| Oven 375 F Yields: 8 dozen cookies |
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| 3 cups powdered sugar 2 cups (4 sticks) butter 2 eggs 2 tsp vanilla 1 tsp almond extract |
Beat together on high speed. |
| 1 cup flour 2 tsp baking powder 2 tsp cream of tartar |
Sift together, add and mix. |
| 4 cups flour | Add the rest of the flour and mix gently.
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| 1-2 cups additional flour for rolling | Sprinkle ¼ cup flour on the counter. Place half of the cookie dough, sprinkle with flour and knead a few times, sprinkling flour until dough is not sticky. Dust the rolling pin with flour and roll out to about 3/16” thickness. Rub the cutters in flour and cut out the cookies. Gather up the scraps to re-roll. Place on a cool, lightly greased sheet. Bake 7-9 minutes until edges are light brown.
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| Frosting: ¼ cup (1/2 stick) butter 4 cups Domino’s powdered sugar 1 tsp vanilla 2 Tbsp milk |
Beat together on high. |
| Additional powdered sugar and milk Food coloring |
Add milk or sugar as needed to spreading consistency. Separate into separate bowls and add 2 drops of food coloring to each bowl.Frost the cookies when they are cool. Be sure to leave a blue pony for Santa, that is his favorite cut-out!
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