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1990 2nd Place: Mom's Sugar Cookies Recipe
by Global Cookbook

1990 2nd Place: Mom's Sugar Cookies
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  Servings: 12

Ingredients

  • 1 c. Unsalted softened butter
  • 11/2 c. Confectioners sugar
  • 1 x Egg
  • 1 tsp Vanilla
  • 1/2 tsp Almond extract
  • 21/2 c. Flour
  • 1 tsp Baking soda
  • 1 tsp Cream of tartar
  • 8 ounce Cream cheese, softened
  • 2 c. Confectioners' sugar
  • 1/4 tsp Vanilla
  • Lowfat milk
  • Food coloring as desired

Directions

  1. Preparation Time: 30 min
  2. Chilling Time: 2 to 3 hrs
  3. Cooking Time: 7 to 8 min
  4. Cream butter, sugar, egg, vanilla and almond extract in large mixer bowl till light and fluffy. Beat in flour, baking soda and cream of tartar till mixed. Divide dough in half. Cover and chill dough 2 to 3 hrs. (Dough can be refrigerated up to several days; soften slightly before rolling out.)
  5. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Have lightly greased baking sheets ready.
  6. Roll out half of dough on lightly floured surface to almost 1/4 inch thick. Use cookie cutters to cut out desired shapes. Place cookies 2 inches apart on prepared baking sheets. Bake till light brown on edges, 7 to 8 min. Cold on wire racks.
  7. For frosting, beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla in small bowl till smooth. Beat in lowfat milk till spreading consistency. Add in food coloring as desired.
  8. Use frosting to decorate cookies. Let stand till frosting sets.
  9. Second place went to Nancy Rullo, of Bloomingdale, for her recipe for Mom's sugar cookies in the shape of Santa Claus faces, iced with a cream cheese frosting and decorated in traditional holiday colors.
  10. The recipe, Rullo wrote, was one which her mother had found in her mother's first cookbook. As children, Rullo and her brother would help cut out the Santa Claus shapes and watch them bake.