Decorate-Before-You-Bake Cookies

Simply delicious sugar cookies are decorated before baking. So they come out of the oven ready to be added to your cookie tray!

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Prep Time 50 min
Total Time 1 hr 40 min
Servings 72

Ingredients

Cookies

3/4: cup butter or margarine, softened

1/2: cup sugar

1: egg

1 3/4: cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour

1/2: teaspoon baking soda

1/4: teaspoon cream of tartar

1/4: teaspoon salt

2: tablespoons sugar

Decorating Mixture

1/2: cup butter or margarine, softened

3: teaspoons milk

1/2: cup Gold Medal® all-purpose flour

4: drops red food color

4: drops green food color

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Directions

1 In large bowl, beat 3/4 cup butter and 1/2 cup sugar with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add egg; beat well. Stir in 1 3/4 cups flour, the baking soda, cream of tartar and salt. Knead dough into smooth ball. Wrap in plastic wrap; refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour.
2 Meanwhile, in small bowl, mix 1/2 cup butter, the milk and 1/2 cup flour with fork until well mixed. Divide mixture in half. Stir red food color into 1 half and green food color into other half. Spoon each mixture into decorating bag fitted with small writing tip; set aside.
3 Heat oven to 375°F. Shape 1 half of the cookie dough into 3/4-inch balls. Place balls 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets. In small bowl, measure 2 tablespoons sugar. Dip bottom of glass into sugar, and use to flatten each ball into 1 1/2-inch round. Pipe colored mixture from decorating bags on each cookie in various holiday designs. Repeat with remaining half of dough.
4 Bake 7 to 9 minutes or until set. Immediately remove to cooling rack.