REQ: Sugar Cookies for Decorating

"Ranee Mueller" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I'm looking for a recipe, that I thought was posted here recently,
for a sugar cookie using both confectioner's (powdered) and granulated
sugar. We are getting ready to do some Christmas baking, and I wanted
to try it out. I haven't had good luck searching google. Thank you!

Regards,
Ranee

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Here's the recipe that I posted recently. They are decorated with colored
sugar and very easy to make, but they are not cut out cookies. These
cookies are very tender and light, crispy. Makes a lot. Everyone that
tries them wants the recipe. The recipe get cycled for the season -- red
for Valentine's day, green for St. Patrick's day, and plain sugar for Just
Because Day, etc.
Sugar Cookies
1 cup powdered sugar
1 cup white sugar
1 cup margarine
1 cup vegetable oil
2 eggs
4 cups flour plus 4 tablespoons rounded
1 teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
Cream shortening and sugar. Add eggs, vanilla and dry ingredients.
Drop by teaspoonful on a cookie sheet and flatten with a drinking glass
dipped in sugar. (For the holidays, I dip a glass in red sugar and another
in green sugar.)
Bake at 350F. (I never did put a time down for these cookies. Maybe 10
minutes. You want to
bake until when you touch the top of a cookie, it feels as though there is a
slight skin on the cookie. The cookie will still feel soft and sort of
puffy. You don't want these cookies to brown--just lightly gold.) After I
remove the cookies from the oven, I allow them to cool and harden on the hot
cookie sheet.
Janet

On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 11:48:56 -0800, Ranee Mueller
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Quoted message said:

I'm looking for a recipe, that I thought was posted here recently,
for a sugar cookie using both confectioner's (powdered) and granulated
sugar. We are getting ready to do some Christmas baking, and I wanted
to try it out. I haven't had good luck searching google. Thank you!

Ranee, I read Janet's reply to the above post and, on the off chance
that you want to make cut out cookies, you might want to try the below
recipe (although it doesn't use granulated sugar). It's also dead
easy.

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Crisp Sugar Cookies

cookies

1-1/2 c powdered sugar
1 C butter
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp almond extract
2-1/2 C flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cream or tartar

Mix wet ingredients. Sift dry ingredients. Incorporate dry into wet.

Chill the dough 1 hour.

Roll to 1/8' to 1/4' thick & use cookie cutters.

375°F oven, 7 - 8 min (or till done)

Yield: makes about 5 dozen

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Decorative Cookie Icing

cookies

3 egg whites
1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 package confectioner's sugar; 16 oz.
assorted food colors

In large mixer bowl with mixer at high speed, beat egg whites and
cream of tartar until frothy. Add sugar and continue beating 5 - 7
mins. until smooth and thick or until a knife drawn through icing
leaves a clean-cut path. Place in a container with a tightly fitting
lid until ready to use. (Can be kept up to 2 weeks in refrigerator.)

Makes about 3 cups.

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In article <[email hidden]>,

Janet Bostwick said:

Here's the recipe that I posted recently. They are decorated with colored
sugar and very easy to make, but they are not cut out cookies. These
cookies are very tender and light, crispy. Makes a lot. Everyone that
tries them wants the recipe. The recipe get cycled for the season -- red
for Valentine's day, green for St. Patrick's day, and plain sugar for Just
Because Day, etc.

Thank you! I modified it a bit to make it more suitable for cut
outs, and we enjoyed them. 🙂

Regards,
Ranee

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"Ranee Mueller" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Thank you! I modified it a bit to make it more suitable for cut
outs, and we enjoyed them. 🙂

Regards,
Ranee

You are welcome.

In article <[email hidden]>,

Terry Pulliam Burd said:

Ranee, I read Janet's reply to the above post and, on the off chance
that you want to make cut out cookies, you might want to try the below
recipe (although it doesn't use granulated sugar). It's also dead
easy.

I'll try this a bit later. We've already made the cookies by
modifying Janet's recipe. Thank you!

Regards,
Ranee

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