Sugar Star & Flag Cookies Recipe

Sugar Star & Flag Cookies Recipe Sugar Star & Flag Cookies Recipe photo by Taste of Home Rating 4

A favorite cookie to send to troops overseas, these soft sugar cookies ship well and taste great!—Susan Whetzel, Pearisburg, VA

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Sugar Star & Flag Cookies Recipe
  • Prep: 1-1/4 hours + chilling Bake: 10 min./batch + cooling
  • Yield: 120 Servings
75 10 85

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup cream cheese, softened
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon lemon extract
  • 5 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • Decorating icing and/or colored sugars

Directions

  • In a large bowl, cream the butter, cream cheese and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and extracts. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours or until easy to handle.
  • On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to 1/4-in. thickness. Cut with floured 2- to 3-in. cookie cutters. Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Sprinkle with colored sugars as desired.
  • Bake at 350° for 9-11 minutes or until set. Cool for 2 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely. Decorate with icing and additional sugars if desired. Yield: 10 dozen.

    Editor's Note: If shipping these cookies, consider decorating with royal icing (recipe also in Recipe Finder).

Nutritional Facts 1 cookie equals 51 calories, 2 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 12 mg cholesterol, 42 mg sodium, 7 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 1 g protein. Diabetic Exchange: 1/2 starch.

Originally published as Sugar Star & Flag Cookies in Taste of Home October/November 2009

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Reviewed on Jun. 25, 2011 by supersportgirl

Great cookies! I always like finding soft cookie recipes. I used the Royal Icing and it set up great. I didn't use a pastry bag, I only made stars and just spread it on with a knife. I decreased the baking time on mine because I thought they were getting too brown, maybe I made them a bit thinner than the recipe called for. I actually shipped them to my husband overseas!

Reviewed on Jul. 10, 2010 by l2bake

Delicious cookies, but I have never been able to get 10 dozen out of the dough though.

Reviewed on Jul. 05, 2010 by Poots

This was an excellent recipe, easy to make and rolled out and tasted great. Only I made them as "Canada Day" cookies and everyone wanted the recipe. Thank You!

Reviewed on Jul. 04, 2010 by warrenwoman58

These cookies were a pain to ice and really didn't have any flavor.

Reviewed on Jul. 01, 2010 by shopaun

What frosting recipe did everyone use?

Reviewed on Jun. 25, 2010 by alexstich

I brought these to a party and they were a big hit! I put in orange peel and orange juice instead of lemon, and everyone loved them!

Reviewed on Jun. 23, 2010 by LadyDiBellevue

We had plenty to share and they were well received.

Reviewed on May. 22, 2010 by rainiebob

loved the cookies, and yes it does indeed make lots of cookies!!

Reviewed on May. 20, 2010 by emmy22

Yes, it has a lot of butter, cream cheese, sugar, and eggs, but it makes 120 cookies! One cookie only has 51 calories and 2 grams fat. Think before you criticize please.

Reviewed on Sep. 18, 2009 by cen06451

I had the same thought. Why is this in the "Low Fat" category?

 
 
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