Sugar Cookie Cutouts

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Sugar Cookie Cutouts Ingredients

2 cups Shortening	5 cups Flour
3 cups Sugar	1 teaspoon Salt
4 Eggs	1 teaspoon Baking Powder (Alum-Free)
4 teaspoon Vanilla	-- Royal Icing --
1/4 cup Milk	1 can (12 oz) Meringue Powder
-- Dry Mix --	1 Water as required

Instructions for Sugar Cookie Cutouts

Mix the ingredients

Refridgerate overnight or freeze for a few hours so the dough is hard enough to roll.
Preheat Oven to 425''
Roll out on flour and cut out the shapes
Bake at 425 for 5 minutes. (I actually bake 4 minutes and spin my tray and then do another 3 minutes since my oven doesn''t cook evenly).
Let cookies cool completely

For the Royal Icing, I buy the Meringue Powder at Michael's or a Baking Store and the amount water needed in on the can. Add Wilton Colors (MIchael's) or Natural Food Coloring.

To Glaze mix each color in a plastic, disposable cup and paint the icing/glaze on with children't paint brushes. The thicker the glaze, the less it will run.

Allow 4-5 hours for the cookies to dry before stacking or bagging in Ziplocks.

Main Ingredient: SugarCuisine: American