Print
ShareSanta Face Cookies
Yield: 18 cookies Prep 1 hr 45 mins Bake 350°F 10 mins to 15 mins Start to Finish 2 hrs 45 mins
Ingredients
- 1 recipe Cutout Sugar Cookies
- 1 recipe Royal Icing
- Gel paste food coloring
Directions
1. Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Roll out dough and use a 2-by-3-1/2-inch raindrop cookie cutter to cut 18 cookies. Use a 1-1/2-inch round cutter to cut 18 cookies. Place drops and circles on separate baking sheets. Cut each circle in half and separate. Bake cookies until just golden, about 15 minutes for drops, about 10 minutes for cut circles. Cool completely.
2. Color 2/3 cup Royal Icing red and 1/4 cup each pink and blue and place in pastry bags with tips. Fill another pastry bag with 1-1/4 cups white icing.
3. Ice tops of drop cookies with red icing and bottoms and all half-circles with white icing. Allow icing to set, about 30 minutes. Adhere half-circles to drop cookies with icing to form a mustache. Pipe hat trim and tip with white icing. Pipe eyes and nose with blue and pink icing. Allow icing to set completely, at least 3 hours. Makes 18 cookies.
Nutrition Facts
- cal.(kcal)300,
- Fat, total(g)11,
- chol.(mg)50,
- sat. fat(g)7,
- carb.(g)49,
- fiber(g)1,
- pro.(g)2,
- sodium(mg)99,
- Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet
Yield: 36 two-inch cookies Prep 15 mins Bake 350°F 10 mins to 12 mins per batch Start to Finish 1 hr 15 mins
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 large egg yolks
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions
1. Combine flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl; set aside. In mixer bowl, beat butter and sugar until fluffy, 3 minutes. Beat in yolks and vanilla. Add flour mixture and combine. Wrap dough in plastic wrap, chill 1 hour.
2. Roll dough to 3/8 inch thick on a floured surface. Cut as desired. (Dough scraps can be re-rolled up to 2 times.) Bake at 350 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes. Cookies can be stored airtight for up to 5 days. Makes 36 two-inch cookies.
Yield: 2-1/2 cups Prep 15 mins Bake 350°F 10 mins to 12 mins per batch Start to Finish 1 hr 15 mins
Ingredients
- 1 pound confectioners sugar
- 5 tablespoons meringue powder or powdered egg whites
- 1/3 cup water
- gel paste food coloring
Directions
1. Mix together sugar, meringue powder and 1/3 cup water on low speed to soft peaks, scraping down sides of bowl, about 10 minutes. (If not using immediately, store airtight at room temperature up to 3 days; stir before using.)
2. Divide into bowls and color icing as desired. Transfer immediately into piping bags. Makes 2-1/2 cups.
SAVE EVEN MORE! Say “Yes” to Ladies' Home Journal® Magazine today and get a second year for HALF PRICE - 2 full years (22 issues) for just $15. You also get our new Ladies' Home Journal® Family Favorites Cookbook ABSOLUTELY FREE!
