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Glazed Butter Cookies Recipe

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These cookies are not just for Christmas. I bake them all year, changing cookie cutters for various occasions.—Dorothy Jennings, Waterloo, Iowa

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Glazed Butter Cookies Recipe

Prep: 20 min. + chilling Bake: 10 min./batch + cooling

Yield: 18 Servings

20 10 30

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg
3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
GLAZE:
1 cup confectioners' sugar
1 to 2 tablespoons milk
Red, green and yellow liquid or paste food coloring

Directions

In a small bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Combine dry ingredients; gradually add to the creamed mixture. Cover and chill for 1 hour or until easy to handle.
On a lightly floured surface, roll out to 1/8-in. thickness. Cut with 2-1/2-in. cookie cutters. Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool on wire racks.
In a small bowl, combine confectioners' sugar and milk until smooth. Stir in food coloring. Lightly spread over cooled cookies. Let stand until set. Yield: about 3 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (2 each) equals 152 calories, 5 g fat (3 g saturated fat), 26 mg cholesterol, 100 mg sodium, 24 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 2 g protein.

Originally published as Glazed Butter Cookies in Taste of Home December/January 2000, p13

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Reviewed on Feb. 11, 2010 by cheezhed68

We make these at Christmas, Valentine's Day and St. Patrick's Day. They are fabulous!

Reviewed on Feb. 10, 2010 by haylady

This makes "THE BEST" cookies!!! I make it for all the holidays, and even birthdays. My children's teacher also loves them. She would ask me to make her miniture ones for Easter. This recipe is loved by everyone that gets a taste. It's a tradition in our family. P. W. Magnolia, KY