Alphabet Cookies Recipe

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Alphabet Cookies
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Ingredients
8
Count
Nutrition
1338
Calories
Total time
240
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 tsp salt
  • 1 1/2 sticks (3/4 cup) unsalted butter, softened
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • various food colorings

Directions:

  1. Whisk together flour and salt in a small bowl.
  2. Beat together butter and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer at medium-high speed until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes in a standing mixer (preferably fitted with paddle attachment) or 6 minutes with a handheld, then beat in egg and vanilla. Reduce speed to low and add flour mixture, mixing until just combined.
  3. Form dough into 2 balls and flatten each into a 6-inch disk. Chill disks, wrapped in plastic wrap, until firm, at least 1 hour.
  4. Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350°F.
  5. Roll out 1 piece of dough (keep remaining dough chilled) into an 81/2-inch round (1/4 inch thick) on a well-floured surface with a well-floured rolling pin. (If dough becomes too soft to roll out, rewrap in plastic and chill until firm.) Cut out as many cookies as possible from dough with cutters and transfer to 2 ungreased large baking sheets, arranging about 1 inch apart.
  6. Bake cookies, 1 sheet at a time, until edges are golden, 10 to 12 minutes, then transfer with a metal spatula to racks to cool completely.
  7. Gather scraps and chill until dough is firm enough to reroll, 10 to 15 minutes. Make more cookies with remaining dough and scraps (reroll only once) in same manner on cooled baking sheets.
  8. For each color (you can make up to 7), transfer 1/4 cup icing to a separate small bowl and tint with food coloring. Snip off 1 corner of each plastic bag to create a 1/4-inch opening, then spoon each color icing into a bag, pressing out excess air. Twist each bag firmly just above icing, then decoratively pipe (or spread) colored icing onto cookies. Let icing dry completely (about 1 hour, depending on humidity) before storing cookies.
  9. *Wilton Paste Food Coloring available .
  10. **Available at some bakeware shops and Sweet Celebrations (800-328-6722).
  11. Cooks' notes:
  12. ·Dough can be chilled up to 3 days. ·Cookies (with or without icing) can be made 1 week ahead and kept in an airtight container, layered between sheets of wax paper or parchment, at room temperature.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 1337.53 Kcal (5600 kJ)
Calories from fat 851.79 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 94.64g 146%
Cholesterol 306.03mg 102%
Sodium 620.33mg 26%
Potassium 164.49mg 3%
Total Carbs 109.52g 37%
Sugars 29.58g 118%
Dietary Fiber 3.13g 13%
Protein 13.72g 27%
Vitamin A 1.1mg 38%
Iron 1.4mg 8%
Calcium 53mg 5%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 500.51 Kcal (2096 kJ)
Calories from fat 318.74 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 35.42g 146%
Cholesterol 114.52mg 102%
Sodium 232.13mg 26%
Potassium 61.55mg 3%
Total Carbs 40.98g 37%
Sugars 11.07g 118%
Dietary Fiber 1.17g 13%
Protein 5.13g 27%
Vitamin A 0.4mg 38%
Iron 0.5mg 8%
Calcium 19.8mg 5%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 34
    Points
  • 37
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Total Fat

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