Almond Sugar Cookies with Easy Peppermint Icing

Sugar Cookies in a snap!

Sugar Cookies!

It's a rainy day and I'm still in my pajamas but want to eat something sweet...  

Ingredients:

1 cup melted butter 

1 Teaspoon salt

1 cup powdered sugar

1 egg

2.5 cups of flour

1.5 teaspoon extract (vanilla, almond, peppermint or *water*)

Directions:

Turn oven on to 375' F.

1. Mix egg, salt, sugar, and extract with a whisk.

2. Mix in butter.

3. Using a wooden spoon, add flour, 1 cup at a time until dough is the right consistency to form into "patties" or cookies.

4. Place on a parchment paper lined cookie sheet and bake for 8-10 minutes; until edges turn golden.

Yields 20 cookies.

***Poor Girl Tip***  I just shake off the crumbs and toss the cookie sheets back in the oven with the parchment paper when I'm finished and get a couple more uses out of that parchment paper! ;-) I learned that tip while visiting a baker in Edmond, OK.

Easy Icing:

1-2 cups powdered sugar.

1 tablespoon milk (or water or melted butter)

1 teaspoon extract (I used peppermint, could use vanilla or *none* here).

Mix with a spoon in a medium bowl.  Add  a tad more milk if too stiff to spread on cookies, add more sugar if too runny!