Holiday Sugar Cookies

Ingredients

Sugar Cookies:

• 1 cup softened unsalted butter
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 tablespoon vanilla extract (YES, half a tablespoon)
• 3 1/2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

Cookie Glaze:

• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 2 tablespoons light corn syrup
• 4 tablespoons water
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• sprinkles!

Instructions

Sugar Cookies:

Preheat oven to 350º

Cream together butter and sugar. Add in the vanilla and the eggs. Add in the dry ingredients and mix until well incorporated. 

Roll the dough out and use your favorite cookie cutters to shape the cookies. Bake cookies at 350º for 8-10 minutes or until the bottom of the cookies have just browned. 

Cookie Glaze:

Put the sugar, corn syrup, and extract in a bowl. Add 2 tablespoons of water. 

Whisk until smooth. You may need to add a little more water, one drop at a time, because 1 too many drops can cause the glaze to be runny. 

Dip you cooked and cooled cookie into the glaze, let the excess glaze drip off. Put the cookies on a cooling rack, add sprinkles, and let harden completely. 

The glaze will be completely hard after an hour or two.