I loved creating different Christmas designs using a heart cookie cutter.
Enjoy the two video tutorials.
Sugar Cookie Recipe (printable recipe below)
Ingredients:
- 2 sticks salted butter (no margarine)
- 1 Cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon almond extract (other extracts are fine too)
- 1/2 Cup cornstarch
- 4-5 Cups all-purpose flour
How to Make:
Mix butter well. Add sugar and mix. Add eggs. Add extracts – mix all well.
Slowly add mixture of cornstarch and flour into the wet mixture.
Your mixer may not be able to continue mixing as the dough gets tough. You can finish stirring or using your hands.
Wrap in wax paper or put in a baggie. Refrigerate for 2 hours.
Roll out on flour board. Cut into shapes.
Bake at 350 degrees (170 C) preheated oven for 11 – 15 minutes until golden brown on bottom.
Cool before decorating. Store in air tight container.
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- 2 sticks salted butter (no margarine)
- 1 Cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon almond extract (other extracts are fine too)
- ½ Cup cornstarch
- 4-5 Cups all-purpose flour
- Sugar Cookie Recipe (printable recipe below)
- Ingredients:
- sticks salted butter (no margarine)
- Cup granulated sugar
- egg
- egg yolk
- teaspoon vanilla extract
- teaspoon almond extract (other extracts are fine too)
- /2 Cup cornstarch
- -5 Cups all-purpose flour
- How to Make:
- Mix butter well. Add sugar and mix. Add eggs. Add extracts - mix all well.
- Slowly add mixture of cornstarch and flour into the wet mixture.
- Your mixer may not be able to continue mixing as the dough gets tough. You can finish stirring or using your hands.
- Wrap in wax paper or put in a baggie. Refrigerate for 2 hours.
- Roll out on flour board. Cut into shapes.
- Bake at 350 degrees (170 C) preheated oven for 11 - 15 minutes until golden brown on bottom.
- Cool before decorating. Store in air tight container.
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