What happens when you take sweet sugar cookies, cut the dough using Christmas cookie cutters, and add red and green icing? You get Christmas cutout cookies.
Prep Time30 minutesmins
Cook Time8 minutesmins
Chilling Dough2 hourshrs
Total Time2 hourshrs38 minutesmins
Course: Snack
Cuisine: American
Keyword: christmas, cookies, sugar
Servings: 24cookies
Calories: 436kcal
Ingredients
2/3cupshortening
3/4cupgranulated sugar
1/2teaspoonvanilla extract
1egg
4teaspoonsmilk
2cupsplain flour
1.5teaspoonsbaking powder
1/4teaspoonsalt
Icing
1cupconfectioner's sugar
1tablespoonsoftened butter or margarine
2tablespoonsmilk
1teaspoonvanilla or butter flavoring
Instructions
Thoroughly cream together shortening, sugar, and vanilla. Add egg and beat until fluffy then stir in the milk.
2/3 cup shortening, 3/4 cup granulated sugar, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1 egg, 4 teaspoons milk
Sift the remaining dry ingredients together in a separate bowl, stir, then add to the wet ingredients, and mix well.
Divide dough in half and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
On a floured surface, roll half of the dough to 1/8-inch thick. Keep the remaining dough chilled until ready to roll. Cut into shapes using Christmas cookie cutters.
Bake on a greased cookie sheet at 375 for 6-8 minutes.
Let cookies cool slightly before removing them from the baking sheet. Once cool, go ahead and decorate them with the cookie icing.
Icing
In a bowl, mix all ingredients together with a fork (if using three different colors, repeat the process with three different bowls). If too dry, add a little more milk. Once mixed, add a few drops of food coloring.
1 cup confectioner's sugar, 1 tablespoon softened butter or margarine, 2 tablespoons milk, 1 teaspoon vanilla or butter flavoring
Ice the cooled cookies and then let them set for at least an hour before storing.