Welcome to Christmas Cookies Week! I've been looking forward
to this event for a while, because cookies are one thing I love to make and my
family definitely loves to eat! When I saw the sponsor list, I started the
search for a cut out cookie recipe.
This post is sponsored on behalf of #ChristmasCookiesWeek.
The generous sponsors, YumGoggle, Sprinkle Pop, Silpat and Adams Extracts have
provided us with products for recipe creation.
As always, all opinions are my own.
I looked through cookbooks, Pinterest, and nothing really
struck me. I wanted something easy to
make, but not the standard sugar cookie.
I finally found what I was looking for in my Gram's recipe box.
Now I'm going to admit, I don't ever remember her making
these cookies. I'm not even sure where
she got the recipe, most likely from a friend.
It didn't specify light or dark brown sugar, so I went with light
because it's what I had on hand.
The dough comes together fast. I actually made it the day before I wanted to
make the cookies and stored the disk in the fridge. Just let it come up to room temperature
before you try and roll it out.
Yum Google sent me two cookies cutters, and one was a
beautiful ornament shape. I used a straw
to punch out some holes before baking. I
lined the baking sheet with Silpat, and let me tell you, I'm hooked. I loved how evenly the cookies baked, easy
clean up, and they're reusuable!
I used my go-to Powdered Sugar Glaze, and tinted it to the
colors I wanted using Adams Extract Food Colors. It's so cool that they are free from
artificial dyes! Piping really isn't my
strong suit, but I got some awesome designs with just a few lines and a skewer.
I might have gone a little crazy with the sprinkles, but the
Christmas Traditions Mix from Sprinkle Pop just made it so much fun. You'll see
them a lot throughout this week on my various recipes because they were just
too pretty, I wanted to use them on everything!
Thank you so much to Ellen from Family Around the Table and
Christie from A Kitchen Hoor's Adventures for hosting
#ChristmasCookiesWeek! Be sure to go and
check out all of the other amazing recipes from the #FestiveFoodies today and
throughout the week by clicking on the links below.
Brown Sugar Ornament Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 sticks butter, softened
- 1c light brown sugar, packed
- 1t vanilla extract (I used Adams Extract Pure Vanilla)
- 2 1/4c flour
- 3/4t salt
Powdered Sugar Glaze
- 2 1/2 c powdered sugar
- 2T water
- 1T butter, softened
- 1T light corn syrup
- 1t vanilla extract (I used Adams Extract Pure Vanilla)
- Adams Extract Food coloring 4 pack
- Sprinkle Pop Christmas Traditions Mix
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Place Silpats onto baking sheets.
- Cream together butter, brown sugar and vanilla on medium speed until light and smooth, about 3 minutes. Combine flour and salt in a bowl, then add slowly to the creamed mixture. Continue to beat until a smooth dough forms. Shape into a disk.
- Divide the disk into 4 parts. Roll out, one portion at a time, on a lightly floured surface to about 1/4" thick. Brush off any excess flour. Cut out desired shapes and transfer onto the lined sheets, placing them about 1" apart.
- Repeat with remaining dough. Scraps can be lightly kneaded, rested for about 5 minutes, and then rolled out again.
- Bake sheets for 13 to 15 minutes. Cool on sheets on racks for 3 to 5 minutes, then move to racks to cool completely.
To decorate cookies:
- Combine powdered sugar, water, butter, corn syrup and vanilla in small mixer
- bowl; mix until powdered sugar is moistened.
- Beat at medium speed until smooth, adding additional water if necessary to reach desired spreading consistency. Tint with food color, if desired. Load into piping bags or zip top bags with the corner clipped off.
- Glaze cooled cookies, decorate with sprinkles. Let stand for about 6 hours or overnight until hardened.
Notes
Source: Gram's recipe box
Yield is completely dependent on the size cookie cutters you are using.
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My mother's recipe for white cut out cookies ..... not your usual cut out as they are quite thin and just decorated with sanding sugar ..... but, that's what I grew up with...and, when they bake ..... it smells like Christmas!!!
ReplyDeleteThey turned out amazing! Excellent job.
ReplyDeleteI think you did a great job with the decorating. It's amazing what you can do with a skewer!
ReplyDeleteI love your ornament designs. They're beautiful!
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