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Simple Steps for Making Sugar Cookies

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Time to Bake and Decorate the Cookies

If cookies are allowed to expand into one another, the desired shape will be ruined.

Be sure to spread cookies out in the pan.

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  • Place cookie cutouts at least 2 inches apart on a lightly greased* shiny metal cookie sheet.
  • If decorating with colored sugars, brush each cookie with either heavy cream or a slightly beaten egg white. Then sprinkle the cookies with the sugars. If desired, icing should only be put on the cookies after they've been baked.


*I spray with cooking spray and then wipe it off with a paper towel. Cookies may also be baked on parchment paper or a nonstick pan liner.

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