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December 9, 2008 at 11:05 pm
· Filed under TWD, Recipes: Baking
Yay! It’s Tuesday again! This week, we are churning out Grandma’s All-Occasion Sugar Cookies from our ovens. Still a novice in baking, this is only my second attempt at making cookies. I encountered some minor problems especially when handling with the dough. Yes, again!! Argh! But compared to last week’s Thanksgiving Twofer Pie mishaps, I would say this was a smaller problem.
After receiving tips and advices from readers last week, I went to read the recipe again. Finally, I knew what went wrong. Or at least, a big part of why the tart came out so wrong. The recipe asked for one and a quarter stick of butter. It didn’t occur to me that I actually bought the bigger stick of butter(doubled the size). I googled and found out that one stick of butter is only 115g which explains why the tart was so greasy. LOL!
Ok, back to sugar cookies. This cookie dough gets soft easily after rolling out and getting warmed, making it hard to cut them into shapes. One useful tip I got from Hannah for cut-out cookies is to lightly floured the cookie cutters to prevent sticking. However, the dough was still too soft for me to handle. I had to keep chilling the dough to make the cut-out perfect. Although not exactly a breeze, still a little frustrated when cutting the cookies, I’m glad that the whole rolling and cutting process was still manageable.
Baking the cookies was a pretty fast job, just a mere 9 to 11 minutes. Judging from the browned sides, they might have been baked a little too long. I’m really happy that these sugar cookies turned out well. They tasted like the sugar butter cookies in the blue round tin that most of us grew up with, probably crispier.
I might just use this recipe for the nieces whose been pestering me for a whole month to bake cookies. Is there anything I can add to the recipe to make the dough more manageable for the kids to cut out? Any simple ideas on the kind of icing design they can decorate on the cookies?
With Christmas nearing, be prepared for more cookie posts this December!
Thank you, Ulrike of Kuchenlatein for choosing sugar cookies this week. Head over to her blog for the recipe.
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Hannah wrote @ December 10th, 2008 at 3:22 am
Glad you could use at least one of my tips! And despite your difficulties, the cookies still look perfectly shaped, and quite tasty. 
Piggy wrote @ December 10th, 2008 at 4:07 am
Your cookies look great! And I also like the composition of the first pic.
Vibi wrote @ December 10th, 2008 at 4:49 am
I’m sorry you had such trouble with those… nevertheles, if I had such great and fabulous results with all recipes that were to me, troublesome… I’d be in heaven!
They look MAAAAARVELOUS, Didally!
Sihan wrote @ December 10th, 2008 at 10:52 am
hehe. those look great! and i’m sure that these would be most satisfying for your nieces! as for the frosting, I suggest a simple glaze. icing sugar and water and a little extract/ liqueur? hehe. sprinkle some feastive toppers and you’re ready to go!
ovenhaven wrote @ December 10th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
I agree with Sihan, you could just blitz some icing sugar and a bit of milk to your desired consistency. I recently made decorated sugar cookies to give away to my lil nieces for Hari Raya Haji, and I keep the dough in the fridge, only pinching out what I need to roll out for the batch into the oven. And I rolled them to about 1 cm thick, so they came out of the floured cutter easier. Hope that helps
noobcook wrote @ December 10th, 2008 at 4:48 pm
excellent photography… The photos look like they are right out of martha stewart magazine. Cookies look delicious and I look forward to more cookies posts! XD
kim wrote @ December 11th, 2008 at 1:28 am
beautiful photos and cookies! maybe try adding some flour and taking out the extra egg yolk to make it a bit sturdier for decorating.
Sihan wrote @ December 11th, 2008 at 10:34 am
you asked about the xoxo cookie cutters? I got them from off the beaten path Got my friend to carry them back for me from the states after I got it delivered to her hostel address whilst she was in the US. Lovely designs they have there! plus their cutters are all so cheap!
Cute cookies and awesome photos! I don’t think I would have had the patience to keep chilling the dough. Nice job!
Xinni wrote @ December 13th, 2008 at 6:08 pm
i like cookies with those silver balls or the red / green cherry bits!
missed baking cookies!
wow! another post. hahahaha. cookies seem easy enough for me. must try it too. haha. you novice in baking meh? lol! yeah some frosting will make it look real nice
didally wrote @ December 16th, 2008 at 4:13 pm
Hannah: Glad I read your tips to avoid even more mess, hehe.
Piggy, Vibi: Thanks!
Sihan, ovenhaven: Thanks for the icing tips. Now i dunno if I have the time for them. 
ovenhaven, yeah.. I will roll the cookies thicker for easier cut-out next time.
noobcook: Thanks, you are too kind.
kim: Thanks for the tip, I really need a harder dough for cutting out these cookies. Your food photography is gorgeous.
Marc: I had to chill the dough, it was such a mess cutting a soft dough. 
Xinni: You are so busy!! When can we meet you huh?? Thanks gal, I always look for you first when I have problems with my baking. 
LIC: Cookies does looks easier if only they do not need rolling or cutting. And they are fast to bake too. Yes, I am still a novice. Count the number of baking posts and you’ll know.
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