My First Christmas Cookies

• 2/3 cup butter soft
• 5/8 cup powdered sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 5/8 cups flour
• 1/2 cup almond flour
• 1 egg white
• 1 2/3 cups powdered sugar

1. Preheat oven to 170u0b0C (approximately 350u0b0F.
2. With an electric mixer, beat butter until creamy and gradually add sifted powdered sugar, while scraping down sides of bowl.
3. Add vanilla.
4. Stir in sifted wheat flour and salt. Shape dough into a ball, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour.
5. Place dough between two sheets of parchment paper and roll out to desired thickness.
6. Cut out cookies in desired shapes and place on baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
7. Bake at 170u0b0C (approximately 350u0b0F) for about 12 minutes.
8. Leave cookies on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before cooling on a wire rack.
9. Cool completely before decorating.
10. For the icing, with an electric mixer, beat white egg until it starts to foam and then add sifted powdered sugar for a toothpaste-like texture that will outline the cookies.
11. To fill in outline, add a few drops of water to icing and brush over cookie to fill.
12. Tint icing with food dye in any color, as desired.

butter, powdered sugar, vanilla, salt, flour, almond flour, egg, powdered sugar

Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/My-First-Christmas-Cookies-2049559 (may not work)