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Santa 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
Santa Face Cookies

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.

Cut-Out Sugar Cookies

Yield: 36 two-inch cookies Prep 10 mins Bake 450°F 30 mins to 35 mins Broil 4 mins to 6 mins Start to Finish 45 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.

Royal Icing For Cookies

Yield: 2-1/2 cups Prep 10 mins Bake 450°F 30 mins to 35 mins Broil 4 mins to 6 mins Start to Finish 45 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.

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