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Cookie Cutter Cookies

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Here’s the perfect recipe for using cookie cutters. This NO CHILL dough doesn’t spread and run while baking, so cut out cookies retain their shape. Warning: they disappear fast!

Ingredients

  • 2 sticks Soft Salted Butter
  • 1 cup Sugar
  • 2 teaspoons Vanilla
  • 1 whole Egg
  • 3 cups Plain Flour
  • 2 teaspoons Baking Powder
  • _____
  • FOR THE BUTTER CREAM FROSTING:
  • 2 sticks Soft Butter
  • 4 cups Powdered Sugar
  • 2 teaspoons Vanilla
  • 3 Tablespoons Heavy Cream

Preparation

Cream butter and sugar on high speed until light and fluffy. Add vanilla and egg. Beat 2 minutes on high speed. Mix flour and baking powder together, then add the flour mixture to the butter/sugar mixture a cup at a time, beating after each addition.

Divide dough into halves and form a ball with each half. Turn dough onto a floured surface. Roll each ball of dough into a 12″ diameter circle, about 1/8″ in thick. Dip cookie cutters in flour and cut out cookies. Place cookies on ungreased cookie sheets, leaving a couple of inches of space around each cookie. Sprinkle any cookie trims on cookies before baking. Bake at 400 degrees for 5-6 minutes, or until cookies are only slightly browned. Remove cookies from the oven and let them completely cool. Decorate cookies with colored butter cream frosting. Watch them disappear quickly!

Butter Cream Frosting:

Cream butter and powdered sugar together with a mixer. Add vanilla and cream. Mix on high speed until frosting is light and fluffy. Add food coloring if desired. To make evergreen trees, use a grass cake decorating tip.

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Fat Junie on 12.24.2010

See my review — and they taste great, too!

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lowcountryheather on 12.21.2010

You have saved me from puffy cookies!! I love this recipe! My cookies kept their shape and were delicious!!! Awesome!

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zacharonimom on 12.9.2010

These are beautiful cookies! They are definitely going on my “keeper” list! Thanks for sharing.

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Renee on 12.7.2010

Beautiful cookies! I can’t wait to try out the recipe!

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shari on 12.3.2010

Thanks Tara, it’s beautiful!

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shari on 3.17.2011

I finally tried this recipe, and it is the absolute best! The cookies kept their shape and sharp edges, they were super easy to roll out, and the flavor is very buttery and yummy. The perfect cookie cutter cookie. The buttercream frosting is awesome too. This is the only decorated cookie recipe I will ever need. Thanks so much, -I’ve been looking for the perfect recipe for a long time!

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Whassy on 12.27.2010

The absolute best cookie cutter dough I have ever found! My only complaint i that the dough ca get a little dry. Any suggestions?

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Fat Junie on 12.24.2010

Made these today with niece and nephew — loads of fun. This dough is easy to work with, rolls out and cuts nicely, and keeps its shape better than anything I’ve tried. Worked well with small cutters and very large ones, too. LOVE IT!

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lowcountryheather on 12.21.2010

This is the first recipe I’ve found where the cookies keep their shape!!! I am LOVING it!! They are delicious! Thank you!

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annmarie on 12.6.2010

Love that these don’t spread!

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