Surfboard Cookie Recipe In A Patriotic Design

Makes 2 1/2 dozen cookies.

Cookie Ingredients:

• 3 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup soft unsalted butter
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Icing Ingredients:

• 2 egg whites
• 1 cup powder sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• White patriotic star sprinkles
• Red food dye
• Sky blue food dye

Required Tools

• Surfboard shaped cookie cutter
• 3 piping bags with a number 2 tip
• 3 bowls to prepare icing
• 3 squeeze bottles

Cookie Instructions

– Cream the soft butter with the sugar until the combination is smooth not grainy to the touch in a mixing bowl.
-Add egg and continue to mix.
-Add the vanilla. and continue mixing.
-Sift the four, baking soda, and salt together.
-Add the dry mixture to the wet mixture.
-Continue mixing to make sure all ingredients are thoroughly blended.
-Make the dough into a ball, wrap it in cling wrap completely covering the entire dough ball.
-Put in the refrigerator for about 6 hours or overnight. Check to see if the dough is firm.
-Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
-Pull the cookie dough out of the refrigerator and sit it out to soften up a bit.
– Put flour out on the cutting board, rub flour on the rolling pin, and work some flour into
the batter. (if needed).
-Roll the dough out on the cutting board and using the cookie cutter begin to make your cookies.
-Line the cookie sheet with parchment paper.
-Using a metal spatula move the cut cookies to the parchment lined cookie sheet.
-Place the cookies on the baking sheet and bake at 325 degrees for 8 minutes.
-Let cool for 10 minutes before decorating

Icing Instructions

-Combine all ingredients into a stand up mixing bowl
-If the icing looks a little soupy add in 1/2 C powder sugar
-Mix on medium speed until stiff peaks form, about 5 minutes
-Split the icing into two bowls
-Add a few drops of Super Red food dye into 1 bowl
-If you don’t like the shade of the color, add 1-2 more drops
-Add a few drops of sky blue into the second bowl
-Leave the 3rd bowl white.
-Scoop some of the icing into the two piping bags
-Using the remaining icing in the bowls, add 2 TBSP water into the bowls to thin out the icing.
-Pour the thinned icing into the squeeze bottles.

Decorating Instructions

-Using the sky blue piping bag, pipe a line around half of the cookie like shown in the image

-Using the white bag, pipe a line around the other half.

-Using the thinned blue icing, fill in the blue side of the cookie with the blue icing.

-Using the red icing, pipe lines to create a “strip” like shown in the in-process picture

-Pipe white lines around the red lines.

-Use the thinned red icing to fill in the red lines.

-Using the white thinned icing, fill in the spots for the white.

-Take a few of the white star sprinkles and place them on the blue side.

-Let cookies dry for 2 hours before enjoying!