Christmas Cookies 4 Ways Recipe

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Christmas Cookies 4 Ways
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Ingredients
14
Count
Nutrition
2691
Calories
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. For Sugar Cookies: Cream butter and 1 2/3 cups sugar in bowl of an electric mixer and beat until fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add vanilla, baking powder and salt and beat at medium speed until mixed. Add eggs; beat until blended. Add flour and mix at low speed until combined, scraping down bowl once or twice. For Spice Cookies: Beat 2 Tbsp. sugar, ginger, cinnamon and allspice into full batch of Sugar Cookie dough. For Lemon Cookies: Beat lemon zest into full batch of Sugar Cookie dough. For Chocolate Cookies: Follow Step 1, but add cocoa powder after beating in eggs and then add only 2 2/3 cups flour.
  2. Divide dough in half. Using hands, shape dough into discs, wrap tightly in plastic wrap and chill until firm, at least 1 hour and up to 2 days.
  3. Arrange racks in upper and lower thirds of oven and preheat oven to 350°F. Line 2 large cookie sheets with parchment.
  4. Remove 1 disc of dough from refrigerator. Roll out on a lightly floured surface to 1/4-inch to 1/8-inch thickness. Cut cookies into stars, snowflakes or any other shapes. Transfer cookies, with a metal spatula, to baking sheets and chill for 10 minutes. Bake cookies 12 to 15 minutes, depending upon thickness and size, rotating pans halfway through, until golden and firm to touch. Cool for 5 minutes, transfer with a metal spatula to racks and let cool. Repeat with remaining dough.
  5. To decorate cookies with solid icing, put some Royal Icing in a pastry bag with a small plain, round tip. (Or put icing in a sturdy plastic bag and snip a tiny hole in one corner.) Pipe around edge of each cookie and let dry. Stir 1 Tbsp. water into another portion of Royal Icing to soften; put thinned icing in a clean pastry bag or new plastic bag. Pipe icing onto each cookie, flooding inside of border. Let dry. Re-pipe border. Sprinkle cookie with sanding sugar, shake off excess and let dry.
  6. To decorate cookies with stripes and dots, use thicker icing and pipe designs as shown in photos. (Cookies may be stored, tightly covered, in a tin for up to 2 weeks.)
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 2690.87 Kcal (11266 kJ)
Calories from fat 1713.43 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 190.38g 293%
Cholesterol 580.51mg 194%
Sodium 216.6mg 9%
Potassium 810.08mg 17%
Total Carbs 241.47g 80%
Sugars 49.85g 199%
Dietary Fiber 11.21g 45%
Protein 21.38g 43%
Vitamin C 0.3mg 0%
Vitamin A 2.3mg 76%
Iron 5mg 28%
Calcium 234.6mg 23%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 499.92 Kcal (2093 kJ)
Calories from fat 318.32 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 35.37g 293%
Cholesterol 107.85mg 194%
Sodium 40.24mg 9%
Potassium 150.5mg 17%
Total Carbs 44.86g 80%
Sugars 9.26g 199%
Dietary Fiber 2.08g 45%
Protein 3.97g 43%
Vitamin A 0.4mg 76%
Iron 0.9mg 28%
Calcium 43.6mg 23%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 68.9
    Points
  • 76
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium

Bad Points

  • High in Total Fat

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