Delight your guests with these classic vanilla-flavored sugar cookies – a perfect baked dessert.
Decorated Sugar Cookies
- Prep Time 25 min
- Total 1 hr 55 min
- Ingredients 12
- Servings 14
Ingredients
Cookies
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 4 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Glaze
- 1 box (1 lb) powdered sugar (4 cups)
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
- 4 to 6 tablespoons milk
- Paste food color in desired colors
- Colored sprinkles
Instructions
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Step1In large bowl, beat 1 cup butter and the granulated sugar with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla until well blended. On low speed, beat in flour, baking powder and salt until well blended. Cover with plastic wrap; refrigerate 1 hour. Heat oven to 400°F. Divide dough in half; keep 1 half refrigerated. On lightly floured surface, roll out other half of dough to 1/2-inch thickness. Cut with floured 4- or 5-inch cookie cutters. On cookie sheet, place cutouts 1 inch apart. Repeat with remaining dough. Bake 6 to 10 minutes. Remove from cookie sheet; cool on cooling rack.
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Step2In small bowl, mix powdered sugar, 2 tablespoons butter and 4 tablespoons milk. Stir in enough remaining milk to make glaze smooth and thin. Tint with food color. Working with 1 cookie at a time, hold edge of cookie to dip into glaze; allow excess glaze to drip back into bowl. Immediately decorate with sprinkles. Let stand until set.
Nutrition
395
Calories
15g
Total Fat
3 1/2g
Protein
63g
Total Carbohydrate
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 395
- Total Fat
- 15g
- 0%
- Saturated Fat
- 9 1/2g
- 0%
- Sodium
- 226mg
- 0%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 63g
- 0%
- Dietary Fiber
- 1/2g
- 0%
- Protein
- 3 1/2g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 3 Other Carbohydrate; 3 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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