My Mom's Cut out Cookies
- 1 cup butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 3 cups flour
- 12 cup milk
- 2 -3 tablespoons just-boiled water
- 1 cup confectioners' sugar, sifted
- food coloring
- Allow butter to soften (not melt!)
- at room temperature.
- In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar.
- Add egg, vanilla, cream of tartar and baking soda.
- Add flour alternately with milk.
- Cover with plastic wrap and chill for at least an hour in the refrigerator.
- (I usually chill it overnight.
- ).
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Roll out with plenty of flour to keep from sticking, but try to avoid incorporating too much flour into the dough since it will make the cookies less moist.
- Cut out into circles or with your choice of cookie cutters.
- Carefully transfer cookies to an ungreased cookie sheet.
- Bake on a cookie sheet in the oven until they become a light gold color.
- Watch them carefully so that they don't get overdone.
- Allow to cook completely before icing.
- For icing, put a couple of tablespoons of not-quite-boiling water into a large bowl.
- Add the confectioners' sugar and mix together, adding more water as you need to form a thick paste.
- Color, as desired.
- Spread about 1 tablespoon of icing on each cookie.
- Decorate with colored sugar and sprinkles as desired.
butter, sugar, egg, vanilla, cream of tartar, baking soda, flour, milk, just, sugar, food coloring
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/my-moms-cut-out-cookies-227870 (may not work)