These are delicious and easy to make! Your kids will love helping you make them as well as frost them, or like mine, mostly to just eat them!
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1 cup softened butter or margarine
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp almond extract
1 egg
2 1/2 cups flour (may need to add an extra 1/2 cup flour if dough is too sticky)
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cream of tartar
Heat oven to 375
Mix powdered sugar, butter, vanilla, almond extract and egg.
Stir in remaining ingredients. Cover and refrigerate for 3 hours.
Divide dough into halves.
Roll each half 3/16 inch thick on a lightly floured board.
Cut into shapes; sprinkle with granulated sugar.
Place on lightly greased cookie sheet.
Bake until edges are light brown, 7-8 minutes.
Makes about 5 dozen (If making them very small. More likely if they are the size as above, there will be about 2 1/2 dozen.
Frosting:
1 stick softened salted butter
about a half of a bag of powdered sugar
a drop of vanilla
a little milk (a couple Tbs??)
So this is kind of a throw together, not really measured. Sorry. Just whip everything together with a beater until smooth. If too runny, add more powdered sugar. If too buttery tasting, add more vanilla and powdered sugar. Good luck!
1 stick softened salted butter
about a half of a bag of powdered sugar
a drop of vanilla
a little milk (a couple Tbs??)
So this is kind of a throw together, not really measured. Sorry. Just whip everything together with a beater until smooth. If too runny, add more powdered sugar. If too buttery tasting, add more vanilla and powdered sugar. Good luck!
Amber and David says:
Yum! I LOVE sugar cookies! Do you have a recipe for the icing that goes along with these? Love your blog Kritin!=)
August 24, 2009 at 10:42 AM