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3/4
cup butter, softened
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3/4
cup sugar
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1
teaspoon ground cardamom
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1/4
teaspoon salt
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1
tablespoon milk
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1
teaspoon vanilla
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2
cups all-purpose flour
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3
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tablespoons coarse white or clear sugar (not pearl)
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1
recipe Red Icing
1. Beat butter on medium to high speed 30 seconds. Add sugar, cardamom, and salt; beat until combined, scraping bowl. Beat in milk and vanilla. Beat in as much flour as you can; stir in any remaining. Divide dough in half; shape into two 8-inch logs. To form a square log, press logs flat on work surface. Roll logs in coarse sugar. Wrap in plastic wrap. Chill 2 to 24 hours or until firm enough to slice.
2. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. On cutting board, cut logs in 1/4-inch slices; place 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until edges are golden. Cool on rack. Pipe Red Icing ribbons and bow. Makes 48 cookies.
- Storage Store cookies between sheets of waxed paper in container up to 1 week at room temperature. Freeze up to 3 months.
- Note Nutrition facts are given per cookie.
Yield: 1/3 cup
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2
tablespoons softened butter
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1
cup powdered sugar
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1
tablespoon milk
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1
teaspoon vanilla
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Red food coloring
Beat butter on medium to high until fluffy. Beat in 1/2 cup of the powdered sugar; beat in milk and vanilla. Gradually beat in remaining powdered sugar. Add milk for piping consistency; tint red. Makes 1/3 cup.
- Servings Per Recipe 48,
- Calories 67,
- Carbohydrate (gm) 9,
- Fat, total (gm) 3,
- Cholesterol (mg) 8,
- Saturated fat (gm) 2,
- Monosaturated fat (gm) 1,
- Sugar, total (gm) 5,
- Vitamin A (IU) 97,
- Thiamin (mg) 0,
- Riboflavin (mg) 0,
- Niacin (mg) 0,
- Folate (µg) 8,
- Sodium (mg) 35,
- Potassium (mg) 8,
- Iron (DV %) 0,
- Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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My mom first made these a few years ago and instead of piping icing on top, she used red and green sugar crystals in place of the white sugar. They were pretty and festive and much less work than putting icing on each individual cookie. They taste great and everyone loved them!
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