Recipes
Sugar Cookies with Royal Icing
36 servings
3 hours total (Active 30 minutes)
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Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tablespoon whole milk
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- ¾ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- Plastic wrap
- Cooking spray
- Powdered sugar, for rolling out dough
- For icing
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- ¼ cup pasteurized liquid egg whites
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
Steps
- Prepare cookies. Set butter out to soften. Place butter and sugar in large bowl; beat with electric mixer on HIGH until light in color. Add egg and milk; beat until well blended.
- Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt; add gradually to butter mixture, stirring with mixer on LOW, until dough pulls away from sides of bowl. Divide dough in half and wrap with plastic wrap; chill 2 hours.
- Preheat oven to 375°F; coat baking sheets with spray. Sprinkle work surface with powdered sugar. Remove one-half dough from refrigerator at a time. Sprinkle rolling pin with powdered sugar and roll out dough to ¼-inch thickness. Move dough around and check underneath frequently to make sure it is not sticking.
- Cut dough with cookie cutters; arrange cookies at least 1 inch apart on baking sheets. Bake 7–9 minutes, rotating sheets halfway through bake time, until edges of cookies are golden. Cool 2 minutes on sheets, then move to wire racks to cool completely before decorating. Store in airtight container up to 1 week. Makes 36 (3-inch) cookies.
- Prepare icing. Sift powdered sugar. Place egg whites and lemon juice in large bowl; stir with electric mixer on LOW until blended. Add powdered sugar; beat until blended and smooth.
- Determine best consistency for covering cookies by placing small amount of icing in center of cookie. Use small knife to push icing to edge of cookie. Add powdered sugar a little at a time if icing is too thin; add water a little at a time if icing is too thick.
Amount per 1 / 36 recipe serving: Calories 140, Total Fat 5g, Sat Fat 3g, Trans Fat 0g, Chol 20mg, Sodium 20mg, Total Carb 22g, Fiber 0g, Total Sugar 14g, (Incl. 14g Added Sugars), Protein 1g, Vitamin D 0%, Calc 0%, Iron 6%, Potassium 0%