Holiday baking doesn’t have to be time consuming! With this one cookie dough, you can make three types of cookies – classic sugar, jammy dodgers, and chocolate sugar.

Ingredients for Basic Dough

– 1 1/2 cups of softened butter

– 2 cups of white sugar

– 4 eggs

– 1 tsp vanilla extract

– 5 cups all-purpose flour

– 2 tsp baking powder

– 1 tsp salt

– 3 T cocoa powder

– 3 T jam

– 1 egg white

– 1 T water

– 3 T sugar

Instructions for Dough

– Cream together butter and sugar.

– Beat in eggs and vanilla.

– Stir in dry ingredients.

– Separate into three equal balls of dough.

– Cover and chill two portions of dough for one hour (overnight is even better).

– Knead three tablespoons of cocoa powder into the third, until it takes on a uniform light brown color.

– Cover and chill chocolate dough for at least one hour.

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Making Cookies

– Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

– Remove dough from refrigerator one small portion at a time. The goal is to work with it cold.

For Sugar and Chocolate Sugar:

– Roll out on floured surface until roughly 1/2 inch thick.

– Use cookie cutters and arrange 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet.

– Bake for 6-8 minutes. If you like your cookies a bit crispy, watch for a slight browning around the edges.

– Allow to cool completely and remove with a flat metal spatula.

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For Jammy Dodgers:

– Roll out dough on floured surface until 1/4 inch thick.

– Use a large cookie cutter to create an even number of shapes.

– Use a smaller cutter to create a “window” in half of the shapes (I used the top of a champagne flute).

– Spread your favorite jam over the intact shapes, avoiding the edges.

– Lay the dough shapes with window cutouts on top of the jam.

– Lightly press edges.

– Create egg wash by combining egg white and water, brush on top of cookies.

– Lightly sprinkle sugar on top.

– Bake for 8-10 minutes.

– Allow to cool completely before removing carefully with flat metal spatula.

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Frosting

For Lemon Frosting (perfect for classic sugar)

– Dump 1 cup confectioners sugar in a small bowl.

– Add milk 1 tablespoon at a time, stirring until consistency is fluid, but not watery.

– Stir in 1 tsp lemon juice.

– Add food coloring of your choice.

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Almond Frosting (perfect for chocolate sugar)

– Dump 1 cup confectioners sugar in a small bowl.

– Add milk 1 tablespoon at a time, stirring until consistency is fluid, but not watery.

– Stir in 1 teaspoon almond extract.

– Color with desired food coloring.

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Chocolate Almond Frosting

– Dump 1 cup confectioners sugar in a small bowl.

– Stir in 1 tablespoon cocoa powder.

– Add milk 1 tablespoon at a time, stirring until consistency is fluid, but not watery.

– Stir in 1 teaspoon almond extract.

 

 

 

 

 

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