Low Fat Holiday Sugar Cookies With Icing That Hardens Recipes

LOW-FAT HOLIDAY SUGAR COOKIES WITH ICING THAT HARDENS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Beat margarine and sugar until well mixed, adding egg white and vanilla as you go.
• Whisk baking powder, flour, tartar, and salt in another bowl. Mix bit-by-bit into egg mixture, not adding any more if the dough is too thick.
• Knead dough 3-5 times on heavily floured surface until smooth and at your desired consistency.
• Roll dough out on the heavily floured surface with a floured rolling pin, and cut shapes out. Place them on a cookie sheet, covered in parchment paper. (Don't sub the parchment paper for oil, butter, or cooking spray. Bottoms will crisp).
• Bake in oven for 7-10 minutes until tops of cookies have firmed, checking every few minutes to make sure they don't brown (these are best light and soft).
• Take out of oven and place on cooling rack.
• While cooling, mix powdered sugar and milk until smooth. Beat in corn syrup and vanilla until shiny.
• Add food colouring to icing if you wish, and ice the cookies once they have cooled. ENJOY!

KING ARTHUR HOLIDAY BUTTER COOKIES AND ICING THAT HARDENS

Steps:

• COOKIES:.
• Beat together sugar, butter, egg youlk, salt and flavor.
• Stir in flour to make a chohesive dough, adding a couple teaspoons of water if necessary.
• Divide dough in half, shape each in a flattened disk and wrap in plastic.
• Refrigerate for 2 hours or overnight.
• Let dough soften for about 20 to 30 minutes before rolling.
• Roll dough 1/8 inch to 3/16 inch thick.
• Cut shapes with a cutter.
• Place cookies on ungreased or parchment lined baking sheets and bake in preheated 350 oven for 12 to 14 minutes, until set and barely browned around edges.
• Remove from oven, cool on the pan.
• Repeat with remaining pice of dough.
• ICING:.
• Combine sugar, corn syrup and milk to make a soft spreadable icing.
• Tint icing with food color as desired.
• Spread icing on cookies.
• Sprinkle with colored sugar or other decorations.
• Allow icing to harden before storing cookies.

COOKIE ICING/FROSTING THAT HARDENS

Steps:

• VERY IMPORTANT; the confectioners sugar must be sifted before using.
• In a bowl beat the sifted confectioners sugar with milk until smooth.
• Beat in corn syrup and almond extract until smooth and glossy (if icing is too thick add in a small amount of corn syrup).
• Divide into as many separate bowls as desired.
• Add in different food coloring to each bowl beating/whisking until the intensity is achieved.
• Paint the icing over the cookies using a brush or dip the cookie edges into icing (this will set quite quickly).
• Place cookies on waxed paper to dry.

LOW FAT SUGAR COOKIES OF GOODNESS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Combine apple sauce and sugar until well mixed.
• Add egg and vanilla and continue to mix.
• Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in another bowl. Add gradually to egg mixture.
• Take roughly a tablespoon size portion of dough and place it onto a lighty greased cookie sheet. Works best if pressed flat (the dough when making the cookie).
• Bake in oven for 10 minutes.
• Take out of oven and remove from cookie sheet.
• To make the frosting, in an electric mixer preferably, combine powdered sugar and butter and vanilla. Add water according to consistency of frosting.