Buttery Walnut Cutouts Food

BEST BUTTER COOKIES (CUTOUTS)

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl, beat together butter and sugar. Add in egg and beat well. Beat in orange juice and vanilla.
• Combine flour and baking powder and gradually beat inches.
• Chill dough for about 1 hour.
• After dough has chilled, preheat oven to 400.
• Roll dough on to lightly floured surface to about 1/8-1/4" thick. Cut into desired shapes with cookie cutters. Sprinkle w/ colored sugars, if desired.
• Bake at 400 for 6-9 minutes (depending on cookie size) or until edges just slightly golden.

BUTTER WALNUT COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• In a mixing bowl, beat your butter, sugar, egg, vanilla, and salt until light and fluffy.
• In another bowl combine flour and finely ground walnuts.
• Little by little add flour mixture to butter mixture; mix until thoroughly combined.
• Cover your dough and refrigerate it for at least 1 hour.
• Take a quarter of your dough at a time out of your refrigerator, and roll it out to a quarter inch thickness.
• With a lightly floured glass rim, or any other desired shape you wish to use, and cut your cookies out and place on an parchment lined cookie sheet and bake in preheated oven for 8-10 minutes until they are just lightly browned.
• Remove the tray from the oven and immediately remove the cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.

PEANUT BUTTER CUTOUT COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream peanut butter and sugars until light and fluffy, about 4 minutes. Beat in the eggs, milk and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder and baking soda; add to creamed mixture and mix well. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours or until easy to handle., On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to 1/4-in. thickness. Cut with 2-in. to 4-in. cookie cutters. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. , Bake at 375° for 7-9 minutes or until edges are browned. Cool for 1 minute before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely. Frost cookies and decorate as desired.