Spiced Holiday Sugar Cookies (Kids Fav)

By á-94276

Ingredients

• Glaze:
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 1 egg
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 2 1/3 cups flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
• 1/8 tsp salt
• colored sugars
• 3-4 tsp milk
• 1/2 tsp vanilla
• 3-4 drops food coloring
• 1 cup confectioners sugar

Preparation

Step 1

Beat butter in large bowl with an electric mixer on medium high speed 30 seconds. Add sugar, eggs and vanilla. Mix flour, baking soda, nutmeg and salt; gradually stir into mixture. Chill dough until firm, about 1 hour.

Preheat oven to 375*. Roll to 1/8 inch thickness on lightly floured surface. Cut into shapes with favorite cookie cutters. Sprinkle with colored sugars if desired.

Bake on greased baking sheet 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool cookies 1 minute on cookie sheet then remove to wire rack. Cool. Glaze and decorate.