HOLIDAY SWIRLED SUGAR COOKIES
The fun in this recipe is preparing the marbled icing: Release your inner abstract artist as you drizzle red and green icing across a canvas of white on a baking sheet. Instead of dipping cookies in a bowl or on a plate, the baking sheet allows you to marble many cookies at once - without the colors getting muddy.
Provided by Food Network Kitchen
Categories dessert
Time 4h
Yield 24 cookies
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- For the cookies: Whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl. Beat the butter and granulated sugar with an electric mixer on medium speed in a large bowl until light and fluffy, about 4 minutes. Increase the mixer speed to medium high, add the vanilla and egg and beat until incorporated. Reduce the speed to low, add the flour mixture in 2 batches and beat until just combined. Shape the dough into a disk. Wrap and refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour.
- Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Generously dust a work surface with confectioners' sugar. Roll out the dough to a thickness of 1/2 inch, dusting with more confectioners' sugar as needed. (Return the dough to the refrigerator if it gets too soft.) Cut out shapes with a 2-inch round cookie cutter and arrange 2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheets. Reroll the scraps and cut out more cookies. Refrigerate the cookies until firm, about 1 hour.
- Position racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F. Bake the cookies, rotating the pans halfway through, until lightly browned around the edges, 9 to 11 minutes. Let cool completely on the baking sheets.
- For the royal icing: Combine the confectioners' sugar and meringue powder in a large bowl. Add 7 tablespoons water and beat with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until soft glossy peaks form, adding up to 8 tablespoons water if necessary to make a smooth icing that thickly coats the back of a spoon.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment and set a cooling rack on top.
- Put 1/4 cup icing into each of 2 small bowls. Add 9 drops red food coloring to one bowl and stir until evenly combined. Add 2 drops green food coloring to the second bowl and stir until evenly combined. Pour the remaining white icing into a clean rimmed baking sheet and spread or shake to evenly coat it. Drizzle the red icing all over the white, then drizzle the green icing over both. One at a time, put the cookies face-side down in the baking sheet icing. Take the cookies out one at a time, shaking gently to let excess icing drip off, and place right-side up on the prepared cooling rack. Decorate with edible glitter or sprinkles if desired. Let the icing harden completely before serving, about 1 hour.
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Mobashir Khemta
[email protected]I love the way these cookies look with the different colors of sugar. They're so festive.
Jerry Davis
[email protected]These cookies are a great way to use up leftover candy canes.
Joshua Yeboah Junior
[email protected]I've made these cookies several times and they're always a hit! They're so easy to make and they're always delicious.
Manzoor Shah
[email protected]These cookies are the perfect combination of sweet and buttery. They're so addictive!
Zeeshan Ismail
[email protected]I love the way these cookies look with the different colors of sugar. They're so festive.
Kaiza Da WolfpantherSCP
[email protected]These cookies are so easy to make and they're always a crowd-pleaser.
Aher Jongkor
[email protected]I made these cookies for a cookie exchange and they were a huge hit! Everyone loved them.
Cleo Stevens
[email protected]These cookies are perfect for gift-giving. They're so festive and delicious.
Md Sokor
[email protected]I love the different colors of these cookies. They're so pretty and festive.
Journey Cross
[email protected]These cookies are my new favorite holiday treat! They're so festive and delicious.
fardin hasan
[email protected]I've made these cookies several times and they're always a hit! They're so easy to make and they taste amazing.
Arefin Tithi
[email protected]I'm not sure what I did wrong, but these cookies didn't turn out at all. They were dry and crumbly.
LimitedLightsS
[email protected]These cookies were a disaster! The dough was too sticky and the cookies fell apart when I tried to cut them.
mustufa momin
[email protected]I had a hard time getting the dough to come together, but the cookies turned out okay.
Ariana Davis
[email protected]These cookies were a little too sweet for my taste, but they were still good.
Jan Gf
[email protected]I'm not a big baker, but these cookies were easy to make and turned out great! I'll definitely be making them again.
Tania Maina
[email protected]These cookies are so cute and festive! I can't wait to make them for my holiday party.
Paul Gonzalez
[email protected]I made these cookies for my family and they loved them! The dough was easy to work with and the cookies turned out perfectly.
Amjad Zia Babar
[email protected]These cookies were a hit at my holiday party! They're so festive and delicious. I love the combination of flavors and textures.