What's is a good recipe for sugar cookies for me to make for christmas?!
Answers: Hmm i want to make a recipe this christmas but i don't know which recipe...
Here's the one I use. I D/L it from the net.
Christmas Sugar Cookies
Ingredients
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup Imperial Sugar Extra Fine Granulated Sugar or Dixie Crystals Extra Fine Granulated Sugar
1 egg
1/4 cup milk
1/2 tsp. lemon extract
Preparation
Combine flour, baking powder, and salt; set aside. In mixing bowl, blend shortening and Imperial Sugar Extra Fine Granulated Sugar or Dixie Crystals Extra Fine Granulated Sugar; mix in egg. Add dry ingredients alternately with milk and lemon extract; blend thoroughly. Chill dough at least one hour. Preheat over to 400°F. Roll dough to 1/4-inch thickness on floured pastry cloth. Cut out shapes with knife or cookie cutters. Transfer to greased cookie sheet and bake seven to ten minutes. Yields about four dozen cookies.
Decorating And Icing
4 cups (1-lb. carton) Imperial Sugar Confectioners Sugar or Dixie Crystals Confectioners Powdered Sugar
4 Tbsp. milk (approximately)
Food colorings
Combine Imperial Sugar Confectioners Sugar or Dixie Crystals Confectioners Powdered Sugar with milk; stir until smooth. Add more milk, one teaspoon at a time, to achieve desired spreading consistency. Divide icing into several small bowls and tint with several drops of food coloring. Trim with colored decorator sprinkles, cinnamon red hots and candies.
P.S. Forget the lemon extract
Sugar Cookies
You may use either a vanilla bean or vanilla extract in this recipe.
16 Tbs. (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room
temperature
3/4 cup sugar
3 egg yolks
1 piece vanilla bean, about 2 inches long, or
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
Colored sugars
In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the flat beater, beat together the butter and sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 4 minutes. Add the egg yolks one at a time, beating well after each addition. Cut the vanilla bean in half lengthwise and, using a small, sharp knife, scrape the seeds into the butter mixture. If using vanilla extract, add it now. Mix well.
In a sifter, combine the flour, baking powder and salt. Sift the flour mixture directly onto the butter mixture. Reduce the speed to low and beat until well mixed.
Turn the dough out onto a work surface and divide into 4 equal portions. Shape each portion into a ball, then flatten the balls into disks. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight. (The dough can be prepared up to 3 days ahead.) Let it soften slightly at room temperature before continuing.
Position a rack in the upper third of an oven and preheat to 350°F. Butter 2 large baking sheets.
On a lightly floured work surface, roll out a dough disk 1/4 inch thick. Using cookie cutters, cut out desired shapes. Transfer the cutouts to the prepared baking sheets. Gather up and reroll the scraps and cut out more cookies. Repeat with the remaining dough disks.
Bake until the cookies are golden on the edges, about 8 minutes. Transfer the cookies to wire racks and let cool completely. Decorate the cookies as desired. Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 1 week. Makes 24 to 30 cookies, depending on cutter size
goto allrecipes.com. look for mrs. fields cookies or soft sugar cookies they both are soooooo yummy
good luck, I'm makin cookies right now myself.
just passing time while in oven