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Cut-out Iced Sugar Cookies for Christmas

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  • Brief Description

    Cut-out sugar cookies with icing or frosting for Christmas or holidays; allow time for dough to chill before cutting out and baking.

  • Main Ingredient

    sugar

  • Category:  Cookies and Brownies

  • Cuisine:  American

  • Prep Time:  200 min(s)

  • Cook Time:  10 min(s)

  • Recipe Type:  Public

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  • Tags:

    Holidays Make-Ahead

  • Notes:

    Thanks to Jennifer Speer for sharing her recipe with our family. The butter frosting is a favorite.

  • Posted By:  mcarr

  • Posted On:  Dec 10, 2023

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Ingredients:

  1. Iced Sugar Cookies
  2. 1 cups - shortening
  3. 1 cups - sugar
  4. 2 - eggs
  5. 1 teaspoons - vanilla
  6. 2 3/4 cups - flour
  7. 1 1/2 teaspoons - baking powder
  8. 3/4 teaspoons - salt
  9. 1/2 teaspoons - baking soda
  10. Butter Frosting
  11. 1/4 cups - butter or margarine
  12. 2 cups - powdered sugar
  13. 1 teaspoons - vanilla
  14. 2 tablespoons - milk
  15. Cream Frosting
  16. 2 cups - powdered sugar
  17. 1 teaspoons - vanilla
  18. 3 tablespoons - milk

Directions:

Cookies:

Cream together shortening and sugar well. Beat in the eggs and vanilla. Gradually blend in the dry ingredients into the shortening/sugar mixture. Chill for 3 hours.

Roll, cut out and bake at 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes.

Butter Frosting:

Cream together butter and sugar. Stir in vanilla; add milk gradually and beat until frosting is right consistency for decorating.

Cream Frosting:

Add vanilla to powdered sugar; add milk gradually and beat until frosting is of right consistency for decorating.


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