King Arthur Holiday Butter Cookies And Icing That Hardens

Total Time: 44 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 14 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1 cup butter, plus 2 tablespoons at room temperture
• 1 egg yolk, large
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 3/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
• 2 1/4 cups confectioners' sugar
• 2 tablespoons light corn syrup
• food coloring (optional)

Recipe

• 1 cookies:.
• 2 beat together sugar, butter, egg youlk, salt and flavor.
• 3 stir in flour to make a chohesive dough, adding a couple teaspoons of water if necessary.
• 4 divide dough in half, shape each in a flattened disk and wrap in plastic.
• 5 refrigerate for 2 hours or overnight.
• 6 let dough soften for about 20 to 30 minutes before rolling.
• 7 roll dough 1/8 inch to 3/16 inch thick.
• 8 cut shapes with a cutter.
• 9 place cookies on ungreased or parchment lined baking sheets and bake in preheated 350 oven for 12 to 14 minutes, until set and barely browned around edges.
• 10 remove from oven, cool on the pan.
• 11 repeat with remaining pice of dough.
• 12 icing:.
• 13 combine sugar, corn syrup and milk to make a soft spreadable icing.
• 14 tint icing with food color as desired.
• 15 spread icing on cookies.
• 16 sprinkle with colored sugar or other decorations.
• 17 allow icing to harden before storing cookies.