GIVE HAPPY COOKIES
“So this week is the United Way Giving Campaign at work. As part of the festivities, they have a building-wide potluck. My contribution was smiley face ‘Give Happy Cookies,’ since the campaign brands itself with a smile.
All well and good, right? Well, today I was super surprised with some compliments. ‘Are those store bought?’ Me, ‘Uh, no. They’re homemade’ (blushing).
Also, my friend Lisa overheard the United Way rep talking aboutthe smiley face cookies. ‘Those are made by an anal baker.’ Um, compliment? Yes, in terms of uniform cookie shape, size, and consistency. Let’s agree to only use that title within that context. Thanks.
Any who, folks, it turns out that it is good to be an ‘Anal Baker.’ You wouldn’t think so, but it is, because that United Way rep was also a Dessert Judge and based upon the Grand Champion award, it certainly pays off to be an ‘Anal Baker.’
Oh and as for the Give Happy sugar cookies, enjoy!”
1 cup Butter
2/3 cup Sugar
1 Egg
1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
2½ cups Flour
½ teaspoon Salt
Whipping Cream
Yellow Colored Sugar
Powdered Sugar
Black food coloring
Cream the butter and sugar.
Mix in the egg and vanilla extract.
Mix in the flour and salt.
Chill the dough for 4 hours.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
On a floured surface, thinly roll out the dough (1/8th inch and up) and cut the dough into circles using a biscuit cutter.
Brush the tops of the dough with whipping cream.
Sprinkle on yellow colored sugar.
Place disks of dough onto parchment paper lined baking sheets.
Bake 8 minutes or until the bottom of the cookies have lightly browned.
As the cookies cool, mix together powdered sugar, whipping cream, and black food coloring to create icing in a consistency appropriate for piping.
Once the cookies have cooled completely, make “smiley faces” with the black icing.
Enjoy and “Give Happy” to the United Way :0)
Makes about 36 smiley face cookies.
Revised Source: “Sugar Cookies” recipe on page 26 of “Today is a Great Day for a Cookie” available for free at www.CookiesbyDave.com.