Butterfly Sugar Cookies
Red, yellow and orange dough combine to make colorful sugar cookies to serve during the summer season.
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Ingredients
Cookie
1 cup Land O Lakes® Butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 tablespoon milk
1 1
2 teaspoons almond extract2 1
2 cups all-purpose flour1 teaspoon baking powder
Pink, green and purple gel food colors
Decorations
Sparkling decorator sugar
Assorted candies, such as licorice wheels, licorice pastels, chewy fruit-flavored jelly candies etc.
How to make
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STEP 1
Combine butter and sugar in bowl; beat at medium speed until creamy. Add egg, milk and almond extract; continue beating until well mixed. Add flour and baking powder; beat at low speed until well mixed.
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STEP 2
Divide dough into thirds; place each portion into separate bowl. Tint each portion with desired gel food color.
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STEP 3
Shape each dough into a ball; flatten to 1/2-inch thickness. Wrap each in plastic food wrap; refrigerate 2-3 hours or until firm.
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STEP 4
Heat oven to 400°F.
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STEP 5
Roll out dough, one-third at a time, on lightly floured surface (keeping remaining dough refrigerated) to 1/4-inch thickness. Cut with 2-inch heart-shaped cookie cutter.
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STEP 6
Form butterflies by placing bottom tips of 2 heart cookies together, so they are touching, onto ungreased cookie sheets. Press down slightly to join cookies. Sprinkle with decorator sugar. Repeat with remaining cookies. Bake 6-8 minutes or until cookies are lightly browned. Decorate with remaining candies as desired. Cool 1 minute on cookie sheets; remove to cooling rack.
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