Simple Iced or Stamped Cookies
Serves
12
Total Time
1hrs 20mins
Calories
313
Easy cookies, perfect for decorating with icing or colored sugar, or stamping with messages and patterns.
- Unsalted butter
100 g (about ½ cup)room temperature
- Granulated sugar
100 g (about ½ cup)
- Egg
1 (about 50 g)
- Vanilla extract
1 teaspoon (about 5 ml)
- All purpose flour
275 g (about 2 cups)
- Powdered sugar
400 g (about 3 ¼ cups)
- Water
3 tablespoons (about 45 ml)
- Food coloring
as needed
INGREDIENTS
- 1. Add unsalted butter and granulated sugar to a clean stand mixer bowl
- 2. Cream together until light and fluffy
- 3. Add egg and vanilla extract to the dough
- 4. Mix until combined
- 5. Add all purpose flour to the dough
- 6. Mix until dough forms
- 7. Wrap with plastic wrap
- 8. Chill in fridge - 30 min
- 9. Pre-heat oven - 175°C
- 10. Roll out until 1/8" (5mm) thick
- 11. Cut out
- 12. Decorate
- 13. Transfer dough to 2 baking sheets
- 14. Bake until light golden - 8 min, 175°C
- 15. Let cool - approx 5 min
- 16. Transfer onto cooling rack until completely cool
- 17. Add powdered sugar to a clean medium bowl
- 18. Sift in flour sifter
- 19. Add water and food coloring to the icing
- 20. Stir until smooth
- 21. Spread icing with 2 cookies
METHOD
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