*Cook's Note: You can use premade cookie dough or follow the recipe below
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted
- 1 cup (2 sticks) butter
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon pure almond extract
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
- Granulated sugar
- Royal Icing, recipe follows
Directions
In a bowl, cream together the sugar and butter, then mix in the egg and vanilla and almond extracts. In another bowl, stir together the flour, baking soda, and cream of tarter; mix the dry ingredients into the creamed mixture, then cover and refrigerate for 2 to 3 hours, or overnight.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Divide the chilled dough in half and roll it out on a lightly floured pastry cloth to a 1/4-inch thickness. Lightly grease some baking sheets. Cut the dough with a floured cookie cutter; sprinkle with sugar. Transfer the cookies to the prepared sheets and bake for 9 minutes.
Royal Icing:
- *3 egg whites
- 1 (1-pound) box confectioners' sugar
- 1/8 teaspoon cream of tartar
- Food coloring, optional
In a medium bowl, combine egg whites, sugar, and cream of tarter. Beat at low speed with an electric mixer until blended. Increase mixer speed to high, and beat 8 to 10 minutes, or until mixture holds a peak. Cover with a damp cloth when not in use. Separate into bowls and add food coloring, if desired.
*RAW EGG WARNING
Food Network Kitchens suggest caution in consuming raw and lightly-cooked eggs
Due to the slight risk of Salmonella or other food-borne illness. To reduce this risk, we recommend you use only fresh, properly-refrigerated, clean, grade A or AA eggs with intact shells, and avoid contact between the yolks or whites and the shell.
* Raw Egg Warning
Food Network Kitchens suggest caution in consuming raw and lightly cooked eggs due to the slight risk of salmonella or other food-borne illness. To reduce this risk, we recommend you use only fresh, properly refrigerated, clean grade A or AA eggs with intact shells, and avoid contact between the yolks or whites and the shell. For recipes that call for eggs that are raw or undercooked when the dish is served, use shell eggs that have been treated to destroy salmonella, by pasteurization or another approved method.
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By Isola di Ponza
Las Vegas, NV
on December 17, 2012
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Not crazy about these cookies. Very blah, nothing special at all. Maybe I had made them too thin, but they were not worth all that work. Bottom line Disappointed
By leondricks
on December 01, 2012
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I have been making these cookies for years now and they are a favorite around our house. I however, do not use icing because my son love the colored sugar on top. The best shape for these cookies is plain old round. I find that it when I am cutting out more complicated shapes then tend to fall about. Other than that they are great. In fact I left several dozen for my brother and the rest of the nurses at the ER he works at and within 5 min they were all gone. He made me make more because he only got one.
By rohoni
Strongsville, Ohio
on November 29, 2012
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simple and easy it dosen't get any better than this.
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