With sugar pearls and royal icing, these cut-out cookies are guaranteed to spread holiday cheer.
Total Time: 40 minutes
Yields: 50 cookies
Note: Total time does not include chilling and cooling time. This recipe is for the reindeer and tree cookies pictured.
Ingredients:
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. kosher salt
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1 large egg
1 1/2 tsp. pure vanilla extract
Red, green, and white royal icing
Sanding sugar and sugar pearls, for decorating
Directions:
- In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt.
- Using an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beat in egg, then vanilla.
- Reduce mixer speed to low and gradually add flour mixture, mixing just until incorporated. Shape dough into 4 disks and roll each between 2 sheets of waxed paper or parchment paper to 1/8-inch thick. Chill until firm: 30 minutes in the refrigerator or 15 minutes in the freezer.
- Heat oven to 350°F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper. Using floured cookie cutters, cut out cookies and place on the prepared baking sheets. Reroll, chill, and cut scraps.
- Bake, rotating positions of pans halfway through, until cookies are light golden brown around the edges, 10 to 12 minutes. Let cool on sheets 5 minutes before transferring to wire racks to cool completely. Decorate as desired.
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Reprinted with permission from Woman’s Day Kitchen.
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