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Citrus Cut-Out Cookies

Citrus Cut-Out Cookies

These citrus cookies are one of my favorite cookie recipes. The cookies are in between a shortbread and a sugar cookie, are perfect to cut out shapes, they keep their shape and don’t grow much after baking, making this very suitable to use for cookie decorating.

Take the butter and egg out of the fridge 15-20 minutes before preparing this recipe and make sure to have a clean surface ready to roll out your cookie dough and have a baking tray lined with parchment paper or a baking mat.

When you bake these cookies you need to let them cool down for a little bit in the baking sheet so they harden a little bit and then move them to a cooling rack, like they are so soft they are more fragile when they are freshly baked. 




Ingredients

10 tbsps Unsalted butter

6 tbsps Powdered sugar

1 medium Egg yolk

1 medium Orange zest

2 small Key lime zest, Zest

2 tsps Pure vanilla extract

2 cups Cake flour, plus more for rolling pin and surface

Preparation

Pre-heat oven at 350ºF.

1.- Sift the flour, set it aside.

2.- Sift the powdered sugar, set it aside.

3.- Add the butter to your mixing bowl and start mixing at medium speed for 1 minute. Gradually add the powdered sugar and increase the speed to medium and mix for about 4-5 minutes until it is light and fluffy .

4.-In a small bowl mix the the egg yolk with the zest ( orange/limes) and the vanilla extract. Set aside.

5.- When your mix of butter and sugar is ready add the mix of step 4 and continue mixing at the same speed until everything is well incorporated.

6.- At the lowest speed add the flour in two or three additions, mix for 1-2 minutes until a ball has formed.

7.- Roll out the cookie dough and refrigerate.

8.- Cut out the shapes, place them over the prepared baking trays and bake for 10-13 minutes until the edges starts to golden. When you bake these cookies you need to let them cool down for a little bit in the baking sheet so they harden a little bit and then move them to a cooling rack, like they are so soft they are more fragile when they are freshly baked.

9.- Transfer them to a cooling rack.

Enjoy!

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Glacé icing recipe for sugar cookies

Glacé icing recipe for sugar cookies

This icing recipe is filled with nostalgia. It was the first icing recipe I had learned and I used it to decorate some Christmas cookies. The icing is simple to make, dries hard, and is inexpensive. So grab the ingredients and give it a try!

I am pretty sure it will remind you the decorated cookies your mom and grandma used to make!

Ingredients

13 12 fl. oz. Powdered sugar

2 tbsps Corn syrup

3 12 fl. oz. Whole milk

1 tsps Pure vanilla extract

Preparation

1.- Sift the powdered sugar into a clean bowl.

2.- Add the corn syrup, three tablespoons of milk and with a wire whisk mix throughly. Continue adding the milk by tablespoons until all the sugar is incorporated and the icing have a heavy cream consistency.

3.- Add the vanilla and mix.

4.- Poured it in a sealed tight container and keep it refrigerated until is ready to use.

You can add food gel color or other flavor playing with different extracts.

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Easy Easter Iced Cookies

Decorating cookies with your kids or for your kids does not have to be complicated, having the right cookie and icing recipes will ease your time and I am pretty sure you will enjoy this activity, not only for Easter but all year round!

Let me show you how to decorate these iced cookies in an easy and fun way!

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