I don't remember the last time I made cut-out cookies. I guess I just have settled into drop cookies because they are so easy to make since I bought the tablespoon sized cookie scoop. I really need to make the effort. I will put that on my to-do list.
Cafe Treats Baker Dorene must love to make cut-out cookies because she has made them several times for us for the church's Cafe Treats and by different recipes each time.
This time she went festive for the 4th of July and made these cut-out stars. She sprinkled sugar sprinkles on them and it melted making it look like she had iced them. Cute.
RED/WHITE/BLUE/GOLD STAR CUT-OUT SUGAR COOKIES
3 cups flour
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 egg, beaten
1 tablespoon milk
powdered sugar for rolling out dough
Sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
Place butter and sugar in a large bowl and beat until light in color with an electric mixer.
Add egg and milk and beat to combine.
Put mixer on low speed and gradually add the flour mixture and beat until mixture pulls away from the side of the bowl.
Divide the dough in half, wrap in waxed paper, and refrigerate for 2 hours.
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
Sprinkle work surface with powdered sugar. Remove 1 wrapped pack of dough from the refrigerator at a time. Sprinkle a rolling pin with powdered sugar, and roll the dough out to 1/4 inch thick.(Make sure the dough is not sticking to your work surface.)
Cut with desired shape and place the cut cookie at least 1 inch apart on a greased cookie sheet or parchment lined cookie sheet.
Bake for 7 to 9 minutes or until cookies or just beginning to turn brown around the edges. Rotate the cookie sheet half way thru the baking time.
Let the cookies sit on the cookie sheet for 2 minutes before removing them to a wire rack to finish cooling.
Serve as is or decorate as desired. (Dorene just sprinkled the cookies with sugar sprinkled.)
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