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Christmas Ornament Cookies

Make Christmas Ornament Cookies at home with Butter Softened, Sugar, Unsifted All Purpose Flour, Baking Powder, and Salt. Save it, add the ingredients to your shopping list, and cook it tonight.

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Ingredients

• 1/2 cup
• 1 1/3 cup
• 3 1/2 cup
• 1/2 tsp
• 1/2 tsp

Method (preview)

1. 1

   In large bowl, with electric mixer on medium speed, beat butter and shortening until well blended; add sugar and beat until light.

2. 2

   Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.

3. 3

   In medium-size bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt.

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   With mixer on low speed, add half of flour mixture to butter mixture and beat until soft dough forms.

5. 5

   Shape dough into 3 equal balls; wrap and refrigerate at least 30 minutes.

6. 6

   Remove all trimmings and press together.

7. 7

   Reroll trimmings between waxed paper and repeat cutting and inverting baubles to fill second baking sheet.

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   If making cookies for ornaments, use a toothpick tp pierce a small hole about 1/2 inch from top of each cookie.

9. 9

   Bake cookies 8 to 10 minutes or until golden.

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    Cool 5 minutes on baking sheets, then remove to wire racks and cool completely before decorating.

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    Repeat rolling, cutting, and baking with remaining balls of dough and trimmings.

12. 12

    Mix one small bowl of icing with burgundy food coloring, another with teal food coloring, and the last bowl with violet food coloring.

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    Spoon icings (except yellow) into separate small pastry bags fitted with small (#1) writing tips.

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    With pastry brush, paint the front of each cookie with a thick coat of the yellow icing, being sure not to cover pierced hole; let dry and paint again.

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    When yellow icing has dried, pipe decorateive lines, dots and curls on front of cookies using other colored icings.

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    To store cookies, place them in a single layer in airtight containers.

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    In large bowl, with electric mixer on low speed, beat two 1-lb packages confectioners' sugar, 6 large egg whites (if cookies will be eaten, use meringue powder and follw package instructions for Royal Icing: see Note), and 1 teaspoon cream of tartar until mixed.

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    Increase speed to high, beat until very thick and fluffy-about 6 minutes.

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    Cover tightly with plastic wrap to prevent drying until ready to use.