suemunzlinger's Recipe

Cookie Cutouts, like lofthouse

Category: cookies

Yield: 2 1/2 dozen (depending on your cookie cutter size)

Ingredients:

1 cup butter, at room temp
1 3/4 cup sugar
2 eggs, at room temp
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup sour cream
1/4 tsp lemon or almond extract
5 1/2 cup flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt

Buttercream frosting:
 3/4 cup of butter
3 1/2 cup powdered sugar
3-4 TB heavy cream
1 tsp vanilla
food coloring and sprinkles
or
Cream cheese frosting:
8 oz cream cheese, softened
1/2 stick of butter, softened
3 cups powdered sugar
2 tsp vanilla

Directions:


Cookies:

1.In a large bowl mix together butter and sugar. Beat until creamy. Add in eggs, vanilla, lemon extract and sour cream and mix together until combined.

2. In a separate bowl mix together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Slowly add dry ingredients to the wet ingredients. Mix just until combined.

3. Split dough in two and place in saran wrap. Refrigerate dough for 1-2 hours.

4. Once dough has been chilled roll out dough on a bakers mat or parchment paper. Add another 1/4 - 1/2 cup flour if dough is still sticky. Cut with floured cookie cutter.

5. Bake at 350 degrees for 8-9 minutes.

Frosting:

1. For both the butter cream and cream cheese frosting combine all listed ingredients, mix with an electric mixer until smooth. Frost on cooled cookies and serve

Tip:
1.Before rolling out your dough, separate in two sections and wrap dough in saran wrap dusted with powdered sugar.

2.Roll out your dough on a baking mat or parchment paper (so you don’t have to peel up the shapes)
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3.Dust cookie cutter with powdered sugar and cut out shapes. Slowly remove the excess dough.

4.Carefully place parchment paper on baking sheet, then bake.