Joyful Cutout Cookies Recipe

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Spell out season’s greetings with a flurry of these simple but elegant cookies. —Taste of Home Test Kitchen

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Joyful Cutout Cookies Recipe

Prep: 30 min. Bake: 10 min./batch + cooling

Yield: 18 Servings

30 10 40

Ingredients

1 package (17-1/2 ounces) sugar cookie mix
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
Dash ground cloves
1/3 cup butter, softened
1 egg
ICING:
4 cups confectioners' sugar
6 tablespoons 2% milk
1/4 teaspoon almond extract
Food coloring of your choice
Snowflake sprinkles, edible glitter and shaved or shredded coconut

Directions

In a large bowl, combine the cookie mix, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. Add butter and egg; mix well.
On a lightly floured surface, roll dough to 1/4-in. thickness. Cut with floured 3-in. stocking-, wreath- and angel-shaped cookie cutters.
Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 375° for 7-9 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool completely.
In large bowl, whisk the confectioners' sugar, milk and extract. Tint as desired with food coloring; spread over cookies. Decorate as desired with sprinkles, glitter and coconut. Let stand until set. Store in an airtight container. Yield: 1-1/2 dozen.

Editor's Note: Snowflake sprinkles and edible glitter are available from Wilton Industries. Call 1-800/794-5866 or visit www.wilton.com.

Nutritional Facts 1 cookie equals 260 calories, 7 g fat (3 g saturated fat), 21 mg cholesterol, 95 mg sodium, 49 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 2 g protein.

Originally published as Joyful Cutout Cookies in Simple & Delicious December/January 2011, p86