Perfect Christmas Sugar Cookies and Icing recipes and decorating tips - video tutorial

• Refrigerated

  • 2 Egg

• Condiments

  • 2 tbsp Corn syrup

• Baking & Spices

  • 2 tsp Baking powder
  • 2 tsp Baking soda
  • 6 1/2 cup Flour
  • 1 Food coloring
  • 2 tsp Nutmeg
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 2 cup Sugar
  • 4 cup Sugar, powder
  • 3 1/2 tsp Vanilla

• Dairy

  • 1 1/8 cup Butter
  • 1/4 cup Milk
  • 1 cup Sour cream, thick

• Other

  • 1 tsp Extract (peppermint or almond

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Description

Ingredients

• 6 1/2 C flour
• 2 tsp. baking soda
• 1 tsp. salt
• 2 tsp. nutmeg
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• 1 C Butter
• 2 C sugar
• 2 egg
• 2 tsp. vanilla
• 1 C thick sour cream
• 4 C powder sugar
• 1/4 C milk
• 2 Tbsp butter
• 2 Tbsp corn syrup
• 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
• 1 tsp extract (peppermint or almond)
• Food coloring (optional)

Directions

• Preheat oven to 350
• Sift flour, soda, salt, nutmeg and powder in a bowl.
• In separate bowl cream the butter and sugar (use cookie paddles or dough hook this will get thick)
• Add the egg and beat again
• then add the vanilla and sour cream and beat it smooth
• Mix in dry ingredients and beat smooth - it will be thick.
• wrap up in wax paper or parchment paper and chill in fridge for 3-4 hours
• preheat oven to 350
• roll out to 1/4 inch and cut holiday shapes
• bake for 8-10 mins, until the edges get a slight golden color to them (dont over bake) let cool
• Mix butter, powdered sugar, milk, vanilla and peppermint in your mixer.
• it will be thick at first - great for spreading
• thin with milk to get a toothpaste thickness good for piping - great for outlining cookies
• thin more to create a icing you can fill in color flow style for a smooth finish. The perfect thinness is when stop stirring the icing and count to 10 it gets smooth.