Rich Rolled Cookies

By Hester

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter (yes, 2 sticks!)
• 2 ⁄3; cup sugar
• 1 large egg
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• Almond Icing
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 pinch salt
• 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
• water
• Royal Icing
• 2 egg whites
• 3 cups confectioners' sugar
• fresh lemon juice , 1 lemon

Details

Servings 5
Adapted from food.com

Preparation

Step 1

1Cream butter and sugar.
2Beat in egg and flavoring.
3Combine and add flour and salt.
4Chill dough 3-4 hours.
5Preheat oven to 350°F.
6Roll thinly and cut.
7Bake 5-7 minutes, (this is because I roll them very thin,you might want to cook them longer if you don't roll them thin -- see other peoples notes).
8Ice with either Almond or Royal Icing.
9The Almond Icing is a thin icing that you can "paint" on the cookies. I actually use paint brushes, and have fun coloring the icing.
10The Royal Icing dries hard. It can be used to "glue" tails back on kittens (cookies) and trunks on elephants. It also holds the cookies together better for shipping. I use a small metal spatula for spreading this, and use a lot of sprinkles and other adornments with this icing.
11The amounts of sugar and liquid are flexible to your own preferred consistency.