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ABC Alphabet Cookies

Average User Rating:

| 5 Ratings

Ages 6 and Up

Duration: Over One Hour

Make the first day of school extra-special by making these delicious cookies in the shapes of the alphabet!

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WHAT YOU NEED

1 package of NESTLÉ TOLL HOUSE Refrigerated Sugar Cookie Bar Dough
1 recipe for Royal Icing (see recipe below)
Food coloring
Tubes of ready-to-use icing (available at most supermarkets)
Small paintbrushes
Alphabet cookie cutters (available at cook's stores)
Rolling Pin
Cookie sheet
Wire cooling rack

HOW TO MAKE IT

BREAK off two rows of NESTLÉ TOLL HOUSE Refrigerated Cookie Bar Dough.
FLOUR a cutting board or other kitchen work surface.
ROLL out the cookie dough to about 1/8 inch thickness.
PRESS the cookie cutters into the dough and arrange the letters on an ungreased cookie sheet.
BAKE according to package directions.
COOL completely on wire cooling rack.

Royal Icing Recipe:

Ingredients:

1 1/2 tablespoons meringue powder(available at cook's stores)
2 cups sifted powdered sugar
3 tablespoons warm water

HOW TO MAKE IT

BEAT all ingredients in large bowl for 5 minutes or until icing forms stiff peaks.
DIVIDE frosting into several small bowls.

HOW TO DECORATE THEM

Add several drops of different colored food coloring to each of the separated bowls of icing.
Dilute the icing with drops of water until it is thin enough to spread evenly over the cookies.
After covering all of the baked cookies with the different colored icing, let them dry completely.
Set out tubes of ready-made frosting, the remaining royal icing and small paintbrushes.
Let each child pick out the letters of the alphabet that they would like to decorate.
When the decorating is done, place the decorated cookies on a wire cooling rack again until the icing dries.
This is a fun dessert for your children to take to the first day of school!

TIPS

Bake duplicate letters so that each child can decorate his or her name.

FOLLOW UP FUN

Your children can use the alphabet cookie cutters as templates and trace the alphabet onto paper. You can then suggest that they use the letters to personalize their schoolbook covers.