Creative Child December 2022 | Page 39

1 . Make the dough . Mix room temperature butter and sugar together until light and fluffy . Stir in eggs and vanilla . Slowly add in dry ingredients and mix . Mend together using hands until dough comes together . Saran wrap the dough and chill for 1 hour in refrigerator . This is enough dough to make three dozen 4-inch cookies .

INGREDIENTS :

• 6 cups of flour
• 1 tsp . baking powder
• 2 cups of unsalted butter
• 2 cups of white sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 tsp . vanilla extract
• 1 tsp . salt
Supplies for Decorating :
• Lollipop sticks
• Parchment Paper
• Cookie cutters ( We used 4 ” Christmas tree , angel and circle cutters )
• Snowflake fondant plunger
• Rolling pin
• Paint brush , pastry brush or Q-tips
• Fondant ( green , white and baby blue used )
• Icing pens
• Sprinkles ( optional )

DIRECTIONS :

1 . Make the dough . Mix room temperature butter and sugar together until light and fluffy . Stir in eggs and vanilla . Slowly add in dry ingredients and mix . Mend together using hands until dough comes together . Saran wrap the dough and chill for 1 hour in refrigerator . This is enough dough to make three dozen 4-inch cookies .
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