Old Fashioned Sugar Cookies Recipe

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Old Fashioned Sugar Cookies
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Ingredients
11
Count
Nutrition
2321
Calories
Total time
35
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Cream the butter and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer. Beat in the eggs and vanilla.
  2. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt in a second large bowl and mix well. Stir the flour mixture into the butter mixture 1 cup at a time. Chill the dough for 3 to 4 hours.
  3. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a cookie sheet with parchment. Roll out the dough and cut it into shapes with cookie cutters or a knife. Place the shapes on the prepared cookie sheet. If decorating with colored sugar, brush the cookies with milk and sprinkle with colored sugar (if using royal icing, leave unfinished). Bake until the cookies are just beginning to brown around the edges, 10 to 15 minutes, depending on the size of the cookies.
  4. Remove the cookies to a rack to cool completely. If using royal icing, decorate the cookies as desired.
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  6. Royal Icing:
  7. Combine the confectioners' sugar, meringue powder and 3/4 cup water in a large bowl. Mix slowly with an electric mixer until stiff enough to form peaks; the icing should be pure white and thick, but not fluffy and bubbly. If the frosting is over-beaten, it will get aerated which makes it harder to work with. If this happens, let the frosting sit to settle, and then use a rubber spatula to vigorously beat and smooth out the frosting.
  8. Add up to 1 tablespoon food coloring and mix with a rubber spatula until the color is uniform. Gels are best with royal icing. You don't want to thin them with liquid colors. Be careful of adding too much color, which reduces the sheen of the frosting and can break down the consistency of the frosting over a couple of days. Store the icing at room temperature, covered, with plastic wrap on the surface.
  9. Yield: 3 1/2 cups icing
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 2320.74 Kcal (9716 kJ)
Calories from fat 358.38 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 39.82g 61%
Cholesterol 211mg 70%
Sodium 925.7mg 39%
Potassium 555.18mg 12%
Total Carbs 481.42g 160%
Sugars 363.14g 1453%
Dietary Fiber 3.82g 15%
Protein 18.27g 37%
Vitamin C 1.2mg 2%
Vitamin A 0.4mg 13%
Iron 2.5mg 14%
Calcium 194.6mg 19%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 382.23 Kcal (1600 kJ)
Calories from fat 59.02 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 6.56g 61%
Cholesterol 34.75mg 70%
Sodium 152.46mg 39%
Potassium 91.44mg 12%
Total Carbs 79.29g 160%
Sugars 59.81g 1453%
Dietary Fiber 0.63g 15%
Protein 3.01g 37%
Vitamin C 0.2mg 2%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 13%
Iron 0.4mg 14%
Calcium 32.1mg 19%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 49
    Points
  • 64
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Sugar

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