Sugar Cookies (with icing recipe)

Sugar Cookies:



Ingredients:

2 cups flour
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 stick butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg
2 tbsp milk
1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Directions:

-Whisk together flour, salt and baking powder, set aside.

-Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.  Add egg, milk, vanilla and mix together until well combined.

-Slowly add flour mixture to wet mixture until well combined.

-Transfer dough to work on surface.  Shape into 2 disks, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hr.

-Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

-Roll dough 1/8 thickness, cut into desired shapes with cookie cutters.

-Bake for 10 mins or until lightly brown.


Icing:

Ingredients:

1 cup confectioners sugar
3 tbsp milk
2 tsp light corn syrup (or 2 tsp honey)
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
food coloring

Directions:

-Using a whisk; mix sugar and milk until no dry sugar remains.

-Add corn syrup, extract and coloring to mix

-Spread on baked cookie (thickness spread on how you would like it)