Rum Cutout Cookies Recipe

For a tropical kicked-up taste, try this rum cutout cookies recipe around the holidays in place of traditional sugar cookies!

Ingredients

2 sticks (1 cup) salted butter, softened

2/3 cup packed brown sugar

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 egg

1 teaspoon rum extract or 2 tablespoons dark rum

2 2/3 cups all-purpose flour

Edible Royal Frosting

2 cups powdered sugar

4 teaspoons meringue powder

1/4 cup warm water

1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar

1/2 teaspoon rum extract (optional)

Food coloring if desired

Hardware

Large bowl

Medium bowl

Rolling pin

Cookie cutters

Cookie sheets

Mixer

Step 1: In a large bowl, beat butter with an electric mixer set on medium-high speed for 30 seconds.

Step 2: Add brown sugar, baking powder, nutmeg, and salt; beat until combined.

Step 3: Beat in egg and rum extract until combined.

Step 4: Beat in as much flour as you can with mixer. Stir in any remaining flour with spoon.

Step 5: Divide dough in half, cover and chill for about 1 hour.

Step 6: After dough has chilled, preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Step 7: On a lightly floured surface, roll half the dough out to a thickness of 1/8 inch.

Step 8: Using floured cookie cutters, cut into desired shapes. Repeat procedure with second half of dough. Place 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets.

Step 9: Bake for 9-10 minutes or until edges are slightly browned. Immediately transfer cookies to a cooling surface.

Makes about 50 cookies.

Frosting

Step 1: In a medium bowl, combine all ingredients.

Step 2: Beat with an electric mixer on low speed until combined.

Step 3: Beat on high speed for 7-10 minutes or until mix stiffens.

Note: An additional amount of meringue powder can be used to thicken the frosting, or teaspoons of warm water can be used to thin the frosting.

For more information on baking procedures and hardware used in this recipe see our Baking Tips section.

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Sour Cream Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

The sour cream chocolate chip cookie recipe turns out a light and fluffy, moist chocolate chip cookie! Don't blink your eyes-these delicious morsels will be gone that fast!

Ingredients

2/3 cup salted butter, softened

1/2 granulated sugar

1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon packed brown sugar

1/2 cup sour cream

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips

1/2 cup chopped nuts (optional)

Hardware

Whisk

Large bowl

Medium bowl

Cookie Sheets

Mixer

Step 1: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Step 2: Lightly grease cookie sheets; set aside.

Step 3: In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; set aside.

Step 4: In a large bowl, with an electric mixer set on medium-high speed, beat the butter and sugars together until light and fluffy.

Step 5: Add sour cream, egg, and vanilla extract; beat until well blended.

Step 6: Stir in flour mixture; blend well.

Step 7: Stir in chocolate chips, and chopped nuts (optional).

Step 8: Drop tablespoons of dough 2 inches apart onto the prepared cookie sheets.

Step 9: Bake 10-12 minutes, or until golden brown. Transfer cookies immediately to a cooling surface.

Makes about 40 cookies.

For more information on baking procedures and hardware used in this recipe see our Baking Tips section.

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Fantastically Wonderful Cookie Recipes

Did you ever wonder where you could get some fantastic cookie recipes like mom and gram had made when you were a child, no matter how hard you try to reproduce these great old treats they just don't seem to come out right, mom and gram had learned to make these cookie recipe by watching someone over and over for a long time but today with everyone being on the internet you can find as many fantastic cookie recipes that you like.

There are at least ten basic types of cookie recipes, you have bar cookies, drop cookies, cut out cookies, filled cookies, fried cookies, molded cookies, no-bake cookies, pressed cookies, refrigerator cookies, and of course diet cookies, these cookies can be easily found just by doing a search for one of these particular cookie recipes and you will probably find some that you can call your favorite. Diet cookies are the favorite of people that cannot have sugar because they do not want to worry about their glycemic index or carbohydrate intake and most of all the calories that people are always watching for.

You can also make up some beautiful cookie trays for gift giving at holiday time but you need to learn to make five or six different cookie recipes so you can have a good variety of cookies on your tray. You can also make up a small book of cookie recipes to go with your cookie tray, your friends and family will say how innovative you are for thinking of such a fine gift, your friends and family will also have a lot of fun through the remainder of the year testing for themselves these wonderful cookie recipes.

Chocolate Marshmallow Cookie Recipe

The chocolate marshmallow cookie recipe is loaded with chocolate, in both the cookie as well as the frosting. Although with this cookie it's what's hidden inside that makes this treat unforgettable; a soft fluffy marshmallow!

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter-flavored shortening

3/4 cup granulated sugar

1 egg

1/4 cup milk

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

18 large marshmallows, halved

Frosting:

3 tablespoons salted butter, softened

3 cups powdered sugar

3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa

1 pinch salt

4-6 tablespoons milk

Hardware

Whisk

Large bowl

2 x medium bowls

Cookie sheets

Mixer

Step 1: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Step 2: In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt; set aside.

Step 3: In a large bowl, with an electric mixer set on medium-high speed cream together the shortening and sugar.

Step 4: Beat in egg, milk, and vanilla extract.

Step 5: Gradually beat flour mixture into the creamed mixture.

Step 6: Drop by teaspoons 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.

Step 7: Bake for 8 minutes, remove from oven and place a halved marshmallow, cut side down, onto each cookie. Return to oven and bake for 2 more minutes. Immediately transfer cookies to a cooling surface.

Frosting:

Step 1: In a medium bowl, cream butter, sugar, cocoa, and salt with an electric mixer.

Step 2: Add enough milk to achieve spreading consistency.

Step 3: Frost cooled cookies.

Makes 36 cookies.

For more information on baking procedures and hardware used in this recipe see our Baking Tips section.