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Sugar Cookie Recipe

Sugar Cookies are special treats for holidays.

Ready for serving and eating.

Shamrock Sugar Cookie Recipe

To add a special flare to a holiday it is fun to have special Sugar Cookies Recipe to highlight the day, especially if you have children.  I missed February with red hearts Sugar Cookies, so I tried for March with the green Shamrocks.

A perfectly cut shamrock for coloring.

A perfectly cut shamrock for coloring.

Since my children are out of state and my grand-girls do not live nearby, I am not as prone to make the rolled cookies.  We are kids at heart, so my husband and I enjoyed every Shamrock Sugar Cookie.  

Thanks to Betty Crocker for this Sugar Cookie recipe.

See the How-to  Make Sugar Cookies, a blog in pictures.

Sugar Cookie Recipe

Julia Ann
A Sugar Cookie recipe to make for any holiday with a cookie cutter and iced with an easy creamy icing.
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Prep Time 4 minutes
Cook Time 6 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 5 dozen

Ingredients
  

  • COOKIE DOUGH
  • 1 ½ cups sifted confectioners’ sugar
  • 1 cup butter
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • ½ teaspoon almond flavoring
  • 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon soda
  • 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
  • CREAMY I
  • 1 cup sifted confectioners’ sugar
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla or almond, peppermint, coconut or lemon
  • 1 ½ tablespoon cream or 1 tablespoon of water
  • food coloring

Instructions
 

  • COOKIES
  • In mixing bowl, cream sugar and butter.
  • Add egg and flavorings, mix thoroughly.
  • In smaller bowl, measure the flour, soda and cream of tartar together, whisk or sift.
  • Blend in the dry ingredients.
  • Refrigerate 2-3 hours.
  • Preheat the oven to 375 F.
  • Divide dough in half and roll 3/16-inch thick on lightly floured pastry cloth.
  • Cut with cookie cutter or cut shapes with a knife.
  • Sprinkle with sugar.
  • Place on lightly greased baking sheet or on pans lined with parchment paper.
  • Bake 7 to 8 minutes or delicately golden.
  • Makes 5 dozen 2 to 2 1/2 inch cookies.
  • CREAMY ICING
  • Blend sugar, salt, flavoring (try almond, peppermint, coconut or lemon)
  • Add cream to make it easy to spread.
  • Tint with a few drops of food coloring.
  • Spread on cookies with spatula or pastry brush.
  • Makes icing for 3 to 5 dozen cookies, depending on size.

Notes

Mary’s Sugar Cookie Recipe from Betty Crocker’s Cooky Book. 1971…..Julia Ann and cookbookinabox® in partnership with Netta Belle’s Choice® bring you great recipes for your cooking experience. 2007-2018 Netta Belle’s Choice® cookbookinabox® “Reg. U.S. Pat. Trdmk.Off.” Reg. “Trade-marks Canadian Intellectual Property Office.”Netta Belle’s Choice®The Art of Gourmet Cookery® and cookbookinabox®. All rights reserved.
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