Sugar Cookies
Serves
24
Total Time
1hrs 37mins
Calories
129
Sweet and tender cookies with wonderfully crisp edges, that make delicious anytime treats. Enjoy plain, or decorate with icing to make them festive.
- Unsalted butter
115 g (about ½ cup)softened
- Cream cheese
25 g (about 1 ¾ tablespoons)
- Granulated sugar
100 g (about ½ cup)
- Egg
1 (about 50 g)
- Vanilla extract
3 g (about ⅝ teaspoon)
- Lemon
5 g (about ¼)zest of
- All purpose flour
220 g (about 1 ¾ cups)
- Baking powder
5 g (about 1 teaspoon)
- Salt
1 pinch
- Egg white
1 (about 30 g)
- Powdered sugar
240 g (about 2 cups)
INGREDIENTS
- 1. Add unsalted butter, cream cheese and granulated sugar to a clean large mixing bowl
- 2. Cream until light and fluffy
- 3. Add egg, vanilla extract and lemon to the dough
- 4. Mix briefly until combined
- 5. Add all purpose flour, baking powder and salt to the dough
- 6. Mix until dough forms
- 7. Wrap with plastic wrap
- 8. Chill in fridge - approx 1 hr
- 9. Pre-heat oven - 175°C
- 10. Line 2 clean baking sheets with parchment paper
- 11. Roll out dough until 1/4" thick
- 12. Cut
- 13. Transfer dough to 2 baking sheets
- 14. Bake until browned at edges - 8 min, 175°C
- 15. Transfer onto cooling rack
- 16. Add egg white to a clean large mixing bowl
- 17. Whisk until frothy
- 18. Add powdered sugar to the icing
- 19. Whisk until thick
- 20. Decorate cookies with piping bag
METHOD
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