Sugar Cookies (Cookies Press)
1
cup butter, softened
1/2
cup sugar
2 1/4
cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour
1/4
teaspoon salt
1
egg
1/4
teaspoon almond extract or vanilla
Food color, if desired
Currants, raisins, candies,
colored sugar, finely chopped nuts, candied fruit or fruit peel, if
desired
- Heat oven to 400ºF. Beat butter and sugar in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in flour, salt, egg, almond extract and a few drops of food color.
- Place dough in cookie press. Form desired shapes on ungreased cookie sheet. Decorate with currants.
- Bake 5 to 8 minutes or until set but not brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. To decorate cookies after baking, use a drop of corn syrup to attach decorations to cookies.
Makes
72 cookies
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