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Decorate-Before-You-Bake Cookies

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Decorate-Before-You-Bake Cookies
  • Prep 50 min
  • Total 1 hr 40 min
  • Servings 72
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Simply delicious sugar cookies are decorated before baking. So they come out of the oven ready to be added to your cookie tray!
Updated Nov 19, 2009

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
Make With
Make With
Gold Medal Flour

Steps

  • 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.

Tips from the Betty Crocker Kitchens

  • tip 1
    If you don't have decorating bags and tips, use small resealable food-storage plastic bags. Cut off the tip of one corner for piping.
  • tip 2
    Need inspiration? Pipe on a tree, star, candy cane, gift, holly, garland, snowflakes or holiday tree decorations.

Nutrition

50 Calories, 3 1/2g Total Fat, 0g Protein, 5g Total Carbohydrate, 2g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Cookie
Calories
50
Calories from Fat
30
Total Fat
3 1/2g
5%
Saturated Fat
2g
10%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
10mg
4%
Sodium
40mg
2%
Potassium
10mg
0%
Total Carbohydrate
5g
2%
Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
Sugars
2g
Protein
0g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
2%
2%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
0%
0%
Iron
0%
0%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1/2 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
1/2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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