Decorate-Before-You-Bake Cookies

By dawn716

Ingredients

• 3/4 3/4
• cup butter or margarine, softened
• 1/2 1/2
• cup sugar
• 1 1
• egg
• 1 3/4 1 3/4
• cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour
• 1/2 1/2
• teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 1/4
• teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1/4 1/4
• teaspoon salt
• 2 2
• tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 1/2
• cup butter or margarine, softened
• 3 3
• teaspoons milk
• 1/2 1/2
• cup Gold Medal® all-purpose flour
• 4 4
• drops red food color
• 4 4
• drops green food color

Details

Servings 72
Adapted from bettycrocker.com

Preparation

Step 1

In large bowl, beat 3/4 cup butter and 1/2 cup sugar with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add egg; beat well. Stir in 1 3/4 cups flour, the baking soda, cream of tartar and salt. Knead dough into smooth ball. Wrap in plastic wrap; refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour.

Meanwhile, in small bowl, mix 1/2 cup butter, the milk and 1/2 cup flour with fork until well mixed. Divide mixture in half. Stir red food color into 1 half and green food color into other half. Spoon each mixture into decorating bag fitted with small writing tip; set aside.

Heat oven to 375°F. Shape 1 half of the cookie dough into 3/4-inch balls. Place balls 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets. In small bowl, measure 2 tablespoons sugar. Dip bottom of glass into sugar, and use to flatten each ball into 1 1/2-inch round. Pipe colored mixture from decorating bags on each cookie in various holiday designs. Repeat with remaining half of dough.

Bake 7 to 9 minutes or until set. Immediately remove to cooling rack.

Makes
6 dozen cookies