Fun sugar cookies to make for summer parties and BBQ Season!
Ingredients for Cookies:
Bonfire cookie cutter
1 cup butter, softened
1 ½ cups confections sugar
1 egg
1 ½ tsp almond extract
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cream of tartar
Red, yellow, orange, brown food coloring
Ingredients for Frosting:
⅓ cup soft butter
3 cups confectioners’ sugar
1 ½ tsp vanilla
2 tbsp milk
Directions for cookies:
1Mix butter, confectioner sugar, egg, and almond extract thoroughly.
2Blend in flour, soda and cream of tartar. Cover and chill in refrigerator for 3 hours.
3Heat oven to 375 degrees.
4Divide dough in half, roll each half 3/16 thick on lightly floured cloth.
5Cut with bonfire cookie cutter.
6Place on a lightly greased baking sheet. Bake for 7 to 8 minutes or until light brown.
Directions for frosting:
8Stir in vanilla and milk and beat until frosting is smooth and spreading consistency.
9Add food coloring to create red, yellow and orange frosting.
10Use brown food coloring to decorate log on cookie. (Bonfire cookie cutter can be purchase at Amazon.com.)
Ingredients
Ingredients for Cookies:
Bonfire cookie cutter
1 cup butter, softened
1 ½ cups confections sugar
1 egg
1 ½ tsp almond extract
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cream of tartar
Red, yellow, orange, brown food coloring
Ingredients for Frosting:
⅓ cup soft butter
3 cups confectioners’ sugar
1 ½ tsp vanilla
2 tbsp milk
Directions
Directions for cookies:
1Mix butter, confectioner sugar, egg, and almond extract thoroughly.
2Blend in flour, soda and cream of tartar. Cover and chill in refrigerator for 3 hours.
3Heat oven to 375 degrees.
4Divide dough in half, roll each half 3/16 thick on lightly floured cloth.
5Cut with bonfire cookie cutter.
6Place on a lightly greased baking sheet. Bake for 7 to 8 minutes or until light brown.
Directions for frosting:
8Stir in vanilla and milk and beat until frosting is smooth and spreading consistency.
9Add food coloring to create red, yellow and orange frosting.
10Use brown food coloring to decorate log on cookie. (Bonfire cookie cutter can be purchase at Amazon.com.)
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