We had our Halloween Party this week everyone was given a sugar cookie with their name and they decorated it anyway they wanted.  It was a big hit!!!

Have a cookie decorating party you won’t be sorry!

 

This is our Soft Sugar Cookie recipe, we used a Tombstone shaped cookie cutter and added Copper food coloring gel to the wet creamed mixture (Orange food color would work too).

**You will Need a Tombstone Cookie Cutter.

Soft Honey Sugar Cookies

*3/4 cup Butter or Shortening
*1 1/2 cups Granulated Sugar
*3 tablespoons Honey
*1 cup Whipping Cream or Canned Milk or (1/2 cup Sour Cream and 1/2 Cup Milk)
*1 tablespoon Vanilla Extract

*Food Coloring or Food Paste, we used copper
*1 teaspoon Salt
*4 cups All-purpose Flour
*4 teaspoons Baking Powder

Pre-heat oven to 350*F.

Instructions:

Cream together in stand mixer: Butter, sugar, honey, cream, vanilla and salt.  If you are adding food coloring paste or gel etc… this is the time to add the food color of your choice.

Whisk together in bowl: Flour and baking powder

Combine in stand mixer and mix well and (scrapping down the sides of the bowl occasionally) forms a soft dough ball.

Hint: Refrigeration of the dough will always make the cookies roll, cut and cook a little better; also using a cooled baking sheet with each batch of cookies helps too!

Roll out cookie dough using half the dough at a time, so not to over work the dough and cut cookies with a round cookie cutter or cookie cutter of your choice.

Place cookies on a Silpat covered half baking sheet or cookie sheet of your choice sprayed with cooking spray or covered with parchment paper.

Bake for 8-10 minutes or when edges barely start to turn brown. Also depends on the size of cookie.

Hint: I’ve always usually mixed my cookies by hand but my daughter is a pastry chef and mixes everything in stand mixer but either way works great!

Decorate cookies with your family and friends favorite sprinkles and candy.

 

 

 

Enjoy!

Lindy