Painted Sugar Cookies Recipes

SOFT SUGAR COOKIES FOR PAINTED COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream together butter and 1 1/2 cups sugar until light and fluffy.
• Beat eggs int the butter and sugar one at a time, then stir in the vanilla and almond extract.
• Gradually add dry ingredients mixing slowly until fully absorbed. Cover dough, and chill for 2 hours.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
• Roll dough between two sheets of parchment paper to 1/4 inch thickness. Cut out shapes using cookie cutters.and place on prepared cookie sheets.
• Pour a tablespoon of evaporated milk into a small container and add a few drops of food coloring, stir to combine. Repeat for each color you wish to use.
• Use a paint brush to paint the cookies.
• Sprinkle lightly with white sugar.
• Bake 6 to 8 minutes in the preheated oven, or until edges are lightly brown. Remove from cookie sheets and cool on wire racks.

PAINTED SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Start with cookies that have been flooded with royal icing and the royal icing is completely hard & dry.
• Add a few drops vodka to a small bowl or dish and then add a drop or two of gel food coloring.
• Mix with your brush and blot off the excess paint. You're ready to start painting!
• Allow the cookies to dry for an hour or so after painting, before packaging.
• Start by adding a few drops of the Moss Green food coloring into the dish and dilute it slightly with a few drops of vodka.
• Using a flat/wide brush, create several tree trunks. You want to try and make the color a bit deeper for the trunks to give the trees a sturdy center.
• Using the corners of the brush, lightly dab branches on either side of the center. If you repeat some dabs on top of the branches you already made, it gives the tree more depth. Be sure to blot your paintbrush on a paper towel along the way!
• With the darkest trees made, dilute the food coloring with a few more drops of vodka to lighten the color. Make a few more trees at different heights behind the darker ones.
• If you have other shades of green (the Silver Spruce color is gorgeous and works wonderfully for this design), add a drop to the green color you've already made or into a new bowl/cavity. It helps to mix up the shades/tones of greens to give the trees a more of a woodsy, forest look.
• Lastly, add a little dab of color to the bottom of the cookie and thin it out with a bit of pure vodka. Add a different shade of green and swirl it on top for contrast.
• Allow to dry before packaging (about 1 hour or so).

PAINTED SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• In a small bowl mix together the gel food coloring and water until well combined. Set aside until ready to use.
• In a small bowl mix together the cocoa powder and water until mixture is smooth.
• Prepare your workstation by laying a large sheet of wax paper on the counter, and placing the cookies upon it. Have ready your cookie paint and brushes.
• Before making brush strokes on the cookies, dip the brush into the food coloring mixture and press the brush against the sides of the bowl to rid of any excess liquid.
• Gently make brush strokes on the cookies as desired. Set aside until completely dry, 4-5 hours.

PAINTED SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F. Mix flour and salt in medium bowl. Set aside. Beat butter and sugar in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla; mix well. Gradually beat in flour mixture on low speed until well mixed.
• Roll out dough on generously floured surface to 1/4-inch thickness. Cut out shapes, such as rounds or flowers, with 3-inch cookie cutters. Place on ungreased baking sheets.
• Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until edges start to brown. Cool on baking sheets 1 minute. Remove to wire racks; cool completely.
• Spoon frosting into medium microwavable bowl. Microwave on HIGH 20 to 30 seconds, stirring every 10 seconds. (Frosting should be a pourable consistency.) Dip tops of cookies into frosting. Place frosted cookies on wire rack set over foil-covered baking sheet. (The baking sheet will catch drips.) Let stand 10 minutes or until frosting is dried.
• Prepare desired colors of Flavor Paints (see below). Using small clean paint brushes, paint designs on cookies.
• Flavor Paints:Rosy Red: 1/2 teaspoon McCormick® Pure Vanilla Extract and 1/4 teaspoon McCormick® Red Food ColorDeep Ocean Blue: 1/2 teaspoon McCormick® Pure Vanilla Extract and 1/4 teaspoon McCormick® Blue Food ColorBlackest Night: 1/2 teaspoon McCormick® Pure Vanilla Extract and 1/4 teaspoon McCormick® Black Food ColorGrass Green: 1/2 teaspoon McCormick® Pure Lemon Extract and 1/4 teaspoon McCormick® Green Food ColorLemony Yellow: 1/2 teaspoon McCormick® Pure Lemon Extract and 1/4 teaspoon McCormick® Yellow Food ColorNeon Blue: 1/2 teaspoon McCormick® Pure Lemon Extract and 1/4 teaspoon McCormick® Neon Blue Food ColorNeon Green: 1/2 teaspoon McCormick® Pure Lemon Extract and 1/4 teaspoon McCormick® Neon Green Food ColorNeon Purple: 1/2 teaspoon McCormick® Pure Vanilla Extract and 1/4 teaspoon McCormick® Neon Purple Food ColorNeon Pink: 1/2 teaspoon McCormick® Pure Lemon Extract and 1/4 teaspoon McCormick® Neon Pink Food ColorDeep Pink: 1/2 teaspoon McCormick® Pure Vanilla Extract and 15 drops McCormick® Red Food ColorMedium Pink: 1/2 teaspoon McCormick® Pure Vanilla Extract and 5 drops McCormick® Red Food ColorLight Pink: 1/2 teaspoon McCormick® Pure Vanilla Extract and 2 drops McCormick® Red Food Color
• Instead of Flavor Paints, try decorating with Colorful Cookie Icing. Mix 1 cup confectioners' sugar, 3 to 4 teaspoons milk and 1/2 teaspoon McCormick Pure Vanilla Extract in small bowl. (Stir in additional milk as needed to thin icing or more confectioners' sugar to thicken, if needed.) Place small amount of icing into small shallow bowls, using one bowl for each color desired. Stir 3 to 4 drops McCormick Assorted Food Colors & Egg Dye into icing until desired shade is reached. To ice cookies, hold cookie by its edge and dip top of cookie into icing. (Or spoon the icing onto cookie using a teaspoon.) Place iced cookies on wire rack set over foil-covered baking sheet to dry. (The foil-covered baking sheet will catch drips.) To add decorative details to cookies, spoon tinted icing into resealable plastic bag. Snip off a tiny piece of the corner. Squeeze icing through hole in plastic bag to decorate cookies. If desired, Colored Sugar may be sprinkled onto freshly iced cookies.

