before icing.
Icing for Cookies
1 egg white, room temperature, whipped
2 cups 10x sugar
1/4 tsp almond extract
1/2 stick softened butter
Beat egg white and vanilla and butter, slowly add softened butter. Add food coloring if desired (separate icing into smaller batches if several colors are needed.
Ice cookies with knife, let air dry before you put them in a storage container.
Notes from Liz
In our family, we only make trees, no stars or bells or angels, only trees. It started when all the other shapes were left uneaten (I think yellow or red wasn't appealing-green trees were the most in demand) So, after all these years, only trees for Christmas Sugar Cookies. This sugar cookie makes great halloween cookies or Thanksgiving Cookies but we like trees the best.
