Jennifer's Iced Sugar Cookies
Jennifer's Iced Sugar Cookies takes approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes from beginning to end. For 86 cents per serving, this recipe covers 3% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 308 calories, 3g of protein, and 7g of fat. This recipe serves 15. A mixture of food coloring, salt, butter, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. It is perfect for Christmas. This recipe from Foodnetwork has 12 fans. It works well as a dessert. With a spoonacular score of 7%, this dish is improvable. Similar recipes include Iced Sugar Cookies, Classic Iced Sugar Cookies, and Iced Pumpkin Sugar Cookies.
Servings: 15
Preparation duration: 25 minutes
Cooking duration: 80 minutes
Ingredients:
3 tablespoons meringue powder
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
colored sugar and small candy pieces
1 12-ounce box confectioners' sugar
1 large egg
2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
Food coloring, optional
1 cup granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
Assorted sprinkles,
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/3 cup warm (80 to 90 degrees F) water
Equipment:
hand mixer
mixing bowl
oven
cookie cutter
baking sheet
whisk
bowl
Cooking instruction summary:
Watch how to make this recipe. For the cookies: Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt. In a large mixing bowl, with an electric mixer, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add the egg and mix until combined. Gradually add the sifted dry ingredients, one spoonful at a time, until thoroughly combined. Add the vanilla. Chill the cookie dough in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Roll out half of the dough at a time, keeping the remainder of the dough in the refrigerator. On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough to a 1/4-inch thickness and cut into desired shapes with a cookie cutter. (For medium cookies, use a 3-inch cookie cutter.) Place the cutout cookies 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet and put the cookie sheet in the refrigerator for a few minutes before baking. This will help the cookies to retain their shape. (You can roll out the scraps to make a few more cookies.) Bake until just before the edges of the cookies start to brown, 8 to 10 minutes (if baking two sheets at a time, rotate halfway through baking). Cool the cookies for 1 to 2 minutes on the cookie sheet before removing to wire racks to cool completely. For the icing: In a medium bowl, combine the confectioners' sugar, meringue powder and warm water with a wire whisk. Stir until the icing is smooth. Adjust the consistency of the icing by adding more confectioners' sugar or more water, as needed. Add food coloring, if desired, to the icing. Spread the icing on the cooled cookies and then top with assorted sprinkles and candies.
Step by step:
1. Watch how to make this recipe.
2. For the cookies: Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt. In a large mixing bowl, with an electric mixer, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes.
3. Add the egg and mix until combined. Gradually add the sifted dry ingredients, one spoonful at a time, until thoroughly combined.
4. Add the vanilla. Chill the cookie dough in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour.
5. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
6. Roll out half of the dough at a time, keeping the remainder of the dough in the refrigerator. On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough to a 1/4-inch thickness and cut into desired shapes with a cookie cutter. (For medium cookies, use a 3-inch cookie cutter.)
7. Place the cutout cookies 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet and put the cookie sheet in the refrigerator for a few minutes before baking. This will help the cookies to retain their shape. (You can roll out the scraps to make a few more cookies.)
8. Bake until just before the edges of the cookies start to brown, 8 to 10 minutes (if baking two sheets at a time, rotate halfway through baking). Cool the cookies for 1 to 2 minutes on the cookie sheet before removing to wire racks to cool completely.
9. For the icing: In a medium bowl, combine the confectioners' sugar, meringue powder and warm water with a wire whisk. Stir until the icing is smooth. Adjust the consistency of the icing by adding more confectioners' sugar or more water, as needed.
10. Add food coloring, if desired, to the icing.
11. Spread the icing on the cooled cookies and then top with assorted sprinkles and candies.
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