
Iced sugar cookies are elegant, delicious and perfect for Santa. Make them for a party or host a party where you make them!

Ingredients
Method
- In an electric mixer, cream butter and sugar on medium high until smooth, about 2 minutes.
- Beat in egg, vanilla, milk until combined.
- Slowly mix in flour, baking powder and salt until just incorporated.
- Form the dough into ball and wrap with plastic wrap.
- Refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
- Preheat oven to 375.
- Roll chilled dough to 1/4 inch thickness on a work surface dusted with flour.
- Use whatever cookie cutters you have and cut shapes until all dough is used.
- Bake for 10-11 minutes.
- Let cookies cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes. Remove from baking sheet and cool completely on wire racks before icing.
- For the icing, mix powdered sugar, 1/8 cup milk and vanilla. If icing is too thick, continue adding milk, 1 Tbsp at a time. For the icing that you pipe with, you don’t want it too runny.
- Scoop icing into a plastic bag. Zip shut and cut a small hole in one corner to use as a piping bag. Pipe your cooled cookies.
- Let the icing set for 1 hour.
- Add a few more tablespoons of milk to your icing to thin it out. Spoon onto the center of the cookies. Use a toothpick to spread it to the edges. Add sprinkles, sugar or other decorations while the icing is wet so that it adheres. Let cookies cool for another 2 hours.
- Store cookies in an airtight container.
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