EGG YOLK PAINTED CHRISTMAS COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream butter or margarine and shortening; gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla; beat well.
• Combine flour and salt; stir into creamed mixture. Divide dough in half; cover and chill at least 1 hour.
• Roll one portion of dough to 1/8 inch thickness on a lightly floured cookie sheet. Cut with assorted cutters; remove excess dough. Paint assorted designs on cookies with Egg Yolk Paint, using a small paintbrush. Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 9 to 10 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool. Repeat procedure with remaining dough.
• To Make Egg Yolk Paint: Combine egg yolk and water; mix well. Divide mixture into several custard cups; tint as desired with paste food coloring. Cover until ready to use. If paint thickens, add a few drops of water and mix well. Yield: 1 1/2 tablespoons.

PAINTED SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. In a large mixing bowl beat butter for about 30 seconds. Add sugar, baking powder, and salt. Beat until combined, scraping sides of bowl occasionally. Beat in egg, milk, and vanilla until combined. Beat in as much of the flour as you can with a mixer, Stir in any remaining flour. Divide dough in half, place in ziploc bag or saran wrap, refrigerate at least one hour or till easy to handle.
• 2. On a lightly floured surface, roll out 1/4 of the dough to about 1/8 inch thick. Cut with cookie cutters. Place one inch apart on ungreased baking sheet. Bake one 375° for 7-8 min or till edges are brown and cookie is firm.
• 3. ICING: You want the icing to be quite thick so you can paint in on the cookies with a tiny paint brush. I use the smallest foam brush I can find and cut the corners off to make a skinny end. Mix together sifted powdered sugar, vanilla, and only a little milk at a time, and coloring till very well incorporated and no lumps remain. If you icing is too thin, add more sifted powdered sugar. If you add sprinkles, be sure to do it right after painting the cookie while it is still wet so they will stick.
• 4. HEART cookies: Use different size cookie cutters. When painting, paint smallest ones first and allow to dry. Then paint larger ones, placing the smaller ones on top while frosting is wet, when it dries it works like a glue.

PAINTED SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream the butter, shortening and sugar with an electric mixer. Add the egg and vanilla and beat until light. In a small bowl, stir the soda, salt and flour together. Stir the dry ingredients into the creamed ingredients until well mixed. Wrap in plastic wrap and chill the dough for at least 30 minutes.
• Divide the dough in half. Wrap half in plastic wrap and return to the refrigerator. Roll out the dough to 1/8-inch thickness on a lightly floured surface. Cut cookies with a cookie cutter of any design and place on ungreased cookie sheets about 2 inches apart.
• Put 1 teaspoon corn syrup and 1/4 teaspoon water into each of 4 different custard cups. Tint each of the four mixtures with food coloring. Stir each well.
• Paint the unbaked cookies before baking using a small paintbrush. For more fun, press cookie dough through a garlic press to make "hair" for gingerbread figures.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Bake for 9 to 10 minutes or until cookies are lightly browned. Remove the cookies with a spatula and cool on wire rack.