Sugar Cookies
Kid friendly decorative sugar cookies
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup unsalted butter at room temperature
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg yolk
- 3 tablespoons milk
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
FOR DECORATION
- 1 cup icing sugar
- 1 teaspoon Water or lemon juice a few drops at a time, thin to desired consistency for brushing on cookies
- Colored sprinkles as needed
Instructions
- Mix dry ingredients together and set aside. Cream butter and gradually add sugar while beating until light and fluffy.
- Mix egg yolk, milk and vanilla, slowly add to creamed butter mixing well. Add dry ingedients a bit at a time. Chill 30 minutes.
- Roll dough while cold to 1/4 inch thickness on a lightly floured board. Cut out desired shapes, using your favorite cookie cutters.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes on a parchment lined cookie sheet.
- Mix water or lemon juice and icing sugar, brush icing on cooled cookies and add colored sprinkles while icing is still wet.
- Have fun decorating!
Notes
* lemon juice adds more flavor to the cookies when used in the icing!
Cookies can also be decorated with melted chocolate or colourful candy melts