Easy Sugar Cookie Recipe

by Cocoabear
(Canada)

Sugar cookies

Very easy sugar cookie recipe with a royal icing recipe too. Perfect for the holidays and special occasions

What you will need to make these easy sugar cookies...

Cookie Ingredients:

• 1 cup butter softened
  
  
• 1 cup sugar
  
  
• 1 large egg
  
  
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
  
  
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
  
  
• 3 cups flour
  
  

How the sugar cookies are made...

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
  
  
• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar.
  
  
• Beat in egg and vanilla.
  
  
• Add baking powder and flour one cup at a time, mixing after each addition.
  
  
• The dough will be very stiff; blend in last cup of flour by hand.
  
  
• Do not chill dough.
  
  
• Divide dough into 2 balls.
  
  
• On a floured surface, roll out dough to about 1/8th inch thick.
  
  
• Dip cookie cutters in flour before cutting out shapes.
  
  
• Bake cookies on an ungreased cookie sheet on middle rack of oven for approx 8 minutes - or until cookies are lightly browned.
  
  
• Makes approximately 3 dozen cookies.
  
  

Royal Icing Ingredients:

• 2 large egg whites
  
  
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice
  
  
• 3 cups icing sugar
  
  
• food coloring
  
  
• Sprinkles or candies - optional
  
  

How the royal icing is made...

Directions:

• Mix egg whites with a fork until a little bubbly
  
  
• Add lemon juice and icing sugar
  
  
• Mix well.
  
  
• Divide icing into seperate containers
  
  
• use food coloring to create different Halloween colors
  
  
• Decorate completely cooled cookies
  
  
• Immediately cover with sprinkles or candies if desired
  
  
• Leave to dry on cooling racks for a couple of hours - or until icing is hard to the touch
  
  
• Makes enough icing to generously cover one batch of sugar cookies
  
  

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