Snowflake Sugar Cookies
The holidays are a perfect time of year to spend some time baking cookies as a family. Featuring fun shapes and decorative icing, these Christmas cookies will be a hit at home or your next holiday party.
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- Serves: 2 persons
Ingredients
- 3cups flour
- ½teaspoon baking powder
- ¼teaspoon salt
- 1cup butter, softened
- 1cup sugar
- 1egg
- 2teaspoons lemon extract
- Colored sprinkles
- 2cups powdered sugar
- Milk
- Reynolds® Parchment Paper
Instructions
Step 1
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line a cookie sheet with Reynolds® Parchment Paper, set aside.Step 2
Beat butter and sugar until fluffy with an electric mixer. Mix in egg and lemon extract until well blended.Step 3
Combine flour, baking powder and salt in a separate bowl. Gradually beat flour mixture into butter mixture until smooth. Divide dough in half; shape into 2 flat disks. Wrap dough in parchment paper; refrigerate 1 hour until firm enough to roll.Step 4
Roll out the dough 1/8-inch thick between two sheets of lightly floured parchment paper.Step 5
Cut dough with 2 to 6-inch snowflake cookie cutters. Place cookies 1-inch apart on parchment-lined cookie sheet. Decorate with colored sprinkles.Step 6
Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until cookies are just beginning to brown on edges. Cool.Step 7
Mix powdered sugar and milk together in a small bowl, adding milk slowly until desired consistency is reached. Drizzle over cooled cookies.