delilah's frosted cut-out sugar cookies
Ingredients
- Servings: 3
- 3/4 cup butter flavored shortening
- 1 cup white sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
- 3 tablespoons milk
- 2 drops any color food coloring
Recipe
Preparation Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 8 mins
Ready Time: 18 mins
- in a large bowl, cream together the shortening and white sugar until smooth. beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the milk and 1 teaspoon vanilla. combine the flour, baking powder, and salt; stir into the creamed mixture. cover dough, and chill for at least one hour.
- preheat the oven to 400 degrees f (200 degrees c). lightly grease cookie sheets, or line with parchment paper. on a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough to 1/4 inch in thickness. cut into desired shapes with cookie cutters. place cookies 1 1/2 inches apart cookie sheets.
- bake for 6 to 8 minutes in the preheated oven. remove cookies from baking sheets to cool on wire racks. cool completely before frosting.
- in a small bowl, beat the butter, 1 teaspoon vanilla and confectioners' sugar until smooth. mix in the milk one tablespoon at a time until a good spreading consistency is reached. stir in food coloring to desired shade. decorate cooled cookies, and set on waxed paper to harden.
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