Iced Holiday Sugar Cookies

Name: Iced Holiday Sugar Cookies
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 36
Cuisine: American,
Ingredients: 2 3/4 cups flour; 1 tsp salt; 1 cup (2 sticks) butter softened; 1 1/2 cups sugar; 1 egg; 2 tsps McCormick® Pure Vanilla Extract

Baked sugar cookies are a tasty blank canvas for all of your holiday creativity! Add festive flavor and cheer with an easy, homemade confectioners’ sugar icing. You choose the flavor by adding a splash of McCormick® extract – orange, almond, peppermint and mo...

Ingredients

2 3/4 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 egg
2 teaspoons McCormick® All Natural Pure Vanilla Extract

KEY PRODUCTS

INSTRUCTIONS

1 Preheat oven to 325°F. Mix flour and salt in medium bowl. Set aside. Beat butter and sugar in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla; mix well. Gradually beat in flour mixture on low speed until well mixed.
2 Roll dough on generously floured surface to 1/4-inch thickness. Cut out shapes with 3-inch holiday cookie cutters. Place on ungreased baking sheets.
3 Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until edges start to brown. Cool on baking sheets 1 minute. Remove to wire racks; cool completely.
4 Prepare desired colors of Glazes (see tips). Decorate cooled cookies with glazes.
5 Glaze Variations:For the variations below, dissolve the designated amount of the Nature’s Inspiration™ Food Colors with water in medium bowl. Stir in any remaining ingredients until smooth, adding additional water if needed for a flowable consistency. Use icing soon after preparing. Do not refrigerate icing, as it will begin to harden.

To ice and decorate cookies, fill a clear disposable pastry bag with desired colored icing. Snip off a tiny piece from the bottom of the bag. Squeeze icing through hole in pastry bag to create an outline around the cookie and to fill in the center of the cookie. Use a toothpick to smooth out the icing in the center of the cookie completely. Let icing dry before decorating with additional colors. Place decorated cookies on wire rack until icing is completely dry.

TIPS AND TRICKS

Berry Christmas Glaze : Use 1/4 teaspoon Berry color from McCormick^® Nature's Inspiration, 3 tablespoons water and 2 cups confectioners’ sugar.

Evergreen Glaze : Use 1/2 teaspoon Sky Blue color and 1/4 teaspoon Sunflower color from McCormick^® Nature's Inspiration, 6 tablespoons water, 4 cups confectioners’ sugar and 1/4 teaspoon McCormick^® Peppermint Extract.

Garland Gold Glaze : Use 1/4 teaspoon Sunflower color from McCormick^® Color from Nature™ Assorted Food Colors, 3 tablespoons water and 2 cups confectioners’ sugar.

Winter Sky Glaze : Use 1/4 teaspoon Sky Blue color from McCormick^® Color from Nature™ Assorted Food Colors, 3 tablespoons water and 2 cups confectioners’ sugar.