Holiday Fun
German Cut-Out Cookies
2/3 c sugar
1/2 c light corn syrup
1 T lemon juice
1 egg, beaten
4 c flour
1/4 t salt
Cream butter. Beat in sugar until dissolved. Mix in corn syrup, lemon juice, and egg. Stir together 4 c flour and 1/4 t salt. Mix into butter mixture. Chill one hour. Roll 1/3 of dough at a time to 1/8″ thickness. Cut into desired shapes. Place 1″ apart on greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned around edge.
Powdered Sugar Glaze
This frosting will harden upon standing, giving cookies a glazed surface ideal for decorating.
2 1/2 c powdered sugar
2 T water
1 T light corn syrup
1 T butter, softened
1/2 t almond extract or vanilla
Food coloring, if desired
In small mixer bowl, combine powdered sugar, water, corn syrup, butter, and vanilla. Beat at medium speed until smooth, adding additional water if necessary to reach desired spreading consistency. Color with food coloring, if desired. Frost cookies. Let stand until hardened (6 hours or overnight).
Hayal says
I don’t want to use corn syrup, could I substitute that with anything else in the cookie recipe?
Alison @ Hospitality Haven says
Yum! Every Friday on my blog I have a theme called "Taste the World" where I focus on one country's food for a month. This month I'm doing German food! This recipe would be perfect! Please stop by and leave a comment with this link so that I can add it to the running total of yummy German recipe! Feel free to add this link too (I realized you had more German recipes!):http://www.goodlifeeats.com/2009/08/pop-up-muffins.htmlhttp://alison.blogsome.com/2010/04/08/taste-the-world-kugel