Cookies

Apple Cutout Sugar Cookies

  • 1 1/2 cups Confectioner's sugar
  • 1 cup Butter or margarine, softened
  • 1 Eggs
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon Vanilla extract
  • 2 1/4 cups Flour, all-purpose
  • 1 teaspoon Baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon Cream of tartar
  • ~ Frosting:
  • 2 cups Confectioner's sugar
  • 1/4 cup Corn syrup, light
  • 2 tablespoons Water
  • ~ Food coloring, red
  • ~ Food coloring, green

    • In a large mixing bowl, combine the first seven ingredients in order given and mix well. Chill dough 2-3 hours or until easy to handle. Roll out on a lightlyfloured surface to 1/4-in. thickness. Cut with an apple-shaped cookie cutter dipped in flour. Place on greased bakingsheet. Bake at 375° for 7-8 minutes oruntil lightly browned. Cool on wire racks. For frosting, combine sugar, corn syrup and water in a small bowl. Transfer three-fourths of the frosting into another bowl; add red food coloring for apples. Add greed food coloring to remaining frosting for stems. Frost cookies.Allow to sit overnight for frosting to harden. Yield: 4 dozen.

    This recipe courtesy of the From My Kitchen Cookbook. 

    Contributed by Sheila Cornelius of Rockport, IN. 

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