Christmas Cookies

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine, softened
• 1 large egg
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 2 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1/4 cup light corn syrup
• 2 tablespoons water
• food coloring
• butter flavoring
• mint extract

Recipe

• 1 in a large mixing bowl combine the 1st seven ingredients in order given and mix well.
• 2 chill dough 2-3 hours or until dough is easy to handle.
• 3 roll out on a lightly floured surface to about ¼ inch thickness.
• 4 cut with various cookie cutters.
• 5 (cookie cutters may have to be floured).
• 6 place on a greased cookie sheets.
• 7 bake at 375° for 7-8 minutes or until lightly brown.
• 8 cool on wire racks.
• 9 for frosting combine sugar, corn syrup, and water in small bowl.
• 10 transfer equal amounts of frosting into separate bowls.
• 11 add desired amount of butter/mint flavoring.
• 12 mix in food coloring.
• 13 frost cookies and refrigerate overnight.