French Vanilla Sugar Cookies

 
Makes 28 (3 cookie) servings
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Chill: 1 hour
Cook Time: 10 minutes per batch
 
 
  
 

2 1/3 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 cup  (2 sticks)  butter, softened
1 1/4 cups sugar
1 egg
1 tablespoon McCormick® French Vanilla Blend
1/4 each flour and confectioners' sugar (for dusting work surface)
Colored Sugar or jimmies

Glaze:
1 cup confectioners' sugar
3 to 4 teaspoons milk
1/2 teaspoon McCormick® French Vanilla Blend
3 to 4 drops McCormick® Assorted Food Colors & Egg Dye

1.  Mix 2 1/3 cups flour, baking soda, and salt; set aside.  Beat butter in large bowl with electric mixer on medium-high speed 30 seconds.  Add sugar, egg and 2 teaspoons of the French Vanilla Blend; beat until well blended.  Gradually stir in flour mixture until well mixed.
2.  Refrigerate dough about 1 hour or until firm.  Mix 1/4 cup each flour and confectioner’s sugar.  Sprinkle on work surface.  Roll out dough to 1/8-inch thickness.*  Cut into shapes with favorite cookie cutters.  Sprinkle with Colored Sugar or jimmies, if desired.  Place on greased baking sheets.

3.  Bake in preheated 375°F oven 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly browned.  Cool cookies 1 minute on baking sheets.  Remove and cool completely on wire racks.

4.  Mix all Glaze ingredients except food colors.  (Stir in additional milk as needed to thin Glaze or more confectioners' sugar to thicken, if needed.)    Tint Glaze and decorate as directed below, or as desired.

*Thicker cookies will yield fewer cookies.

To Tint Glaze and Decorate Cookies:
Place small amount of  glaze into small shallow bowls, using one bowl for each color desired.  Stir drops of food color into glaze until desired shade is reached.  Place wire rack on foil-lined baking sheet.  Holding cookie by its edge, dip front of cookie into glaze.  (Or spoon the glaze onto cookie using a teaspoon.)  Place glazed cookies on wire rack to dry.  (The foil-covered baking sheet will catch drips.)  Add decorative details to cookies as follows:  Spoon tinted glaze in resealable plastic bag.  Snip off a tiny piece of the corner.  Squeeze glaze through hole in plastic bag and decorate as desired.  Colored Sugar may be sprinkled onto freshly glazed cookies.
 

Nutrition Information per 1 serving
  
Calories: 142 Sodium: 107 mg
 
Fat: 6 g Carbohydrates: 21 g
 
Cholesterol: 25 mg Fiber: 0 g
 
Protein: 1 g