Name: The “Best” Holiday Sugar Cookies
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: PT-479568H34M
Cuisine: German
Ingredients: 2 cups real butter (Nothing less will do for these cookies); 2 ½ cups sugar; 1 ½ teaspoons pure vanilla extract; 1 ½ teaspoons grated orange peel; 3 eggs; 12 teaspoons milk; 6 cups sifted flour; 4 ½ teaspoons baking powder; ¾ teaspoon salt Frosting; ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract; 1 box 10x sifted powdered sugar; Milk to thin

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The “Best” Holiday Sugar Cookies

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This recipe came from one of my son’s friends. I believe she mentioned it was from Germany. I’ve begged for it every year since she gave me these cookies for Easter one year, shaped as little bunnies. Now, it is here to be treasured.

These cookies are light with an amazing flavor, not the usual overpowering “sugary” sensation of a typical sugar cookie.

Make only “one” batch at a time; it does not double well. However, you may need to make several batches to satisfy the “cookie monsters” at your house.

Author: Jaclyn Simpson Family Recipe Contributed by Danna Donovan
Prep Time: 25 min
Cook Time: 15 Min
Total Time: 45-60 Min
Category: Desserts
Method: Baking
Cuisine: German, American

Ingredients

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2 cups real butter (Nothing less will do for these cookies)
2 ½ cups sugar
1 ½ teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1 ½ teaspoons grated orange peel
3 eggs
12 teaspoons milk
6 cups sifted flour
4 ½ teaspoons baking powder
¾ teaspoon salt
Frosting
½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 box 10x sifted powdered sugar
Milk to thin

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Instructions

Cream all the moist ingredients together, then slowly add the dry ingredients.

Very Important: The dough must chill in the refrigerator for no less than one hour before baking.

Roll out onto a floured surface and use cookie cutters to shape the dough into your favorite holiday designs. Carefully place the cutouts on a cookie sheet.

Bake at 375°F until slightly, very slightly brown—just barely. You do not want the cookies to have much color.

Allow the cookies to cool completely. Once cooled, prepare the frosting below and color each batch. When the cookies are completely cool, frost them very thinly to keep the flavor of the cookie the primary excitement. Decorate with your fanciest sprinkles and sparkles.

Frosting

½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 box 10x sifted powdered sugar
Milk to thin

Place cookies on a rack. Thin the frosting until you are able to pour it over each cookie. Decorate and let set.

Notes

Easter (make bunnies and eggs)
Christmas (Angels galore)
New Year’s… Your choice
By Danna Donovan