Hello everybody, it’s Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, sugar cookies to decorate. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Sugar cookies to decorate is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Sugar cookies to decorate is something that I have loved my whole life.

Before we begin decorating, let's review my sugar cookie recipe. This recipe, pictured below as adorable little hearts, have slightly crisp edges and a nice flat surface. Decorating cutout sugar cookies with royal icing has become super fun for me. The first couple of times it drove me crazy, but now I love it.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have sugar cookies to decorate using 6 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Sugar cookies to decorate:

1. Make ready 1 lb butter
2. Get 2 cups sugar
3. Take 2 eggs
4. Make ready 2 tsp vanilla extract
5. Take 1/4 tsp almond extract
6. Make ready 6 cups flour

Make sure your cookies are completely cool before you start decorating or the icing will melt as you decorate. I usually find it easiest to make the cookies on one day and. These classic sugar cookies are great for cookie-cutting and decorating during the holidays or anytime you feel festive. These Christmas cookies will sweeten your holidays!

Steps to make Sugar cookies to decorate:

1. Using a stand mixer, cream butter and sugar until JUST combined.
2. Add eggs one at a time, combining in between each addition. Mix in vanilla extract and almond extract.
3. Add flour two cups at a time mixing on slow speed (you can cover the bowl with a tea towel to avoid flour spills) The dough will be soft and should not be too sticky to the touch.
4. Roll out the dough in one cup portions to be about 1/4” thick. I like to freeze the dough at this point to make cutting the cookies easier. Freeze the rolled dough for 5-10 minutes, depending on your climate.
5. Cut the cookies into your desired shape and place onto a parchment lined baking sheet. Space these cookies at least an inch apart. (They don’t have baking powder or baking soda but they do spread a tiny bit.)
6. Bake cookies for 9-12 minutes in a 350 degree oven. Once baked, let cookies cool on the pan for 5-10 minutes and then transfer to a cooling rack to cool.
7. Ready to serve and ENJOY!

These classic sugar cookies are great for cookie-cutting and decorating during the holidays or anytime you feel festive. These Christmas cookies will sweeten your holidays! We've got decorating tips galore for making the cutest snackable Santas. This is the easiest way to decorate sugar cookies. When you use a pastry bag (plus a tip) with a thick frosting, you have way more control and you don't need to be as precise.

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