My New Favorite

I always thought the recipe I used for my sugar cookies was good, but I think I may have finally found the best recipe ever!  The dough is smooth, easy to work with and doesn't need to chill.  Best of all, the cookies taste fantastic on their own as well as iced.  I've used this one recipe two different ways to bake up some adorable Halloween treats.

Sugar Cookie Dough

1 cup (2 sticks) butter at room temperature

1 1/2 cups confectionery sugar

1 egg at room temperature

3 tsp flavoring (I used 1 1/2 tsp orange and 1 1/2tsp vanilla)

2 1/2 - 3 cups flour

Cream butter and sugar until smooth.  Mix in egg and flavoring.

Mix in flour until dough is formed.

Once I had the dough made, I was able to make these:

Candy Corn Cookies

adapted from Land o Lakes

Divide the above dough into 3 equal portions.  Color 1/3 yellow (I used Americolor gel paste lemon yellow), 1/3 orange (I used electric orange), and leave the last 1/3 uncolored.

Line a loaf pan with plastic wrap and let the excess hang over.

Press uncolored dough into bottom of pan.  Follow with orange and then yellow.  Wrap with plastic wrap and chill at least 2 hours.

When dough is thoroughly chilled, remove plastic wrap and trim around edges.  Cut crosswise into 1/4 inch strips.

Cut each strip into triangles and bake at 375 degrees for 7 - 10 minutes.
I think these may be my son Max's new favorite cookie!

I packaged some up in dollar store jars and added the cute tag from http://lilluna.com/no-tricks-just-treats-jar/

What a yummy treat!

I also made a batch of dough to decorate for Halloween.  These are for Ava to bring to school.