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Category: Cookies
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6 cup(s) all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon(s) baking powder
1 teaspoon(s) salt
2 cup(s) (4 sticks) butter, softened (no substitutions)
3 cup(s) sugar
4 large eggs
2 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract
Ornamental Frosting
Directions
In large bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, and salt. In separate large bowl, with mixer at low speed, beat butter and sugar until blended. On high speed, beat until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. On low speed, beat in eggs and vanilla, then flour mixture just until blended, scraping bowl with rubber spatula.
Divide dough into 8 equal pieces; flatten each into a disk; wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. On floured surface, with floured rolling pin, roll 1 piece of dough to scant 1/4-inch thickness; keep remaining dough cold. With floured 3- to 4-inch cookie cutters, cut dough into as many cookies as possible; reserve trimmings. Place cookies, 1 inch apart, on ungreased cookie sheets.
Bake until edges are golden, 12 to 15 minutes. With wide metal spatula, transfer cookies to wire racks to cool. Repeat with remaining dough and trimmings.
When cookies are cool, prepare Ornamental Frosting; use to decorate cookies. Allow frosting to dry, about 1 hour. Store cookies in tightly sealed containers, with waxed paper between layers, at room temperature up to 2 weeks or in freezer up to 3 months.
yields about 152 cookies.
Ornamental Frosting
1 package(s) (16-ounce) confectioners' sugar
3 tablespoon(s) meringue powder (see note)
1/3 cup(s) warm water
Assorted food colorings
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Directions
In bowl, with mixer at medium speed, beat confectioners' sugar, meringue powder, and water until blended and mixture is so stiff that knife drawn through it leaves a clean-cut path, about 5 minutes.
Tint frosting with food colorings as desired; keep surface covered with plastic to prevent drying out.
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Meringue powder is available wherever cake-decorating supplies are sold, or from wilton-dot-com
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Category: Cookies
Prep Time: Cook Time: Total Time:
6 cup(s) all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon(s) baking powder
1 teaspoon(s) salt
2 cup(s) (4 sticks) butter, softened (no substitutions)
3 cup(s) sugar
4 large eggs
2 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract
Ornamental Frosting
Directions
In large bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, and salt. In separate large bowl, with mixer at low speed, beat butter and sugar until blended. On high speed, beat until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. On low speed, beat in eggs and vanilla, then flour mixture just until blended, scraping bowl with rubber spatula.
Divide dough into 8 equal pieces; flatten each into a disk; wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. On floured surface, with floured rolling pin, roll 1 piece of dough to scant 1/4-inch thickness; keep remaining dough cold. With floured 3- to 4-inch cookie cutters, cut dough into as many cookies as possible; reserve trimmings. Place cookies, 1 inch apart, on ungreased cookie sheets.
Bake until edges are golden, 12 to 15 minutes. With wide metal spatula, transfer cookies to wire racks to cool. Repeat with remaining dough and trimmings.
When cookies are cool, prepare Ornamental Frosting; use to decorate cookies. Allow frosting to dry, about 1 hour. Store cookies in tightly sealed containers, with waxed paper between layers, at room temperature up to 2 weeks or in freezer up to 3 months.
yields about 152 cookies.
Ornamental Frosting
1 package(s) (16-ounce) confectioners' sugar
3 tablespoon(s) meringue powder (see note)
1/3 cup(s) warm water
Assorted food colorings
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Directions
In bowl, with mixer at medium speed, beat confectioners' sugar, meringue powder, and water until blended and mixture is so stiff that knife drawn through it leaves a clean-cut path, about 5 minutes.
Tint frosting with food colorings as desired; keep surface covered with plastic to prevent drying out.
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Tips & Techniques
Meringue powder is available wherever cake-decorating supplies are sold, or from wilton-dot-com
Note: This recipe is part of a user's personal recipEbox. It is not part of the CDKitchen collection.
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