Grannys Cut Out Cookies Food

GRANDMA'S CUTOUT SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Beat butter and sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Add first egg while continuing to beat, incorporating the egg fully before adding the second and beating fully into the mixture. Beat vanilla extract and almond extract into the mixture with the third egg.
• Stir flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, and salt together in a separate bowl; add to the wet mixture and beat just until the wet and dry combine into a cookie dough. Shape dough into a ball, wrap in plastic wrap, and refrigerate until chilled, at least 3 hours.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Roll dough out onto a flour-dusted surface and cut with cookie cutters. Arrange cut cookies onto baking sheets.
• Bake cookies in preheated oven until beginning to brown around edges, 6 to 8 minutes.

CUT-OUT COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Cream the butter and sugar together until pale and moving towards moussiness, then beat in the egg and vanilla. In another bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, and salt. Add the dry ingredients to the butter and eggs, and mix gently but surely. If you think the finished mixture is too sticky to be rolled out, add more flour, but do so sparingly as too much will make the dough tough. Form into a fat disk, wrap in plastic wrap, and let rest in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour.
• Sprinkle a suitable surface with flour, place disk of dough on it, and sprinkle a little more flour on top of that. Then roll it out to a thickness of about 1/4-inch. Cut into shapes, dipping the cutter into flour as you go, and place the cookies a little apart on 2 parchment or silpat lined baking sheets.
• Bake for 8 to 12 minutes; obviously it depends on the shape you're using and whether they are on the upper or lower shelf, though you can swap them around after about 5 minutes. When they're ready expect them to be tinged a pronounced gold around the edges; they'll be softish still in the middle, but set while they cool.
• Remove the cookies with a flat, preferably flexible, spatula to a wire rack. When they are fully cooled, you can get on with the icing. Put a couple of tablespoons of not-quite-boiling water into a large bowl, add the sieved confectioners sugar and mix together, adding more water as you need to form a thick paste. Color,as desired. I think pastes are much better than liquid, not just because the range of colors is better but because they don't dilute the icing as they tint. Ice cooled cookies, as desired.

GRANNY'S SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream together butter and sugar.
• Blend in egg.
• Sift together salt, baking powder, and flour.
• Add to mixture.
• Blend vanilla into mixture.
• Chill dough.
• Roll dough to thickness desired, and cut out shapes with a cookie cutter.
• Bake on lightly greased cookie sheet in 400°F preheated oven for 8-10 minutes.

GRANDMA'S CHRISTMAS SUGAR CUTOUT COOKIES

Steps:

• Sift dry ingredients together.
• Add shortening or margarine using a fork to combine with dry ingredients.
• Add unbeaten eggs and vanilla.
• Mix well.
• Add ground pecans for added flavor. (This is how Grandma always mixed hers).
• Whisk the dry ingredients together, add alternately with the eggs and vanilla.
• Mix well.
• Roll out thin on floured board and cut with floured cookie cutters.
• Decorate with sugar.
• Bake at 375°F for 8 minutes.
• Makes about 6 dozen.

GRANNY'S SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl, cream together sugar and butter until fluffy.
• Add eggs and vanilla; beat well.
• Stir together dry ingredients; gradually add to creamed mixture until completely blended.
• Cover and chill for at least 30 minutes.
• On a lightly floured surface, roll dough to 1/4-inch thickness.
• Cut with various shaped cookie cutters dipped in flour.
• Transfer cookies to ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes.
• Cool on wire racks.
• Frosting: Mix together sugar, butter, vanilla and milk until desired degree of spreading consistency; add milk if you want thinner frosting.
• Add food coloring to obtain desired color.
• Spread frosting over cookies and decorate with sprinkles.

GRANDMA STRATTONS SOFT CUT OUT COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar until fluffy.
• Beat eggs and vanilla inches.
• Stir in flour, baking soda, salt. Roll out on floured board.
• Bake at 400F for 7 min or until the edges become golden brown.
• Cool and frost.