Sugar Cookies

As Christmas is around the corner,wanted to share some Holiday themed cookies.When I was listing down the recipes,my son suggested to share the sugar cookies.
Coming to the recipe,the cookies are crunchy and mouth melting,my lil one had 3-4 cookies as soon as I took it from the oven.
The icing part is little time consuming and I am not happy with my icing as well as my pictures.By the time I finished my icing,it was around 3 PM and getting dark.Kids were waiting to taste the cookies,will update the pictures soon.Lets move on to the recipe.....

                                                                       

                                                             

                                            Sugar Cookies

                                                                  

   Basic Information

   Preparation time ~ 35-40 minutes(including icing)

   Cooking time ~ 12-16 minutes

   Resting time~ 1 hour
    Makes ~  12 cookies

    

   Ingredients

  

Ingredient	Quantity
All purpose flour/maida	1 cup
Butter/vennai	1/2 cup
Sugar/sakkarai	1/2 cup
Baking soda	1/8 tsp
Salt	a generous pinch
Milk	2-3 tbs+2 tbs for icing
Vanilla	1 tsp
Icing sugar/confectionery sugar	2 cups
Gel colors	few drops
Colorful sprinkles	as needed

  

    Method 

• Mix in all purpose flour,salt and baking soda,keep it aside.Beat together butter and sugar till it becomes creamy.Add in the vanilla and mix it well.Add in the flour and milk alternatively and mix it well. 

•  Wrap the prepared dough in a cling wrap.Refrigerate it for an hour.Now take out the dough and slightly dust it with flour.Roll the dough with a rolling pin to thin and cut it with the cookie cutter.Arrange it on a lined baking tray.

• Preheat the oven at 350 F and bake it for 10-12 minutes or the edges turned brown.Allow it to cool completely on a wire rack.Meanwhile take the icing sugar in a bowl and slowly add the milk and mix it till it reaches a dropping consistency.Divide it according to the number of colors needed.Add in the gel color in each portion and mix it well.Fill it in a piping bag or ziplock bag.

• Once the cookies are completely cool down,decorate the top of the cookies and sprinkle some colorful sprinkles on the top .Let it sit for another 2 hours on the counter to set the icing completely.

• Store it in an airtight container.

                                                  

                                                                                

• Do icing,once the cookies are cool down completely.
• The amount of sugar given is for a perfect sweet,as we are doing the icing,if no icing is need then add another couple of tbs of sugar.

Enjoy.................

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