Low-fat Holiday Sugar Cookies With Icing That Hardens

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 18
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 3 tablespoons margarine (i use light becel non-hydrogenated)
• 1 egg
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/4 cups flour
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 3/4 cup powdered sugar
• 3 3/8 teaspoons skim milk
• 1/8 teaspoon vanilla (additional to taste)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons light corn syrup

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 beat margarine and sugar until well mixed, adding egg and vanilla as you go.
• 3 whisk baking powder, flour, tartar, and salt in another bowl. mix bit-by-bit into egg mixture, not adding any more if the dough is too thick.
• 4 knead dough 3-5 times on heavily floured surface until smooth and at your desired consistency.
• 5 roll dough out on the heavily floured surface with a floured rolling pin, and cut shapes out. place them on a cookie sheet, covered in parchment paper. (don't sub the parchment paper for oil, butter, or cooking spray. bottoms will crisp).
• 6 bake in oven for 7-10 minutes until tops of cookies have firmed, checking every few minutes to make sure they don’t brown (these are best light and soft).
• 7 take out of oven and place on cooling rack.
• 8 while cooling, mix powdered sugar and milk until smooth. beat in corn syrup and vanilla until shiny.
• 9 add food colouring to icing if you wish, and ice the cookies once they have cooled. enjoy!