when I look at these cookies...I find myself more in the mood for the holidays!
Sugar Cookiesadapted from Martha Stewart
1/2 cup butter, room temp.
1 cup sugar
1 egg, room temp.
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
Preheat oven to 375. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
Sift flour, baking powder and salt together.In bowl of electric mixer, cream butter with sugar. Add eggs and vanilla and beat well.
Slowly add dry ingredients using low speed until just blended (do not over mix). Gather the dough and form into a flat disk. Wrap in plastic and chill at least 2 hours (dough can also be frozen for later use). Roll on lightly floured surface to a scant 1/4-inch thickness. Using cookie cutters, cut into desired shapes and place on prepared sheets. Chill again for 10-15 minutes. Bake for about 10-12 minutes, or until edges of cookies are barely golden.
To decorate I used plain royal icing piped on to the cookies with a very small tip from a pastry bag, use any recipe you like. And I used various colored and white sugars, Nonpareils and little Nonpareil covered chocolates.
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Linda, they are so lovely!
ReplyDeleteThe colors you've chosen to decorate them are delightful. So elegant.
I can't imagine anyone turning away one of those beauties. I certainly wouldn't!
I'm sorry to hear you've been dealing with a cold. Hope you're feeling better every day. xo~m.
Thank you Mari!
ReplyDeleteL xoxo
Hi Susan!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for stopping by!
Nice to meet you!
L :)
Hi Linda;
ReplyDeleteIt's me......Erica. I love your blog, I just came across it recently......You are not only a talented "chef", but a great writer also.
Love your cookies.....I'm going to try and make some myself for the Holidays.
Now that I know that you are here, I'll be stoping by.
Erica
Sending you hugs Erica!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for stopping by!
L xoxo
Really nice decorating, is this your favorite sugar cookie recipe?
ReplyDeleteErnie..not sure if they are my favorite...they are good... but I am always on the search. I do not care for lemon flavored sugar cookies though, they have to be vanilla. I actually have another recipe that I am going to try in a day or two as soon as I can stand in the kitchen without coughing my head off( now that sounds wonderful doesn't it! very appetizing!) I actually have a Jim Dodge butter cookie that is my personal favorite...but that is a different animal altogether!
ReplyDeleteLinda, this post gives me holiday spirit too. Your sugar cookies are beatiful.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cookies, Linda! Your photos are so wonderful, I think I can actually taste them! :D
ReplyDeletePuts me in the mood to do some baking myself -
Linda, your cookies are so festive! Beautifully decorated, too. Makes me want to get back out there in the kitchen and make a batch.
ReplyDeleteHugs from Mia
Hugs back at all of you!
ReplyDeleteI have been in bed mostly the past week and have NOTHING much done yet...maybe later today!
L xoxoxox :*
Hope you're feeling better soon, Linda, and back in the kitchen working your magic!!
ReplyDeletexoxoxoxo
Lori
I really love how your trees came out. So ephemeral and elegant. They look like they came from a snowy forest.
ReplyDeleteThanks Becky...
ReplyDeleteThe royal icing is easier to handle this way...no fussing with colors and switching bags...it was more out of laziness I did this...but it worked out well....
L :)