Rolled Sugar Cookies and Frosting

I make these cookies for just about every holiday and any time my kids need plain sugar cookies for their classroom. Almond flavoring is a favorite of mine and I use them both in the cookie dough and frosting. Yum!

Rolled Sugar Cookies & Frosting

Cookie Ingredients

3 C. sifted powdered sugar
2 C. butter or margarine
2 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. almond flavoring
5 C. flour
2 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. cream of tartar

Instructions

Mix sugar and butter. Add egg and flavorings; mix thoroughly. Stir dry ingredients together and blend in.

Refrigerate 2 to 3 hours.

Heat oven to 375°. Divide dough in quarters and roll 3/16” thick on lightly floured surface. Cut with cookie cutter. Place on lightly greased baking sheet. Bake 7 to 8 minutes or until delicately golden.

Cookie Frosting

2 C. powdered sugar
½ tsp. salt
1 tsp. almond flavoring
3 T. cream (half and half)

Blend sugar, salt, and flavoring. Add enough cream to make easy to spread. If desired, tint with a few drops of food coloring. Spread on cookies.

Recipe credit: Arrion Rathsack

Casbah Sugar Cookies

These cookies taste like those lofthouse sugar cookies you can buy at the store, only these are made with fresh ingredients and no preservatives. My husband's mother Brenda and his Grandma Beckhoff made these cookies every Christmas. They would be frosted white, with a red hot in the middle and two little green frosted ivy leaves.

Casbah Sugar Cookies

Ingredients
1 C. butter
1 C. sugar
2 eggs
1/2 tsp. vanilla
3 C. flour
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. baking soda

Instructions
With a mixer, beat well the butter and sugar until creamy. Add sifted dry ingredients. Mix well. Chill in fridge. Roll into balls, place on cookie sheet and then smash down ball with the bottom of greased glass pressed in sugar.

Bake at 375 degrees for 6-8 minutes.

Frosting
1/3 C. butter
1 tsp. vanilla
3 C. powdered sugar
2 T. milk (or more)

Mix all together with mixer. Spread on the cookies.

Recipe Credit: Brenda Rathsack and Janet Starwalt Beckhoff (1934-2002)

Mom's Sugar Cookies

I have been making these cookies for as long as I can remember. In particular, I can remember dipping the glass in sugar and smashing the cookie dough along side my mom and older sisters. At Christmas, we would add red and green sprinkles. My family has always liked to store and eat these cookies straight from the freezer. They have a great lemon flavor, which makes them different from a traditional sugar cookie. This is one of my personal favorites.

Mom's Sugar Cookies

Ingredients
2 eggs - beaten with a fork
2/3 C. vegetable oil
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 tsp. lemon flavor extract
3/4 C. sugar
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt

Instructions
Mix together first five ingredients. Sift together flour, powder, and salt. Add to the sugar mixture.

Drop by spoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten with bottom of greased glass dipped in sugar.

Bake 8-10 minutes or until a they just start to turn a light golden brown on the edges.

Makes about 3 dozen cookies.

Recipe Credit: Nancy Smith