Christmas icebox cookies
By Chatelaine
Photo: Erik Putz
This make-ahead dough will be your holiday savour. Prepare the dough now and then freeze it until that holiday bake sale or unexpected guest pops up.
Ingredients
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2 1/2 cups
all-purpose flour
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1/2 tsp
baking powder
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1/2 tsp
salt
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1/2 cup
red, green and white
sprinkles
, (optional)
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1 cup
unsalted
butter
, at room temperature
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3/4 cup
granulalted sugar
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1
egg
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1 tsp
vanilla
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1/2 cup
icing sugar
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1 tbsp
milk
Instructions
- Stir flour, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl. Add sprinkles, if desired. Preheat oven to 350F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment.
- Beat butter and sugar on medium-high in a large bowl until fluffy. Gradually beat in egg and vanilla. Beat in flour mixture until just combined. Gather dough into a ball and divide in half, rolling each portion into a 2-in.-wide log. Wrap logs in waxed paper and chill until firm, 1 to 1½ hr.
- Slice cookies into ¼-in. rounds and arrange 1 in. apart on prepared sheets. Bake until golden, 10 to 12 min. Let cool on sheets for 1 min, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Whisk icing sugar with milk until smooth. Brush cookies with a thin layer of icing.
Nutrition (per cookie)
- Calories
- 57,
- Protein
- 1 g,
- Carbohydrates
- 7 g,
- Fat
- 3 g,
- Sodium
- 23 mg.
Originally published in the Today’s Parent November/December 2018 issue. Photo by Erik Putz.
