Ornament Cookies
- 1 1/4 cups powdered sugar
- 1 cup Land O Lakes Butter, softened
- 1 Land O Lakes All-Natural Egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- Decorator sugars, if desired
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup Land O Lakes Butter, softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 to 2 tablespoons milk
- Food color, if desired
- Combine 1 1/4 cups powdered sugar, 1 cup butter, egg and 1 teaspoon vanilla in large bowl.
- Beat at low speed, scraping bowl often, until creamy.
- Add flour and baking soda; beat until well mixed.
- Divide dough in half; wrap each half in plastic food wrap.
- Refrigerate until firm (at least 2 hours).
- Heat oven to 375F.
- Roll out dough on lightly floured surface, one-half at a time (keeping remaining dough refrigerated), to 1/8 to 1/4-inch thickness.
- Cut with 4-inch cookie cutter.
- Place 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.
- Sprinkle with decorator sugars, if desired.
- Bake for 6 to 10 minutes or until edges are lightly browned.
- While cookies are still warm, use toothpick or straw to make holes for ribbons to hang cookies as ornaments.
- Cool completely.
- Combine 2 cups powdered sugar, 1/4 cup butter and 1 teaspoon vanilla in small bowl.
- Beat at low speed, scraping bowl often and adding enough milk for desired frosting consistency.
- Tint frosting with food color, if desired.
- Frost and fill cooled cookies as desired.
- Variations: Stained Glass Ornament Cookies: Omit frosting.
- Cut out cookies as directed.
- Cut shapes in center of each cookie with small cookie cutter.
- Place cookies 2 inches apart onto aluminum foil-lined cookie sheets.
- Fill cut-out centers with enough finely crushed fruit-flavored hard candies to evenly fill holes.
- (To crush candy, separate candy by color; place in plastic food bags.
- Crush candy.)
- Bake for 6 to 10 minutes or until edges are lightly browned and candy is melted.
- Cool completely before removing from cookie sheets.
- (Bake small cut-outs for 4 to 6 minutes or until edges are lightly browned.)
- Sandwich Ornament Cookies: Omit frosting.
- Cut out cookies as directed.
- Cut shapes in center of half of cookies with small cookie cutter.
- Bake for 6 to 10 minutes or until edges are lightly browned.
- Cool completely.
- Spread bottom of each cookie without cut-out with 1 teaspoon preserves.
- Top with cookie with cut-out; press down lightly.
- Sprinkle with powdered sugar, if desired.
- (Bake small cut-outs for 4 to 6 minutes or until edges are lightly browned.)
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Taken from www.landolakes.com/recipe/1898/ornament-cookies (may not work)