Christmas Cut-out Cookies
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1/2 cup butter
1/2 c. sugar
l egg yolk, beaten
1/2 tsp. vanilla
l 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 1/2 cups flour
3 Tbsp. milk
1/4 tsp. salt
Preheat oven to 375 degrees
In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar with an electric mixer. Beat
in egg yolk and vanilla. Add baking powder and flour, 1/2 cup
at a time alternately with the milk, mixing
after each addition.
Chill dough thoroughly. Roll out
1/4 thick on lightly floured surface. Dip
cutters in flour before each use.
Decorate cookies with sugar sprinkles before baking or bake plain and frost
later. Bake cookies
6-7 minutes, or until cookies are lightly
browned.
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Cookie Icing:
(This icing dries to a shiny, hard finish
and tastes good.
Great to use for icing or outline and
fill in with a tip #2 or #3.)
l cup sifted confectioners sugar
2 tsp. milk
2 tsp. light corn syrup
l tsp. vanilla
paste food coloring for vivid colors, on the tip of a toothpick,
or
liquid food coloring for pastel shades, a drop or two
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Place sugar and milk in bowl, Stir until mixed thoroughly. Add corn syrup
and vanilla and mix well. Divid among small dishes and color as desired.
For filling in areas, use thinned icing
(add small
amounts of light corn syrup until desired consistency is reached)
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