Peppermint Stockings
"these are really cute...I just tint some frosting a deep red and paint the cuff, heel and toes red..."
- Ready In:
- 23mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Yields:
-
3 dozen
ingredients
- 3 1⁄2 cups flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1⁄2 cup butter, softened
- 1 1⁄4 cups sugar
- 1 large egg
- 2 1⁄2 teaspoons peppermint extract
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1⁄4 cup milk
-
ICING
- 1 cup confectioners' sugar
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 tablespoon butter, softened
- red food coloring paste
directions
- preheat oven to 350*.for cookies.combine flour, and baking powder in a medium bowl --
- in a large bowl, cream butter, sugar, egg and extracts.
- add dry ingredients alternately with milk.
- on a lightly floured surface, use a floured rolling pin to roll out dough to 1/8th" thickness.using desired cookie cutter.( I used one like a sock or stocking) -- cut out dough.
- transfer cookies to a lightly greased cookie sheet and bake 8-10 or until very lightly browned around edges --
- remove from pans and cool on wire rack.
- to prepare icing:.
- beat confectioners sugar, milk and butter until smooth --
- tint deep red, or desired color --
- ice cookies as desired.
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I love cooking, and reading Christian fiction..I have 5 grandchildren..4 boys and 1 spoiled granddaughter...I also have a black cocker spaniel named Tobey..who is very spoiled..Love computer games, cross stitch and reading cookbooks..I was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia almost a year ago, on September 26, 2005....was in an out of the hospital for 8 months, doing intensive chemo...I am doing well now, thanks for all the prayers...
