Mushy Sugar Cookies

"Mushy Sugar Cookies"

Ingredients:
2 cups flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 cup unsalted butter
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract / essence

Preparation:

• Whisk flour,salt and soda together.
• In a mixer, beat butter and sugar for  mins. Add eggs, vanilla extract and whip well
• Add flour mixture and and keep mixing till it forms a firm dough
• Divide in two halves. Wrap in cling wrap and chill for an hour.
• Preheat oven to 177*C
• Take two baking sheets and grease them. 
• On a floured surface, roll the dough to a thickness of 1cm. Keep turning so that it doesnt stick
• Cut cookies in varied designs with the cookie cutters.
• Place them on the baking sheet and chill them for 15 minutes.
• Remove from fridge and bake it for 8-10 minutes ( edges start to brown)
• Remove and cool on a wire rack.

For the Icing :

Ingredients : 

2 egg whites

2 tsp lemon juice

3 cups icing sugar ( sifted well)

Food colour

Method: 

• In a mixer,beat egg whites and lemon juice.
• Add the icing sugar. Beat on low speed till smooth. 
• Add more sugar or water to take a piping consistency
• Add food colour of your choice and mix well
• You can pipe these on the cookies or just cover the whole cookie top as per the designs you want to create
• Let the cookies icing dry completely before storing the cookies in an airtight container.