Best Ever Butter Cookies Tom & Kari
Actually, this is Kirsten's recipe. Rather than the time-consuming process of
rolling out the dough and using cookie cutters, she just rolls it into logs and
slices the dough. Much less work! She also saves the extra frosting for
cinnamon rolls!
Cookies:
1 cup butter, softened (do not substitute)
1 cup sugar
1 egg
2 & 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons orange juice
1 tablespoon vanilla
1 teaspoon baking powder
Frosting:
4 cups powdered sugar
1/2 cup butter, softened (do not substitute)
3-4 tablespoons milk
2 teaspoons vanilla
Combine 1 cup butter, sugar and egg in large mixer bowl. Beat at medium
speed until creamy. Reduce speed to low; add flour, orange juice, vanilla and
baking powder. Beat until well mixed. Divide dough into thirds; wrap in plastic
food wrap. Refrigerate until firm (2-3 hours).
Heat oven to 400 degrees. On lightly floured surface, roll out dough, one-
third at a time (keeping remaining dough refrigerated), to 1/4-inch
thickness. Cut with 3-inch cookie cutters. (Or use Kirsten's version as above.)
Place 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets. (We use parchment paper on
the cookie sheets.) Bake for 6-10 minutes, or until edges are lightly browned.
Cool completely.
In small mixer bowl, combine all frosting ingredients. Beat at low speed,
scraping bowl often, until fluffy (1-2 minutes). If desired, color frosting.
Frost and decorate cookies or use pastry bag to pipe frosting.
Makes about 3 dozen cookies
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