Easter Cookies

Not so much Easter cookies, but just pretty pastel flower cookies.

Ingredients

1 cup sugar

2 1/2 cups flour

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp vanilla

3/4 cup butter

1/2 salt

mix ingredients and chill for one hour, than roll to 1/2 inch thickness and use your favorite cookie cutters.

Bake at 400 for 12 minutes.

Frosting

One egg white

2 cups powdered sugar 

food coloring

( this is the frosting you will use to out line your cookies)

Flood frosting 

same as outline frosting but add 1 tsp vanilla and 2 tbs water.

Out line your cookies with the thick frosting and wait for it to set.  Then put your flood frosting in a squeeze bottle and pour it onto your cookies.  Let that set and go back with your stiff frosting and add embellishments!

Beautiful Christmas Cookies

  I went to a cookie swap recently and I made these jelly flower cookies.  They not only look great, they taste great too!

Ingredients

Strawberry jelly

1 1/2 cups softened butter

2 cups sugar

4 eggs

1 Tsp. vanilla 

5 cups flour

2 Tsp baking powder

1 Tsp salt

Royal icing

2 egg yolks

1 Tsp lemon juice

2 cups powdered sugar + enough to thicken to desired consistency 

( whip until stiff)

Cream together butter and sugar until smooth.  Add eggs and remaining ingredients.  Chill for at least an hour, overnight is best.

Preheat oven to 375 and roll cookies into 1/2 inch thick.  Cut using flower shaped cookie cutter.  

Using a large round marble ( or any round object small enough) press into center of cookie.  Place dallop of jelly into the center of the cookie.  Bake for 6-8 minutes.  Let cool completely.

Put royal icing into piping bag and outline each cookie!  

Everyone really enjoyed these.  They stay soft , chewy and really stand out!