Snow Flakes and Peace Doves Cut-Out Cookies

Recipe courtesy Sandra Lee

Show: Food Network SpecialsEpisode: Sandra Lee's Semi-Homemade Holiday

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (23)

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Cook Time:
8 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
10 to 12 cookies

Times:

Prep: 15 min
Inactive Prep: 1 hr 0 min
Cook: 8 min
Total:: 1 hr 23 min

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17.5-ounce package dry sugar cookie mix

4 ounces cream cheese, softened

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract or other flavoring

1 cup all-purpose flour

Royal Icing:

1 cup powdered sugar

1 tablespoon meringue powder

Water, for icing consistency

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Combine the cookie mix with the cream cheese until crumbly. Mix in the eggs and flavoring until well combined. Add enough flour to make a firm dough that can be rolled out. Roll dough out on lightly floured board to 1/4-inch thickness. Cut out snow flakes, doves, or other desired shapes.

Place on ungreased baking sheet and bake for about 8 minutes.

While the cookies are baking, make the icing by combining powdered sugar and meringue powder. Add 1 teaspoon of water at a time until it reaches desired consistency.

Decorate cookies with royal icing. Allow to dry for 1 hour.

Cook's Note: To make the cookies into ornaments, use a toothpick or chopstick to form a hole in the dough at the top of the design before baking. Make the hole large enough to be sure it doesn't close up during baking. Remember to clear the hole before icing hardens.

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recipe Snow Flakes and Peace Doves Cut-Out Cookies
Gayle Sherman, TX 12-17-2007
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Perfect for Cutout Cookies
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I made this recipe in my kitchenaid mixer and added extra flour and the consistency was perfect for cut out cookies. The... dough was so easy to work with, it was almost like play dough. I used air cushion type cookie sheets, and used the convection setting on my oven, and the cookies came out perfect for decorating with the royal icing. This was just the cookie recipe I was looking for to make cut out christmas cookies.Read more
recipe Snow Flakes and Peace Doves Cut-Out Cookies
Audrey Wahiawa, HI 04-07-2007
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Great cookies! Bad icing...
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

I will definitely be using this recipe for my Christmas cookies next year, but I think I'll go even more semi-homemade. Skip... the royal icing and buy the premade cream cheese stuff.Read more
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brenda Loveland, CO 01-25-2007
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Worlds Best and Easiest Sugar Cookie
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Huge Hit! Big Fat Sugar Cookies like you pay a fortune for in the store.
recipe Snow Flakes and Peace Doves Cut-Out Cookies
Anonymous 12-28-2006
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best sugar cookies ever
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

this recipie is wonderful - absolutely addictive. i made much smaller cookies than she did on TV, and using a small cookie... cutter it made about 50 cookies. definitely make 2 batches of the frosting (that frosted all but a few of my cookies). adding the sparkly sugar on top definitely makes it even better. some people may have not liked the dough on its own because it's not very sweet, but it's *perfect* with the icing and sugar crystals (just be sure to frost them!)Read more
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Anonymous 12-25-2006
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easy to cut out but flat on taste
Rated: 2 stars out of 5

Tended to burn on the bottom before the rest of the cookie was done (yes, they were 1/4" thick). Easy to handle the dough,... quick to make but taste was definitely "blah".Read more
recipe Snow Flakes and Peace Doves Cut-Out Cookies
Anonymous 12-24-2006
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The BEST sugar cookies!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I found this recipe extremely simple and easy to follow with minimal ingredients. I replaced vanilla with almond flavoring... for a tea house cookie taste. You end up using more flour than you think because this is a really sticky dough. Other than that, they bake easy and the taste is to die for!Read more