Citrus Snowflakes
Intricately decorated with white icing, this recipe makes an attractive addition to your holiday platter. Make these orange-flavored treats with purchased sugar cookie dough to reduce preparation time to less than 30 minutes.
Ingredients
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Cookies:
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1 tube (16 ounces) sugar cookie dough
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1/4 cup orange juice
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1 tablespoon orange zest
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1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
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Royal Icing (see recipe on www.parents.com)
Directions
1.
Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Beat cookie dough, orange juice and zest. Stir in flour (dough will be soft). Generously sprinkle more flour on countertop.
2.
Divide dough in half, then roll one half to 1/4 inch thickness. Cut out shapes with a 3-1/2-inch snowflake cutter. Transfer to ungreased baking sheets. Repeat with remaining dough, dusting with flour as needed.
3.
Bake at 350 degrees F for 14 minutes. Cool on racks.
4.
Prepare Royal Icing. Spread thinned icing over cookies. Let dry. Place thicker icing into a decorating bag fitted with a small round tip. Pipe lines and dots decoratively on all cookies; let dry.
Nutrition information
Calories 209, Total Fat 6 g, Saturated Fat 2 g, Carbohydrate 37 g.
Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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Decorator Icing
This versatile icing is ideal for piping, but it can also be thinned with water and painted over cookies; it dries to a beautiful matte finish. To avoid health concerns about uncooked eggs, use pasteurized egg whites. You can find both refrigerated cartons of pasteurized egg whites and convenient pasteurized dried egg whites in most supermarkets.
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