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By Betty Crocker Kitchens
Updated Aug 14, 2006
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These delicate sugar cookies are all dressed up with a simple almond glaze and sugar crystals.

Snowflake Cookies

  • Prep Time 1 hr 20 min
  • Total 3 hr 0 min
  • Servings 30
  • Ingredients 15
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Ingredients

Cookies

  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 3/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 1/2 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt

Almond Glaze

  • 3 cups powdered sugar
  • 4 teaspoons light corn syrup
  • 1/4 cup hot water
  • 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • White coarse sugar crystals (decorating sugar), powdered sugar or white edible glitter

Easy Decorating Frosting

  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 3 to 5 teaspoons water
Make With
Gold Medal Flour

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    In large bowl, mix granulated sugar, butter, vanilla and eggs until well blended. Stir in flour, baking powder and salt. Cover and refrigerate at least 1 hour but no longer than 24 hours.
  • Step 
    2
    Heat oven to 400°F. On lightly floured surface, roll about one-third of dough 1/8 inch thick. Cut with 1 1/2 to 2-inch star-shaped cookie cutter. Place 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
  • Step 
    3
    Bake about 6 minutes or until light brown. Remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes. Repeat with remaining dough.
  • Step 
    4
    In medium bowl, mix all glaze ingredients except coarse sugar crystals until smooth, glossy and pourable. Place cooled cookies together in pairs with about 1 teaspoon glaze, with points of top cookie between points of bottom cookie. Place cookies on cooling rack on cookie sheet to catch excess glaze. Pour 1 tablespoon glaze evenly over top and sides of each cookie, glazing only a few at time. When glaze is set but still soft, move cookies to another rack or waxed paper; sprinkle with sugar crystals. (Occasionally remove glaze from cookie sheet, and add a few drops of hot water as necessary to make glaze smooth and thin enough to pour; continue glazing.)
  • Step 
    5
    In small bowl, mix frosting ingredients to make a frosting that can be easily drizzled or used in a decorating bag, yet holds its shape. Pipe snowflake designs on cookies. Let cookies dry completely before storing.

Nutrition

160 Calories
5 g Total Fat
2 g Protein
27 g Total Carbohydrate

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Cookie
Calories
160
Calories from Fat
45
Total Fat
5 g
Saturated Fat
1 g
Cholesterol
15 mg
Sodium
160 mg
Potassium
20 mg
Total Carbohydrate
27 g
Dietary Fiber
0g
Protein
2 g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
4%
4%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
0%
0%
Iron
2%
2%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 1 Fruit; 1/2 Fat;
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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