Sugar Cookie Recipes - Pretty Pink Cookies Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 cup/150 g all-purpose/plain flour

• 1/8 tsp salt

• 6 tbsp butter, cut up

• 4 tbsp light single cream

• 1/3 cup/50 g confectioners'/icing sugar, to dust  

PINK FILLING:

• 1 cup/150 g confectioners'/icing sugar

• 1 tbsp butter, softened

• 1 tbsp light single cream

• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract/essence

• few drops red food coloring

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Method:

1. Sift the flour and salt into a large bowl. Use a pastry blender to cut in the butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.

2. Mix in the cream. Press the dough into a disk, wrap in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

3. Preheat the oven to 375°F/190°C/gas 3. Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper.

4. Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface to a thickness of 1/8 inch (3 mm). Use a 1 1/2-inch (4-cm) cookie cutter to cut out the cookies.

5. Gather the dough scraps, re-roll, and continue cutting out cookies until all the dough is used. Use a spatula to transfer the cookies to the cookie sheet, spacing them 1 1/2 inches (4 cm) apart.

6. Bake for 8-10 minutes, or until just golden at the edges. Transfer to racks to cool.

7. Pink Filling: Mix the confectioners' sugar, butter, cream, vanilla, and red food coloring in a small bowl.

8. Stick the cookies together in pairs with the filling. Dust with the confectioners' sugar.