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Grandma's Christmas Cutout Sugar Cookies

A treasured family recipe from Andrea's mother-in-law, Grandma Ferenchik.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Servings 24 cookies
Calories 236kcal

Ingredients

For the cookies

For the icing

  • 16 ounces powdered sugar about 4 cups
  • ¼ cup plus 1 tablespoon meringue powder
  • cup water plus more if too thick
  • Sprinkles, optional

Instructions

For the cookies

  • Cream butter and gradually add sugar. Blend in egg, cream, vanilla extract, orange rind, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Add flour and mix until combined and a dough forms.
  • Wrap up the dough in some plastic wrap and chill dough in refrigerator for 3 hours. Roll out dough ⅓ at a time. Cut out with cookie cutters. You can bake and decorate with icing after cooling or you can just add sprinkles and bake.
  • Put cookies on an ungreased cookie sheet and bake at 400 degrees for 5-7 minutes. Makes 20-24 cookies.

For the icing

  • Place powdered sugar, meringue powder and water in a large bowl. With an electric mixer, mix on low for 6 minutes. Icing is ready to use but it will be very thick. Divide the icing into two bowls. You will need a thinner consistency to frost the cookies and a medium consistency to do the decorations. Add a few tablespoons of water to one bowl and stir. You want it thin like a thick gravy. In the next bowl, add a few teaspoons of water and stir. You want the medium consistency to be like toothpaste. Color it if you wish.

Nutrition

Calories: 236kcal | Carbohydrates: 39g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 29mg | Sodium: 77mg | Potassium: 41mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 27g | Vitamin A: 255IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 15mg | Iron: 1mg