Here’s a little New Year’s prezzie for you…desktop wallpaper for January 2011!
{insert wild applause here}
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Voila! Pretty computer.
Now go make yourself some pretty little Sugar Cookies…
Ingredients:
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2 1/4 cups of all-purpose flour
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1/2 teaspoon of baking powder
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1/2 teaspoon of salt
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1/2 cup {1 stick} of butter, softened
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1 cup of sugar
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2 eggs
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1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
Directions:
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar for about 2 minutes. Beat in eggs and vanilla until combined. Blend in dry ingredients {the dough will be soft}.
- Gather the dough in a ball, wrap in plastic wrap or foil, and refrigerate for 1 hour or longer, until firm.
- Preheat the oven to 375*. Lightly spray or grease 2 cookie sheets.
- Cut the dough in half and work with one half at a time, keeping the remaining portion refrigerated. Roll out the dough to between 1/4 and 1/2 inch thick.
- Cut out cookies in snazzy shapes and transfer to the prepared cookie sheets, leaving at least an inch between them.
- Bake in the center of the oven for 10 to 12 minutes, until the cookies are firm to the touch and beginning to turn faintly golden around the edges.
- Let the cookies stand for 1 to 2 minutes on the sheets, then remove to wire racks to cool completely.
- Frost…decorate…sprinkle your heart out!
- Drool. Devour. Give away remaining two as a late Christmas present.
Recipe from “The Best Bake Sale Ever Cookbook”
