Grandmas Sugar Cookies With Brown Butter Icing Food

GRANDMA'S SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream the sugar, butter, vanilla and salt. Add eggs and mix well. Combine the flour, baking powder and baking soda; add to creamed mixture. Chill until firm, about 1 hour., On a floured surface, roll dough to 1/4-in. thickness. Cut shapes with cookie cutters; place on greased baking sheets. Bake at 375° for 7-12 minutes (depending on size) or until light golden brown. Remove to wire racks to cool completely., In a large bowl, combine the confectioners' sugar, extract and enough milk to achieve desired consistency. Tint with food coloring. Decorate cookies as desired.

GRANDMA'S SUGAR COOKIES WITH BROWN BUTTER ICING

Steps:

• 1. Cream together shortening, sugar, egg and vanilla.
• 2. In a separate bowl, sift together flour, baking soda and salt.
• 3. Mix the dry with the wet ingredients.
• 4. Use a cookie scoop or a 2 Tablespoon measuring spoon to scoop and drop cookies onto a cookie sheet.
• 5. Bake at 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes. Remove from oven and cool.
• 6. Put a 1/4 cup of butter into a sauce pan over medium-medium high heat. The butter will melt and then come to a boil.
• 7. Allow the butter to cook until the bubbles have died down and you are left with a brown butter.
• 8. Add in powder sugar a little at a time. After the sugar has been mixed in, add about a teaspoon of water so the frosting becomes a spreading consistency. If the frosting is watery or it appears the sugar hasn't absorbed all of the butter, add more powedered sugar.
• 9. When the cookies have cooled, gently frost the cookies with the brown butter frosting.

GRANDMA'S BROWN SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350^.
• Cream butter and brown sugar.
• Add egg, flour, and baking soda.
• Shape into small balls and place on cookie sheet.
• Using a small glass with a decorative bottom, dip bottom into a cup of water, then into raw cane sugar. Press down on cookie dough to flatten cookie.
• Bake 10-12 minutes.

GRANDMA'S SOFT SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Beat together eggs, oil, vanilla and sugar; add flour, baking powder and salt and mix well.
• Drop by heaping teaspoon approx 3" apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
• Flatten with bottom of glass moistened with water and dipped in sugar.
• Bake at 400°F for 6-10 minutes or just until lightly golden.

SOUR CREAM COOKIES W/ BURNT BUTTER ICING

Steps:

• Mix together:.
• Shortening, granular sugar & eggs.
• Stir in:.
• Sour cream and vanilla.
• Sift together & stir in: (an electric mixer may be used).
• Flour, soda, baing powder and salt until well mixed.
• Chill in refridgerator for at least 1 hour.
• Drop rounded spoonfuls about 2" apart on parchment paper lined cookie sheets (trust me, this is crucial) Bake in preheated oven at 400 degrees for 8-10 minutes or, when touched lightly with finger, almost no imprint remains.
• Icing: (Icing lovers may want to double, I recomend it!).
• While cookies are cooling, melt butter and boil until golden brown, but not dark brown!
• Remove from stovetop.
• Blend in powdered sugar gradually.
• Stir in vanilla and 1-2 tbsp of hot tap water until icing is smooth and creamy looking. Spread on cookies with butter knife.
• **You may want to use different food colorings to suit the holiday/occation**.

GRANDMA'S SHORTBREAD COOKIES

Steps:

• Sift together corn starch, icing sugar and flour.
• With wooden spoon (or by hand as I do it), blend in butter until soft, smooth dough forms.
• Shape into 1 inch (2.5 cm) balls.
• Place 1 1/2 inches (4 cm) apart on an ungreased cookie sheet, flatten with lightly floured fork.
• Alternatively, roll dough to 1/4 inch (6 mm); cut into shapes with cookie cutters.
• Decorate with candied cherries, colored sprinkles or nuts if desired.
• Bake in 300 Fahrenheit oven for 15-20 minutes or until edges are lightly browned.
• Cool on wire rack.
• Tips:.
• Do not substitute anything for the butter otherwise it's not a genuine shortbread cookie. ETA: Sadielady reminded that I forgot to mention the type of butter. Please forgive the D'oh moment. Please use unsalted butter. I never ever add salt. Any added salt in baked goods is not pleasing to my palate and too much salt is unhealthy but you may want to add a bit.
• You can "nuke" aka microwave the butter to soften it rather than letting it sit out. It saves time and won't alter the taste. Just make sure you don't melt it.
• If dough is too soft to handle then cover and chill for 30-60 minutes (15 minutes worked for me).
• To make Crescents:.
• Add 1/2 cup (125 ml) ground almonds or hazelnuts to flour mixture.
• Shape into logs about 1/2 inch (1 cm) thick and 3 inches (7 cm) long.
• Twist into crescent shapes.
• When baked and cool, dip ends in melted chocolate.

OATMEAL COOKIES WITH BROWN-BUTTER ICING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Sift together the flour and these dry ingredients: soda through cloves. Set aside.
• Using an electric mixer, cream together the butter, shortening and sugar until fluffy. Add the eggs and beat until mixture is light in color, then add the buttermilk.
• Stir the dry ingredients ito the butter mixture. Fold in the oats, raisins, walnuts and vanilla, blending well.
• Drop by rounded teaspoons onto greased cookie sheets. Bake for 12 to15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, make the icing: In a small saucepan, heat the butter over medium heat until golden brown, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat; stir in the powdered sugar and vanilla. Stir in enough water to make an icing of drizzling consistency and drizzle over warm cookies.

CUTOUT SUGAR COOKIES WITH BUTTER ICING

Steps:

• Thoroughly cream butter and sugar.
• Add egg and beat well.
• Add dry ingredients alternately with milk and vanilla and mix thoroughly.
• Roll on lightly floured surface and cut with floured cookie cutter.
• Bake on greased cookie sheets at 375 for 5 minutes or until firm. Cool dough before icing.
• For icing, cream all ingredients. Add enough milk to make icing spread easily. Add food coloring if desired.