Simple Iced or Stamped Cookies

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  • Time icon
    Total Time
    43mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    12
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    313
based on 9 ratings

Easy cookies, perfect for decorating with icing or colored sugar, or stamping with messages and patterns.

recipe updated 18 Feb 2022

Ingredients

  • Unsalted butter icon
    Unsalted butter
    100 g
  • Granulated sugar icon
    Granulated sugar
    100 g
  • Egg icon
    Egg
    1
  • Vanilla extract icon
    Vanilla extract
    1 teaspoon
  • Plain flour icon
    Plain flour
    275 g
  • Powdered sugar icon
    Powdered sugar
    400 g
  • Water icon
    Water
    3 tablespoons
  • Food coloring icon
    Food coloring
    as needed

Tools

  • kCook icon Stand Mixer
  • kCook icon Oven
  • kCook icon Wooden spoon
  • kCook icon Cooling rack
  • kCook icon Plastic wrap
  • kCook icon Rolling pin
  • kCook icon Medium bowl
  • kCook icon Stand mixer bowl
  • kCook icon Baking sheet - 18 x 13"

Step preview

  1. Add unsalted butter and granulated sugar to a clean stand mixer bowl
  2. Cream together until light and fluffy
  3. Add egg and vanilla extract to the dough
  4. Mix until combined
  5. Add plain flour to the dough
  6. Mix until dough forms
  7. Wrap with plastic wrap
  8. Chill in fridge - 30 min
  9. Pre-heat oven - 175°C
  10. Roll out until 1/8" (5mm) thick
  11. Cut out
  12. Decorate
  13. Transfer dough to 2 baking sheets
  14. Bake until light golden - 8 min, 175°C
  15. Let cool - approx 5 min
  16. Transfer onto cooling rack until completely cool
  17. Add powdered sugar to a clean medium bowl
  18. Sift in flour sifter
  19. Add water and food coloring to the icing
  20. Stir until smooth
  21. Spread icing with 2 cookies
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