Christmas Lights Cookies
Soft butter sugar cookies iced white and decorated with a candy light strand for an easy Christmas light cookies look.
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Ingredients
Cookies
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened (1 stick)
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg yolk
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 pinch fine salt
Icing & Decoration
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 pasteurized egg white or 2 tsp meringue powder plus 2 tbsp water
- 1/2-1 tbsp water, as needed
- black decorating icing
- mini M&M's or colorful candy-coated chocolates
Instructions
- Cream the butter and sugar together, then blend in the egg yolk.
- Stir in the flour, baking powder, and salt until a soft dough forms.
- Chill the dough, wrapped, for 1 hour.
- Heat the oven to 350°F and line a baking sheet.
- Roll dough to 1/4 inch thick and cut into rounds.
- Bake 8-10 minutes until edges turn golden, then cool fully.
- Whisk powdered sugar with egg white or meringue powder mixture, thinning with water to a spreadable icing.
- Spread icing over each cookie and let it dry completely.
- Pipe a black wavy line on each cookie and press on M&M's as bulbs. Let set before serving.
Servings: 10