Sugar Cookies

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Sugar Cookies

Description

Cooking Time

Preparation Time :15 Min

Cook Time : 20 Min

Total Time : 35 Min

Ingredients

Serves : 30
  • For the cookie dough :


  • Flour - 3 cups


  • Baking soda - 1 tsp


  • Unsalted butter - 1 cup


  • Salt - 1/2 tsp


  • White sugar - 1 cup


  • Eggs - 2


  • Vanilla extract - 2 tsp


  • For the icing :


  • Icing sugar - 1 cup


  • Liquid glucose or corn syrup - 3 tsp


  • Vanilla extract - 1/2 tsp


  • Milk - 3 tsp (or as required) Gel food colors (yellow, red and blue)

Directions

  • Sieve the flour, salt and baking soda together. Whisk the butter and sugar together until fluffy.
  • Add the eggs, vanilla extract and whisk till everything is combined.
  • Now mix in the flour mixture into the egg mix. Form a dough.
  • Cover it with cling film and chill it in the fridge for an hour. Now roll the dough, cut cookies using a cookie cutter.
  • Chill for 20 minutes and bake them in a preheated oven at 177℃ for 10-12 minutes. Cool the cookies.
  • To make the icing, whisk the icing sugar, liquid glucose and milk together to remove any lumps. The mixture should thick enough so that it holds shape once piped.
  • Now I have made the icing in batches as they tend to start hardening when in contact with air. So as required, 1 added color and piped.
  • Pipe the lining of the cookies and then fill in. Pipe the dots, strings on the cookies.The icing takes about 8-9 hours to completely harden. Once set, serve or box them up.