Circus Animal Cookies with Icing recipe
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Ingredients
- 3 cups butter 4 ½ cups confectioners' sugar 3 eggs 1 tablespoon vanilla extract 7 ½ cups all-purpose flour 1 tablespoon baking soda 1 tablespoon cream of tartar 2 cups confectioners' sugar ¼ cup half-and-half 1 tablespoon vanilla extract 2 drops pink food coloring, or as desired ¼ cup multicolored candy sprinkles, or as needed
Nutrition Info
- 120.9 caloriescarbohydrate: 15.8 gcholesterol: 20.4 mgfat: 5.9 gfiber: 0.3 gprotein: 1.2 gsaturatedFat: 3.6 gservingSize: -sodium: 77.2 mgsugar: 8.4 gtransFat: : -unsaturatedFat: : -
Directions Circus Animal Cookies with Icing
Directions
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Place butter in a large bowl and cream using an electric mixer for 3 minutes. Add confectioners' sugar and mix until incorporated. Add each egg individually to the creamed butter, scraping the sides of the bowl if needed. Add vanilla extract and mix for 3 more minutes.
Sift flour, baking soda, and cream of tartar together in a bowl. Add flour mixture to the butter mixture, mixing on low speed. Cover and chill the dough until it is workable, 2 to 4 hours.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Roll dough out onto a work surface and cut using small animal-shaped cookie cutters. Place cookies on a baking sheet.
Bake in the preheated oven on the middle rack until crisp, 7 to 9 minutes. Let cool completely before icing, about 45 minutes.
Mix 2 cups confectioners' sugar, half-and-half, and vanilla extract together in a bowl. Divide icing and add pink food coloring to 1 half. Dip cookies in icing and decorate with sprinkles quickly before icing dries. Place cookies on a rack to let icing dry to a shiny finish.