Bridal Shower Food : Party Cookies
This recipe is ideal for making cookies in shapes, such as, teddies,
duckies or bunnies for a baby shower, hearts or bells for a bridal
shower, for a birthday party the birthday boy or girl's age, and
stars for any occasion.
They can be left plain or decorated with icing and 'silver balls'
or other decorations.
If the cookies are to be in the shape of a cute little animal a
small currant could be used as an eye, this should be positioned
on the cookie before baking.
Ingredients
- 2 cups (8oz) all-purpose flour
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- A pinch of salt
- 4oz superfine sugar
- 4oz soft margarine
- ½ a beaten egg (beat a whole egg and divide)
Icing
- About 2 cups sifted confectioners’ sugar (powdered sugar)
- About 2-3 tablespoons of tepid water
- Food coloring
Procedure
Grease or line a baking sheet. Preheat the oven to 300°F.
Begin by sifting together the flour, baking powder and salt. In
a second bowl beat together the sugar and the margarine until pale
and creamy, then add half an egg.
Mix in the flour. The mixture should be stiff enough to roll out.
Roll out quite thinly, on a floured surface. Dipping the cookie
cutter into flour from time to time, cut into shapes. Place the
cookies on the prepared baking sheet.
Bake the cookies for approximately fifteen minutes or until pale
gold. Leave on the baking sheet to cool a little before transferring
to a wire rack.
Icing.
Sift the confectioners’ sugar into a bowl. With a wooden
spoon, gradually stir in sufficient tepid water to make an icing
that is smooth and will thickly coat the back of the spoon. If the
icing is too runny just add a little more confectioners’ sugar;
too thick? just add a little more tepid water. Use the icing white
or add food coloring.
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