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Christmas Sugar Cookies

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Ingredients

The cookie dough

  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 units eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 3 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt

The icing

  • 2 cups sifted confectioners’ sugar
  • 1 tablespoon milk
  • 1 tablespoon light corn syrup
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 teaspoon food coloring

Instructions

  1. 1. Mix butter, sugar, eggs, and vanilla in a bowl until fluffy.
  2. 2. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in another bowl and stir into the butter mixture.
  3. 3. Chill the dough in the refrigerator for 2 hours.
  4. 4. Preheat the oven to 400°F and line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
  5. 5. Roll out the dough to ¼-inch thickness and cut into shapes.
  6. 6. Bake for 4-6 minutes and cool on wire racks.
  7. 7. For the icing, mix confectioners' sugar with milk, corn syrup, and vanilla until smooth.
  8. 8. Add food coloring as desired and decorate the cooled cookies.

Nutrition Facts (estimated)

Servings
36 cookies
Calories
140
Total fat
5g
Total carbohydrates
21g
Total protein
2g
Sodium
97mg
Cholesterol
23mg

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