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Holiday Cutouts

These pretty sugar cookies are a classic addition to the holiday cookie tray. They make great decorations, too!

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Prep Time 60 min
Total Time 4 hr 10 min
Servings 60

Ingredients

Cookies

1 1/2: cups powdered sugar

1: cup butter or margarine, softened

1: teaspoon vanilla

1/2: teaspoon almond extract

1: egg

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

1: teaspoon baking soda

1: teaspoon cream of tartar

: Betty Crocker® Decor Selects candy sprinkles, nonpareils or colored sugars, if desired

Frosting

2: cups powdered sugar

1/2: teaspoon vanilla

2: tablespoons milk or half-and-half

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Directions

1 In large bowl, mix 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar, the butter, 1 teaspoon vanilla, almond extract and egg until well blended. Stir in flour, baking soda and cream of tartar. Cover and refrigerate at least 3 hours.
2 Heat oven to 375°F. Divide dough in half. On lightly floured, cloth covered surface, roll each half of dough 3/16 inch thick. Cut into assorted shapes with cookie cutters, or cut around patterns traced from storybook illustrations. If cookies are to be hung as decorations, make a hole in each 1/4 inch from top with end of plastic straw. Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
3 Bake 7 to 8 minutes or until light brown. Remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
4 In medium bowl, beat all frosting ingredients until smooth and spreadable. Tint with food color if desired. Frost and decorate cookies as desired with frosting and colored sugars.

EXPERT TIPS

Expert Tips

For melt-in-your-mouth treats, be sure to mix cookies just enough—but not too much. Too much mixing can result in tough cookies.

Skip the decorator frosting and use part of a container of ready-to-spread frosting instead. The frosting layer will be a bit thicker this way, but it will be equally delicious!

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Nutrition Information

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Cookie

Calories: 65
Calories from Fat: 25 ),

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 3 g; 3 %
(Saturated Fat 2 g, 2 % ),
Cholesterol: 10 mg; 10 %;
Sodium: 40 mg; 40 %;
Total Carbohydrate: 9 g; 9 %
(Dietary Fiber 0g 0% ),
Protein: 1 g; 1 %

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 2%;
Vitamin C: 0%;
Calcium: 0%;
Iron: 0%;

Exchanges:

1/2 Starch; 1/2 Fat;

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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Posted 12/22/2012 1:25:07 PM REPORT ABUSE Iowabeth said:

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Have been making these for 39 years. Best sugar cookies ever. Moved recently and lost my old BC cookbook so am pleased to find the recipe online just in time for Christmas.

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