Looking for a delicious dessert? Then check out these cookies decorated with frosting - perfect for Hanukkah.
Hanukkah Cutouts
- Prep Time 1 hr 15 min
- Total 2 hr 15 min
- Ingredients 14
- Servings 60
Ingredients
Cookies
- 1 1/4 cups powdered sugar
- 1 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 egg
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
Glaze
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Decorator Frosting
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons butter or margarine, softened
- Blue food color
- 1 to 2 tablespoons milk
Instructions
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Step1In large bowl, beat 1 1/4 cups powdered sugar and 1 cup butter until light and fluffy. Add 1 teaspoon vanilla and the egg; blend well. Stir in flour, baking soda and cream of tartar; mix well. Cover with plastic wrap; refrigerate 1 hour for easier handling.
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Step2Heat oven to 375°F. On lightly floured work surface, roll out dough 1/3 at a time to 1/8-inch thickness. Keep remaining dough refrigerated. Cut with lightly floured 2- to 2 1/2-inch cookie cutters. Place 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
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Step3Bake 6 to 9 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheets. Cool completely.
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Step4In small bowl, blend glaze ingredients until smooth, adding 2 tablespoons milk for thin spreading consistency. Spread glaze on cooled cookies. Allow glaze to set before decorating.
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Step5In another small bowl, mix all decorator frosting ingredients, adding enough milk for desired piping consistency. Place in decorating bag fitted with writing tip or in small resealable freezer plastic bag with one corner snipped off to make a very small hole for piping. Decorate cookies as desired.
Nutrition
80
Calories
3 1/2g
Total Fat
0g
Protein
12g
Total Carbohydrate
7g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories
- 80
- Calories from Fat
- 30
- Total Fat
- 3 1/2g
- 5%
- Saturated Fat
- 2g
- 10%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 10mg
- 4%
- Sodium
- 45mg
- 2%
- Potassium
- 20mg
- 1%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 12g
- 4%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 7g
- Protein
- 0g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 2%
- 2%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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