1990 2nd Place Mom's Sugar Cookies

Title:
1990 2nd Place Mom's Sugar Cookies

Yield:
48 Servings

Categories:
Cookies,
Holiday




Ingredients:





     1 c  Unsalted softened butter


 1 1/2 c  Confectioners sugar


     1    Egg


     1 ts Vanilla


   1/2 ts Almond extract


 2 1/2 c  Flour


     1 ts Baking soda


     1 ts Cream of tartar





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     8 oz Cream cheese, softened


     2 c  Confectioners' sugar


   1/4 ts Vanilla


          Milk


          Food coloring as desired





 Preparation time: 30 minutes Chilling time: 2 to 3 hours Cooking time: 7 to


       8    minutes


 


  1. Cream butter, sugar, egg, vanilla and almond extract in large mixer


 bowl until light and fluffy. Beat in flour, baking soda and cream of tartar


 until mixed. Divide dough in half. Cover and refrigerate dough 2 to 3


 hours. (Dough can be refrigerated up to several days; soften slightly


 before rolling out.)


 


  2. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Have lightly greased baking sheets ready.


 


  3. 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 until light brown on edges, 7 to 8


 minutes. Cool on wire racks.


 


  4. For frosting, beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla in small bowl until


 smooth. Beat in milk until spreading consistency. Add food coloring as


 desired.


 


  5. Use frosting to decorate cookies. Let stand until frosting sets.


 


  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. The recipe,


 Rullo wrote, was one that 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. from the Chicago Tribune third annual


 Food Guide Holiday Cookie Contest December 13, 1990


 Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V3 #340


 


 From: Linda Place 


 


 Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 01:06:56 +0000