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Snowflake Cookies




Source of Recipe


Gold Medal®


List of Ingredients




1 cup granulated sugar

3/4 cup butter or margarine, softened

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 eggs

2 1/2 cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

Almond Glaze (See Below)

White coarse sugar crystals (decorating sugar), powdered sugar or white edible glitter

Easy Decorating Frosting, if desired (See Below)



Recipe



1. Mix granulated sugar, butter, vanilla and eggs in large bowl. Stir in flour, baking powder and salt. Cover and refrigerate at least 1 hour but no longer than 24 hours.

2. Heat oven to 400ºF . Roll about one-third of the dough 1/8 inch thick on lightly floured surface. Cut with 1 1/2-2-inch star-shaped cookie cutter. Place 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake about 6 minutes or until light brown. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack; cool completely, about 30 minutes. Repeat with remaining dough.

3. Make Almond Glaze. Place cooled cookies together in pairs with about 1 teaspoon glaze, with points of top cookie between points of bottom cookie. Place cookies on wire rack on cookie sheet to catch excess glaze. Pour 1 tablespoon glaze evenly over top and sides of each cookie, glazing only a few at time. When glaze is set but still soft, move cookies to another rack or waxed paper; sprikle with sugar crystals. (Occasionally remove glaze from cookie sheet, and add a few drops of hot water as necessary to make glaze smooth and thin enough to pour; continue glazing.)

4. Make Easy Decorating Frosting. Pipe snowflake designs on cookies. Let cookies dry completely before storing.
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Almond Glaze

3 cups powdered sugar

4 teaspoons light corn syrup

1/4 cup hot water

1/2 teaspoon almond extract

1/8 teaspoon salt

Mix all ingredients until smooth, glossy and pourable.

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Easy Decorating Frosting

1 cup powdered sugar

3 to 5 teaspoons water

Mix ingredients to make a frosting that can be easily drizzled or used in a decorating bag, yet holds its shape