Suit Sugar Cookies

Sugar Cookies are one of my favorite sweets! I really enjoy them because they are connected to one of my family's traditions. Every Christmas we make 200-300 sugar cookies to eat and give away. I love this family event and I look forward to decorating day.

Christmas Cookies 2015

I bought these adorable antique cookie cutters up on the Spoon River Drive last October. They're so cute and I've been looking forward to making cookies with them.

I whipped up some yummy sugar cookie dough and let it sit in the fridge overnight. I'm not much of a raw-dough-eating person but this dough is so yummy I could eat a bowl of it! Thanks, Mom, for making cookies with me!

Sugar Cookie Dough Recipe

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups powdered sugar

1 cup butter

1 tsp. vanilla

1 egg

2 1/2 cups flour

1 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. cream of tartar 

Mix all ingredients well in mixer. 

Chill for best results.

Roll dough out on a lightly floured surface until 1/8-1/4 inch thick and cut out with cookie cutters.

Bake at 350 degrees F on a parchment paper lined sheet for 10-12 minutes. 

Cool completely before icing.

Icing Recipe

Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter

4-5 cups powdered sugar

milk to thin, to desired consistency, added a 1/2 Tbsp. at a time 

1-2 tsp. corn syrup, to give icing shine 

2 tsp. vanilla extract

food coloring, I used food coloring gel for vibrant colors

plastic sandwich bag for piping

Cream butter.

Add powdered sugar 1 cup at a time and mix well, adding a little milk each time.

Once you have achieved desired consistency add vanilla and corn syrup. 

Divide icing and add food coloring. 

Aren't they cute!? While I iced cookies in the kitchen, this is what was happening in my adjoining laundry room!

Nate worked in the attic most of the day finishing up a house project!

I added frosting to a bag so I could pipe on my cookies. 

Ready for a game of double solitaire! 

Cards, anyone?

Megan