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Merry Christmas Cookies

Celebrate the most wonderful time of the year with these Tiny Kitchen Merry Christmas Cookies! Part sugar cookie/part shortbread, these will soon be Santa's favorite. 
Prep Time25 minutes
Cook Time7 minutes
Course: Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: American, Baking
Keyword: christmas, Christmas cookies, cookie decorating, Cookies, royal icing, Santa, Santa Claus, shortbread, sugar cookie
Servings: 18 cookies
Calories: 298kcal
Author: Fucci (adapted from a recipe by Natalie Korzon)

Ingredients

SO WHAT YOU'RE GONNA NEED IS:

    For the Cookies:

    For the Royal Icing:

    Instructions

    The Cookies:

    • In medium mixing bowl, combine Flour, Baking Powder and Salt (the Dry Ingredients). Mix.
    • Cut cold Butter in to 1/2 inch cubes.
    • In large mixing bowl, combine Butter and Sugar. Cream together with Hand Mixer for about 5 minutes until thoroughly mixed and creamy.
    • Add Egg, Egg Yolk and Vanilla. Mix for an additional minute.
    • Slowly add Dry Ingredients until thoroughly mixed. Wrap in Plastic Wrap and place in refrigerator until chilled.
    • Roll out chilled dough on Floured surface.
    • Using Cookie Cutters, cut out your favorite shapes. Bake at 375F for 5-7 minutes or until lightly golden Brown.

    For the Royal Icing:

    • Combine Powdered Sugar and Meringue Powder in Mixing Bowl.
    • Slowly add water until Mixture is the consistency of frosting.
    • Separate out 1/2 cups of the icing into two small bowls. Set the extra icing aside.
    • Using Food Coloring, color the in the two small mixing to the desired color. Place in Pastry bags and snip off the tip, creating a 1/8 inch bead.
    • To the extra icing you set aside, add additional water slowly until it reaches the consistency of maple syrup.

    Decorate:

    • Outline completely cooled Cookie with a bead of the colored Icing.
    • Fill (aka flood) the colored border with the white icing. Spread around using the back of a spoon
    • Decorate as desired with colored icing. You can use a toothpick to create designs. See video above.)
    • Decorate with decorative colored sugars as desired.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 298kcal | Carbohydrates: 48g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 45mg | Sodium: 131mg | Potassium: 45mg | Sugar: 34g | Vitamin A: 340IU | Calcium: 16mg | Iron: 0.9mg