No Fail Sugar Cookies

                                                  Posted by Jackie on Cake Central
  

No Fail Sugar Cookies - NFSC

Ingredients


• 6 cups flour
• 3 tsp. baking powder
• 2 cups unsalted butter
• 2 cups sugar (white granulated)
• 2 eggs
• 2 tsp. vanilla, almond or lemon extract
• 1 tsp. salt

Instructions

1. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla. Mix well. Mix dry ingredients and add a little at a time to butter mixture. Mix until flour is completely incorporated and the dough comes together.
2. Chill for 1 to 2 hours (or see Hint below)
3. Roll to desired thickness and cut into desired shapes. Bake on ungreased baking sheet at 350 degrees F (176 C) for 8 to 10 minutes or until just beginning to turn brown around the edges. This recipe can make up to 5-dozen 3" cookies.

HINT: Rolling Out Dough Without the Mess

• Rather than wait for your cookie dough to chill, take the freshly made dough and place a glob between two sheets of parchment paper.
• Roll it out to the desired thickness then place the dough and paper on a cookie sheet and pop it into the refrigerator.
• Continue rolling out your dough between sheets of paper until you have used it all. By the time you are finished, the first batch will be completely chilled and ready to cut.
• Reroll leftover dough and repeat the process!

Royal Icing
Ingredients:

4 cups Powdered Sugar
5 tablespoons meringue powder
6 tablespoons warm water

1 teaspoon lemon extract or juice ( or your favorite extract)
1 tablespoon light corn syrup
Click here for Royal Icing with egg whites.
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Directions:

Beat powdered sugar and meringue powder together on low and add warm water, 1 tablespoon at a time. Add the extract (vanilla, lemon or almond) and corn syrup. Keep mixing, scrape the bowl if there is powdered sugar that didn't get mixed in. Turn the beater up to medium and beat for 1-2 minutes. You might have to add more water if you are using this frosting to flood . Keep icing covered with plastic wrap at all times.

Here is a royal icing recipe I want to try.
2 lbs. powdered sugar
1 tbsp. meringue powder
2 tbsp. corn syrup
1/2 to 1 cup water

                  

Peppermint Biscotti

Santa is in for a delicious surprise when he comes to our house this year and tastes the delicious Peppermint Biscotti I found at the Taste of Home link below.

http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/Peppermint-Biscotti

I even packaged some up for him to take home to Mrs. Claus!

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I had a great time making these Gingerbread Christmas Tree's. I gave one to a friend and we ate the other one. I didn't follow the directions and make the star templates but next time I will. Well, actually I went out and bought 7 stacking star shape cookie cutters. So, next year tree will look a lot nicer. I LOVE this Gingerbread recipe, it introduced me to a new spice cardamom. I had never baked with it before and it is a nice addition to the recipe.

Spice Out with Ginger, Clove and Poppy

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Recipe
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I poured the cake mix onto the cookie and baked as the directions called for.

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