Cookie Icing

Ingredients:
1 1/2 c confectioners sugar
1/4 c butter
1 tsp vanillas
mall amount of hot water

Directions:
beat the butter and vanilla together and then add the powdered sugar and mix. Then add the hot water by the teaspoon full until it is a good consistency for icing the cookies.

Comments:
You can add food coloring to the icing for different occasions. For multiple colors with 1 batch of cookies seperate the icing and color. I did red/green for christmas and just put 1/2 the ingredients in 2 bowls and mixed that way. Water was about 3 tsp. You want it to be smooth and creamy but not too thin or it will be runny.

Sugar Cookies

Ingredients:
3 1/2 c flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
1 c. butter
1 1/2 c sugar
2 eggs

Directions:
Sift the dry ingredients together. Blend butter and sugar until they are light and creamy. Next beat in the eggs and vanilla. Add the flour mixture 1/3 at a time. Mixing until all the flour is blended in. Next roll the dough about 1/4 inch thick between parchment paper and cut with the cookie cutters. Pull the dough from between the cut-outs and place the cookies on a baking sheets and chill in the refrigerator. While those chill roll and cut the next batch. Once they are chilled then place them on the cookie sheet to bake at 350 for 15 minutes. The dough will hold the shape much better if it is chilled. Rolling between the parchment paper keeps it from sticking and needing excess flour.

Comments:
These are very yummy. The cooking time is only a suggestion as ovens will vary. Watch them and take them out as soon as the edges turn a light brown otherwise you will end up with a crispy cookie. I topped with the icing recipe found HERE.