Cookies Extravaganza!!!

Cookies Extravaganza!!!!
looks at those beautiful beautiful cookies!!!!!!

feel like making some?
me too!!!!!!

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-Sugar Cookie Recipe (makes about 36 10cm cookies)
460 g all purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
227 g unsalted butter, room temperature
300 g granulated white sugar
2 large eggs
2 teaspoon vanilla extract

*i recommend to reduce the amout of sugar to 200g in the cookies if you want to decorate them with royal icing.

Procedure:
1. [flour + baking powder] --> in a bowl
2. [butter + sugar] --> mix till light and fluffy
3. add [eggs + vanilla] into 2, mix well
4. combine 1 and 2, mix till you have a smooth dough
5. flatten the dough, wrap with plastic, let rest in fridge for 1 hour
6. preheat oven at 180 degrees Celsius
7. roll out dough to a thickness of 1cm
8. cut out desirable shape, place on tray, let it rest in fridge for 30 minutes before baking
9. bake the cookies in a 170degree celcius oven for 10 minutes or sides of cookies turned brown
10. let cookies cool down completely before decorating with royal icing

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-Royal Icing Recipe
2 large egg whites
2 teaspoon lemon juice
330 g icing sugar
food coloring (gel paste)

Procedure:
1. beat [egg whites + lemon juice]
2. when there is no more liquid egg white in the bowl, add in [sifted icing sugar]
3. beat on low speed till smooth
4. add in food coloring

*to vary the consistency of royal icing, add water or icing sugar
*royal icing must be used immediately because it will harden when exposed to air

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To Decorate:
1. use a thicker consistency royal icing to draw the outline of the decoration on the cookie
2. to hide the ends of the outline, use a small wet brush and touch the ends, it will dissapear
3. use a thinner consistency royal icing to fill the inside of the outline

*if you want to draw something on the surface of the icing, you must wait till the icing is fully dried

~♥Happy Baking Guys~~~!!!! ^^♥~