Sugar Cookies For Patrick's 4th Birthday

It is almost Christmas and I feel that (decorated) sugar cookies are appropriate treat for Patrick's friends at the daycare. So, we are doing the this project. First, looking for the recipe and cookie cutter. After that, start with the baking.

I am glad that I ended up with not-so-sweet cookie recipe but tastes good. I used the so-called A-merk (the so-called good brand) butter for the cookie. I avoid using not-known brand for butter, since I tasted the difference of the taste when I used certain random butter. Consequently, the cost of the ingredients is increased. But not significantly, fortunately.

Here is the recipe I used with some modification.

Ingredients:
750 gr. all purpose fluor (*I used this time only 700 gr)
475 gr. butter at room temperature
400 gr. fine granulated sugar (*if you want sweeter cookie, you can add the amount of sugar)
2 eggs at room temperature
1 tsp baking powder
2 tsp vanilla extract

Method:
1. Mix the sugar, vanilla and butter using the mixer at low speed while adding the butter. Mix it until it looks creamy.
2. Add the egg one by one and mix again at low speed until the dough mixed well.
3. Mixed the flour and baking powder in another bowl.
4. Add the flour and baking powder mix into the mixer bowl in several parts and mix it until it mixed well using the low speed.
5. Roll the dough between two sheets of plastic foil until it reaches the desired thickness.
6. Let the dough rest in the refrigirator for at least 1 hour.
7. Cut the dough using cookie cutter and bake the cookies on the baking sheet in the (at least half an hour) pre-heated oven (180Celcius) for around 10 minutes.

A tips: keep the rolled dough between the two sheets in the refrigirator while you cut the cookie dough. Roll the left over dough between the two sheets again and keep it in the refrigirator while waiting for the batch before baked in the oven. This will minimize the mess.

Here are the cookies, fresh from the oven.

You can decorate the cookie if you like to. In this picture, I used te Dr. Oetker ready to use marzipan in three colours. It was only a simple decoration. But it has made Patrick's birthday a good one.
My husband helped me to wrap the cookies in individual plastic bag and tied the bag with colour ribbon.

The theme was Christmas because Patrick's birthday is 24th December. We shared the cookies with his day care friends during his birthday celebration at the day care which was also a good bye because Patrick would go to school. This cookie is crunchy and not too sweet. That is why I love it and will definitely make it again.