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Italian Sugar Cookies

April 9, 2014 by Kay 8 Comments

Italian Sugar Cookies are tender morsels of delicious sugar cookies with a light glaze and pretty sprinkles added to the top.

These cookies pretty much melt in your mouth, they are so soft and sweet. Trust me when I say you won’t be able to eat just one.

I usually make these Italian Sugar Cookies Christmas but I thought this would be a nice Easter treat as well. Adding the bright colored sprinkles reminds me of spring colors. These would be great to bake with kids or grand kids, they can help decorate the cookies with their favorite sprinkles.

I used a 1 tablespoon cookie scoop to form the cookies and I baked them for 8 and a half minutes in my oven. They had just started to turn golden on the bottom of the cookie. You might notice some slight cracking on the top of the cookie, this is normal.

This is the dough after I mixed it.

This is the dough after I mixed it in my Kitchen Aid mixer.

Here are the cookies before I baked them.

Here are the cookies before I baked them.

Here they are fresh out of the oven.

Here they are fresh out of the oven.

Love the color of these cookies.

Love the color of these cookies.

I found a use for my cute Easter Egg shaped plate.

I found a use for my cute Easter Egg shaped plate.

Italian Sugar Cookies

Italian Sugar Cookies

I had a lot of colored sprinkles on hand.

I had a lot of colored sprinkles on hand.

Italian Sugar Cookies

Italian Sugar Cookies

Enjoy!

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Italian Sugar Cookies

Yield: Approx. 3 dozen cookies

Italian Sugar Cookies

Ingredients

  • Cookies:
  • 3/4 cup shortening
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 3 cups King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
  • 3 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • Icing:
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 2 tablespoons butter, melted
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2-1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
  • Colored sprinkles

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Line your baking sheets with parchment paper.
  • In your mixer cream together the shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the vanilla and the eggs one at a time until fully incorporated.
  • In a separate bowl sift together the flour, baking powder and salt. Turn your mixer on low and add the flour mixture 1 cup at a time, turn the mixer up one speed and mix for a minute or two until well combined.
  • Using a 1 tablespoon cookie scoop form the cookies and place on the baking sheets or you can form the cookies by hand. Bake 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool.
  • For icing, in a small bowl, combine milk, butter, vanilla and powdered sugar until smooth. Dip the top of the cookie in the icing and sprinkle with colored sprinkles.
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Adapted from Taste of Home

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Filed Under: Desserts Tagged With: Cookie, Powdered Sugar, Sprinkles, Sugar

Molasses Cookies

December 12, 2013 by Kay Leave a Comment

Day 4 of the Twelve Days of Christmas Treats features Molasses Cookies. These are my hubby Bill’s favorite cookie. He told me last week he remembers making Molasses Cookies with his Mom, Lorna and sister, Kathy. Bill remembers Lorna shaping the cookie’s into a ball and rolling the cookie in sugar, then he or Kathy would “smash” the cookie to flatten it a bit with a glass before they were baked.

I love sharing Christmas memories and traditions. Do you have any special memories or traditions in your family? Maybe something that dates back to your childhood or a new tradition you have started? I would love to hear your answers, please leave a comment below.

This recipe was adapted from The Yummy Life

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Molasses Cookies

Yield: Approx. 24 Cookies

Molasses Cookies

Ingredients

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1-3/4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 3/4 cup butter, melted
  • 1 cup plus 1/3 cup sugar, divided
  • 1 egg, room temperature
  • 1/4 cup molasses

Instructions

  • In small bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, cloves, & ginger; set aside. In medium bowl, with mixer on low speed, blend together the melted butter, 1 cup sugar, and egg until smooth. Stir in molasses. With mixer on low speed, gradually add flour mixture to molasses mixture; mix until completely combined. Cover and chill dough in refrigerator for 1 hour.
  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Roll dough into walnut sized balls (use cookie scoop, if available); roll each ball in remaining sugar. Place 2 inches apart on parchment lined baking sheets. Bake 8-10 minutes just until tops are cracked all over, but cookies are still a bit gooey inside the center cracks. Cool on wire racks.
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Molasses Cookies

Form the cookie and roll it in sugar

 

Press down and flatten each cookie just a bit.

Press down and flatten each cookie just a bit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

They smell so good coming out of the oven :)

They smell so good coming out of the oven 🙂

 

 

Crispy on the outside, soft and chewy on the inside.

Crispy on the outside, soft and chewy on the inside.

 

Filed Under: Desserts Tagged With: Cinnamon, Cookie, Ginger, Molasses, Sugar

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