Traditional Rolled Sugar Cookies
Description
Sugar cookies are Christmas favorites; decorate these with festive holiday colors. The buttery, creamy
flavor of traditional sugar cookies is wonderfully offset by this recipe’s addition of zesty grated lemon
peel.
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup butter, softened
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tablespoon grated lemon peel
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- water
- 2 large egg yolks
- food coloring
Instructions
Cookies
1. Cream butter in large mixer bowl.
2. Add sugar; beat until light and fluffy.
3. Beat in egg, lemon peel and vanilla until well blended.
4. Gradually mix in flour and salt until well blended.
5. Beat in water, a few drops at a time, only until dough starts to come away from sides of bowl.
6. Shape dough into large flat disk; wrap and refrigerate 2 to 3 hours.
7. Preheat oven to 350F degrees.
8. Roll dough on lightly floured surface to 1/8-inch thickness.
9. Cut with cookie cutters dipped in flour.
10. Place on buttered cookie sheets.
11. Paint with edible tempera color, if desired (recipe below).
12. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until cookies begin to brown around edges.
13. Carefully remove from cookie sheets.
14. Cool completely on wire racks.
Edible Tempera Color
1. Lightly beat eggs yolks and divide evenly among 5 small containers.
2. Use liquid food coloring (adding a few drops at a time) to color each mixture as desired.
3. Apply colors with a small clean paintbrush before baking cookies.
Notes
If you prefer not to paint your cookies, simply sprinkle with colored sugar before baking.