Cookies

This recipe for Homemade Cookies is fairly easy, inexpensive and did I mention fun?!

Getting kids involved from young in the kitchen I think is a great foundation for them.  Decorating the cookies wasthe best part for me because I did not take it too seriously. We just went with whatever was on our mind and had fun with it.

Any shapes, sizes and colours can be made and if you do not use all the dough it can be placed into the fridge or freezer until later use. As we close off on the Easter season ,make sure to spend some time with the kids and enjoy baking.

Cookies

Bake delicious homemade cookies with this easy recipe. Involve kids for a fun experience decorating cookies together.

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Course: Dessert, Snack

Cuisine: Caribbean, Tobago, Trinidad

Keyword: baking

Author: Renee

Ingredients

Cookie Dough

• 3 ½ Cups Cuisine all purpose flour
• 1 tbsp Cuisine Full cream milk
• 1 Cup Unsalted butter
• 1 ½ Cups White sugar
• 2 Eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• ½ tsp baking powder
• ¼ tsp salt

Royal Icing

• 3 Egg whites
• 2 tsp Lemon Juice
• 1 small pack Powdered sugar
• 1 tsp Vanilla essence

Instructions

• Using a mixer beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy
• Add the eggs and milk together .Then add slowly until well combined Note: (Make sure all ingredients are at room temperature as it helps combine the mixture easier.)
• Mix baking powder, salt, flour and combine. Add vanilla extract and combined well until soft smooth dough has formed.
• Separate dough into two batches and wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for about one hour or until firm enough to roll.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (177 degrees C) and place rack in center of oven. Line your baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Remove the chilled dough and, on a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough to a thickness of about 1/2cm using a floured rolling pin. Note: (Review video on the thickness and add more flour if needed, making sure the dough does not stick to the counter.
• Cut out desired shapes using a lightly floured cookie cutter and transfer cookies to baking sheet.
• Place the cookies in the refrigerator for a minimum of 10-15 minutes.  Note : (This will help cookies hold their shape while baking)
• Bake for 10minutes.Cookies will be done when edges start to turn brown.
• Remove from oven and let cookies cool on baking sheet for a few minutes.
• To make royal icing in a bowl add the powdered sugar and egg whites. Mix until just combined and then using a mixer beat the mixture until smooth. Add the lemon juice and the essence to the mixture. Note : ( Mixture should be on the thicker side if too runny add some more powdered sugar)
• Separate the mixture into different bowls and use desired colours.
• Decorate as you wish and most important have fun!
• Enjoy!

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