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Winter Cookies




Source of Recipe


Family Circle Magazine


List of Ingredients




2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, at room temperature
1/2 cup solid vegetable shortening
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1/2 teaspoon orange extract
1 teaspoon grated orange rind
Royal Icing:
1 box (1 pound) confectioners' sugar
3 tablespoons powdered egg whites or meringue powder (see Buyer's Guide, page 95)
6 tablespoons water
Decorations:
Green, pink, blue and brown food colors
Nonedible assorted silver and pastel dragees (decoration only)
White nonpareils
Nontoxic silver dusting powder, for painting ice-skate blades (see Buyer's Guide, page 95)



Recipe



1. Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt into a bowl.
2. Beat together butter, vegetable shortening and sugar in a second bowl until light and fluffy. Add corn syrup, extract and rind. On low speed, beat in flour mixture. Divide dough in half; wrap each half; chill for 45 minutes.
3. Heat oven to 350°. Roll out dough between 2 sheets of waxed paper to 1/8- to 1/4-inch thickness. Using cookie cutters, cut out shapes. Transfer to baking sheets. Freeze dough 10 minutes. Remove scraps; reroll; cut more shapes.
4. Bake in 350° oven 11 to 13 minutes, rotating pans halfway through baking. Cool cookies on sheets on wire rack 2 minutes; remove cookies to rack to cool completely.
5. Meanwhile, prepare Icing: On low speed, beat together confectioners sugar, powdered egg whites and water in large bowl until blended. Increase speed to medium-high; beat until thickened and doubled in volume, 7 to 10 minutes. Divide into 5 small bowls. Leave 1 bowl white; tint others green, pink, light blue and cream using the brown color.
6. Decorate cookies as pictured, adding flourishes with dragées and nonpareils (remove dragées before eating). Let ice-skate blades dry; then paint with silver powder to resemble metal.

Note: For chocolate variation, substitute 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder for 1/4 cup flour.