Umbrella Sugar Cookies
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- Yield Makes about 30 cookies
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 6 tablespoons ( 3/4 stick) unsalted butter
- 1/2 cups granulated sugar, plus 2 additional tablespoons
- 2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar
- 1 vanilla bean, split, seeds scraped and reserved
- Finely grated zest of 1/2 lemon
- 1 large egg
- Fine sanding sugar, for sprinkling
- 2 1/4 cups confectioners' sugar
- 7 1/2 teaspoons meringue powder
Directions
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Preheat oven to 375. Make the cookies: Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl; set aside.
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Put butter, granulated and confectioners' sugars, vanilla seeds, and zest into the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment; mix on medium speed until pale and fluffy. Mix in egg. Reduce speed to low. Add flour mixture in 3 batches; mix until combined.
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Roll out dough between 2 pieces of floured parchment paper to 1/8 inch thick. Refrigerate until firm, about 45 minutes.
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Remove parchment. Using a 3-inch umbrella cutter, cut out shapes. Reroll scraps, and cut out. Space cookies 2 inches apart on parchment-lined baking sheets. Bake until pale golden, 5 to 6 minutes. Transfer cookies to wire racks to cool.
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Make the royal icing: Put confectioners' sugar, meringue powder, and 1/4 cup water into the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment; beat on low speed 10 minutes. Transfer to a pastry bag fitted with a small plain round tip.
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6. Decorate each cookie with icing, and then immediately sprinkle with sanding sugar. (Leftover icing can be stored in an airtight container up to 2 days.)
Again the preheat oven when you weon't be usiong the
oven for about an hour plus. Why can't they get
this one direction correct? Mykele
@michelpentecost I've never worked with Royal Icing but Gingerbread Houses last a long time. The cookie itself will stale before Icing spoils. Freezing is O.K, but line wax or parchment paper between layers of cookies to protect icing.
I found this source on the internet for a cookie cutter. Hope this helps! :0)
http://www.cookiesinseattle.com/product.php?id=3463
Any idea how long will these cookies last once iced? And can they be frozen after being iced?
i FOUND THIS COOKIE CUTER IN A CONTAINER OF WI LSONS EASTER ONES IT HAD 20 IN THE PACKAGE..
try www.thecookiecuttershop.com
someone can tell us where we can buy online this kind of cookies cutter?
thank U!