Wilton Cookie Blossom Sugar Cookies Food

WILTON COOKIE BLOSSOM SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°.
• In large bowl, cream butter and sugar with electric mixer for 2 minutes; scrape down bowl.
• Cream the mixture for an additional minute.
• Beat in egg and vanilla extract.
• Sift baking powder and flour.
• Add flour mixture 1 cup at a time, mixing well after each addition.
• The dough will be very stiff.
• Blend in the last of the flour by hand.
• Do not chill dough.
• Roll dough to 3/8" thickness and cut out using cookie cutters.
• Bake 8-10 minutes or until cookies are lightly browned.
• Remove cookies to cooling grid to cool completely.
• Note: I got 12-14 4" round cookies out of one batch.
• My convection oven baked them at 350° for 10 minutes.

BLOOMIN' SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl, beat margarine or butter and cream cheese with an electric mixer on medium-to-high speed about 30 seconds or until softened.
• Add about half of the flour, the sugar, egg, baking powder, and vanilla to the margarine mixture. Beat until thoroughly combined, scraping sides of bowl occasionally. Then beat or stir in the remaining flour.
• Divide dough in half. Cover and chill for 3 to 24 hours, until easy to handle.
• On a lightly floured surface roll each portion of dough to 1/4" thickness. Cut into 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 inch shapes (I use the large Wilton cookie cutters).
• Place 1 inch apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 375 for 9-10 minutes or until edges are firm and bottoms are very lightly browned.
• Carefully remove cookies and cool on a wire rack.
• Frost with Meringue Powder Glaze (recipe #188685).

EASY SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Beat the two sugars, butter, and oil untill well blended.
• add eggs and flavorings, beat till blended.
• sift the dry ingredients and add gradually untill well combined.
• by hand, roll into 1 inch balls and place on ungreased cookie sheet, 2 inches apart.
• grease the bottom of a glass, dip into sugar or colored sugar, press cookies out.
• bake at 325 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes.
• cool on racks.

FUDGE BLOSSOM COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Cut butter into cake mix in large bowl, until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• Stir in egg and water until well blended.
• Shape dough into 1/2 inch balls and roll in the walnuts, pressing nuts gently into dough.
• Place about 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake for 12 minutes or until puffed and nearly set.
• Place a chocolate star in the center of each cookie and bake for 1 minute more.
• Cool for 2 minutes on cookie sheets, then move to wire racks to cool completely.
• Makes 4 dozen cookies.

SUGAR COOKIE 2009

Steps:

• Preheat oven 300 degrees.
• Line flat no sided cookie sheets with parchment.
• Cream butter and crisco until mixed only about 40 seconds
• Add in the sugar just til blended.
• Add in the soda, and salt, and cream of tartar.
• Add in the vanilla.
• Add in the yolks.
• Add in the flour, and just blend until a dough comes together.
• Roll into balls a little bigger than a hazel nut, but smaller than a walnut.
• Roll into coloured sugar.
• Place onto parchment two inches apart.
• Bake 12 to 14 minutes.
• The 12 minutes mark seems to be the one everyone here has good results with.
• Dont let cookies brown on edges, but golden light bottoms.
• They are still puffy looking when taken from the oven.