Snowflake Sugar Cookies

Ingredients:

• 1 C of butter
• 1 1/2 C Powder sugar
  
• 1tsp vanilla
• 1 egg
  
• 3 C of flour
  
• 1 tsp baking soda
  
• 1 tsp cream of tarter
  
• Cookie Cutter: Snowflake

Icing ingredients:

• 4 egg whites
• 1/2 C cream of tarter
• 1/2 C vanilla
• 4 1/2 C powder sugar
• Pink and purple wilton cake spray
• 1 disposable piping bags fitted with number 2 tip
• 1 squeeze bottles

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Cover a cookie sheet with parchment paper and set aside

Using a standing mixer, cream together the butter, powder sugar, vanilla and egg and mix until combined and creamy

Using a large bowl, combined the flour, baking soda and cream of tarter

Gradually add in the dry ingredients and mix on low speed

Using your hands continue to mix until fully combined

Lightly flour a cutting board and knead the cookie dough a couple of times

Roll out the dough to about 1/2 inch thick

Cut out a few snowflakes and place onto the cookie sheet

Bake for 8 minutes or until lightly golden brown

Repeat steps until completely out of dough

Let cookies cool completely

Using the standing mixer, combine the egg whites, cream of tarter, vanilla and powder sugar and mix until combined and stiff peaks form

Scoop some icing into the piping bag and set aside

Add in a few tablespoons of water into the remaining white icing and mix until combined

Pour icing into the squeeze bottle

Using the piping bag, pipe a outline around the cookies

Fill in with the thinner white icing

Let cookies dry overnight

Place paper towels onto a table or counter and place a cookie in the middle

Using the pink spray and carefully spray the middle of the snowflake

Using the blue spray, carefully spray the outer edge of the snowflake

Repeat steps with the remaining cookies

Let cookies dry for 30 minutes before piping detail onto the snowflakes

Once snowflakes are dried, pipe designs onto the snowflakes

Let cookies dry for a hour before enjoying.