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Patriotic Sugar Cookies with Egg Paint

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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: cookies, sugar cookies
Servings: 19
Author: Apryl Niksch
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Equipment

Ingredients

DRY INGREDIENTS

WET INGREDIENTS

  • 1 c. unsalted butter room temp
  • 1 c. sugar
  • 1 T. sour cream or milk
  • 1 egg + 1 egg yolk
  • 1 T. vanilla

EGG PAINT

  • 2 egg yolk
  • water
  • gel color

Instructions

PREP

  • Line baking sheets with Silpat or parchment paper.
  • Whisk together dry ingredients and set aside.

MAKE BATTER

  • Mix together butter, sugar, and powdered sugar until light and fluffy.
  • Add egg, egg yolk, sour cream, vanilla and mix until combined.
  • Add in dry ingredients and mix well.
  • Split dough into 2 sections. Roll out dough to 1/4" or 3/8" between 2 pieces of parchment paper cut to the size of your baking sheets.
  • Chill dough for 1 hour to overnight.

EGG PAINT

  • Place egg yolk and water into a bowl. Mix together and separate out into desired number of bowls to color.
  • Add a little bit of color into each bowl.
  • Paint cookies and then bake.

BAKE

  • Preheat oven to 375°. Remove the top sheet of parchment and use it to line your baking sheets. Cut the chilled dough into shapes, chill again for 5-10 minutes and bake for 10-12 minutes.
  • If your going to re-roll any scraps, you will need to follow the same process: re-roll scraps between parchment paper, chill for at least 1 hour, cut shapes and chill once cut for 5-10 minutes before baking.