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Smooth Sailing Sugar Cookies Recipe

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With a fresh breeze, my longtime-favorite sugar cookie recipe got under way on a new track. I cut out sailboats and frisky fish, frosting them brightly for the nautical gathering. My guests ate their limit! -Martha Conaway, Pataskala, Ohio

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Smooth Sailing Sugar Cookies Recipe

Prep: 30 min. + chilling Bake: 5 min./batch + cooling

Yield: 24 Servings

30 5 35

Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg
2 tablespoons milk
1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
FROSTING:
1 cup confectioners' sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla or almond extract
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 to 2 tablespoons milk
Food coloring, optional

Directions

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in the egg, milk and vanilla. Combine flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to the creamed mixture. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour or until easy to handle.
On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to 1/8-in. thickness. Cut with cookie cutters of your choice. Place 2 in. apart on greased baking sheets. Bake at 375° for 5-8 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool.
In a small bowl, combine the confectioners' sugar, extract, salt and enough milk to achieve spreading consistency. Add food coloring if desired. Frost cookies; decorate as desired. Yield: about 4 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (2 each) equals 172 calories, 8 g fat (5 g saturated fat), 30 mg cholesterol, 172 mg sodium, 23 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 2 g protein.

Originally published as Smooth Sailing Sugar Cookies in Taste of Home August/September 1999, p37

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Reviewed on Jun. 19, 2012 by tracimom2

I make these cookies multiple times every year they are my go to sugar cookies for every occasion sometimes I use a buttercream icing, but other than that or a little almond flavoring also I don't change a thing! You can also make them a little thicker than the recipie suggests. Everyone loves these cookies!

Reviewed on Oct. 17, 2010 by amyngus

Just the right sweetness!! Very easy to work with- easier than other recipes I have used.

Reviewed on Feb. 14, 2009 by cmott

I tried this for Christmas this year and it is the best tasting rolled sugar cookie I have tried. The texture is great and the dough is so easy to work with. The icing is really fantastic. I have been trying for years to get an icing that is not a royal icing to set up as well as this does.

Reviewed on Jan. 03, 2009 by dbbeachbaby

This is my all-time favorite sugar cookie recipe. I make it every Christmas, and any other time I have an excuse to make sugar cookies. I find the cookie itself to be very light - not sugary at all. The icing is what really makes the cookie. I always use almond extract instead of vanilla and I think the almond gives the cookie that extra touch. I also love the dough - it's very easy to work with. You can't go wrong with this recipe. I always get requests for the recipe. 5 stars from me!