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Cutout Wedding Cookies

The dessert table shapes up sweetly when we make these crisp, almond-flavored cookies for family weddings. Hearts, lips, doves, bells and other love-themed cutters work well.—Grace Van Timmeren, Grand Rapids, Michigan

48 ServingsPrep: 50 min. + chilling Bake: 10 min./batch + cooling

Ingredients

3/4 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon almond extract
2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
FROSTING:
1/2 cup butter, softened
4-1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
5 to 6 tablespoons 2% milk
Paste food coloring of your choice
Edible glitter and colored sugar
Sprinkles, optional

Directions

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat
in eggs and extract. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt;
gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Cover and refrigerate
for 1 hour or until easy to handle.
On a well-floured surface, roll dough to 1/4-in. thickness. Cut with
floured 2-1/2-in. to 4-in. love-themed cookie cutters. Place 2 in.
apart on greased baking sheets. Bake at 400° for 6-8 minutes or
until set. Remove to wire racks to cool completely.
For frosting, in a large bowl, beat butter until light and fluffy.

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Cutout Wedding Cookies (continued)

Directions (continued)

Beat in the confectioners' sugar, vanilla and enough milk to achieve
desired consistency. Tint frosting as desired; frost cookies.
Combine equal amounts of edible glitter and colored sugar; sprinkle
over cookies. Decorate some cookies with sprinkles if desired.
Yield: about 4 dozen.

Nutrition Facts: 1 cookie equals 130 calories, 5 g fat (3 g saturated fat), 21 mg cholesterol, 95 mg sodium, 20 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 1 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1 starch, 1 fat.