Circus Animal Cookies with Icing recipe

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Ingredients

3 cups butter
4 ½ cups confectioners' sugar
3 eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
7 ½ cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking soda
1 tablespoon cream of tartar
2 cups confectioners' sugar
¼ cup half-and-half
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
2 drops pink food coloring, or as desired
¼ cup multicolored candy sprinkles, or as needed

Nutrition Info

120.9 calories
carbohydrate: 15.8 g
cholesterol: 20.4 mg
fat: 5.9 g
fiber: 0.3 g
protein: 1.2 g
saturatedFat: 3.6 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 77.2 mg
sugar: 8.4 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Place butter in a large bowl and cream using an electric mixer for 3 minutes. Add confectioners' sugar and mix until incorporated. Add each egg individually to the creamed butter, scraping the sides of the bowl if needed. Add vanilla extract and mix for 3 more minutes.

  2. Sift flour, baking soda, and cream of tartar together in a bowl. Add flour mixture to the butter mixture, mixing on low speed. Cover and chill the dough until it is workable, 2 to 4 hours.

  3. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

  4. Roll dough out onto a work surface and cut using small animal-shaped cookie cutters. Place cookies on a baking sheet.

  5. Bake in the preheated oven on the middle rack until crisp, 7 to 9 minutes. Let cool completely before icing, about 45 minutes.

  6. Mix 2 cups confectioners' sugar, half-and-half, and vanilla extract together in a bowl. Divide icing and add pink food coloring to 1 half. Dip cookies in icing and decorate with sprinkles quickly before icing dries. Place cookies on a rack to let icing dry to a shiny finish.

Recipe Yield

200 small cookies

Recipe Note

My son loves the store-bought circus animal cookies, but the ingredient list scares me a little, since they contain wax and other chemicals. This recipe is a delicious variation that makes cookies that look just like the ones in the store but taste much better.

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