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Look what I did with my day! Haha. This was the most painstaking thing I've ever done in my life. SO HARD! It literally took like three friggin hours.

Kids' Sugar Cookies by William Sonoma

Ingredients:

{I'm going to shank the format, sorry!}

For the cookie dough:

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  2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for rolling
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  1/2 teaspoon baking powder
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  1/4 teaspoon salt
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  8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature
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  1 cup sugar
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  1 egg
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  1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

For the decorating icing:

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  2 cups confectioners sugar
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  2 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons warm water
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  1 tablespoon light corn syrup
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  2 or 3 drops food coloring (optional)
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  Colored sugars, sprinkles and/or candies for decorating

Directions:

Mix the dry ingredients

In a bowl, using a wooden spoon, stir together the flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.

Beat the butter and sugar

In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat the butter and sugar on medium speed until creamy, about 3 minutes. Turn off the mixer and scrape down the bowl with a rubber spatula.

Add the egg and vanilla

Add the egg and vanilla and beat on medium speed until blended. Turn off the mixer and add the flour mixture. Beat on low speed just until blended. The dough will look lumpy, like moist pebbles.

Shape the dough

Dump the dough onto a work surface and press together into a solid mound. Divide in half. Press each pile into a flat disk. Wrap each disk in plastic wrap and refrigerate until well chilled, about 1 hour.

Roll out the dough

Preheat an oven to 350°F. Grease 3 baking sheets with butter.

Sprinkle a work surface with some flour. Unwrap 1 chilled disk of dough and place it on the floured surface. Sprinkle the top of the dough with a little more flour. Roll out the dough with the rolling pin until it is about 1/4 inch thick. Sprinkle more flour under and over the dough as needed so it doesnt stick. (haha I didn't refrigerate it and it worked fine)

Cut out shapes

Cut a shape out of the dough with a round cookie cutter. Set the cutout on a baking sheet. Repeat, cutting as close as possible to the previous shape and spacing the cutouts about 1 inch apart on the baking sheet. Set the scraps of dough aside and repeat with the second chilled disk of dough. Smash all the scraps together, roll the dough out and cut out more shapes.

Bake and cool the cookies

When 1 baking sheet is full, put it in the oven and bake the cookies until light brown around the edges, 10 to 12 minutes. Using oven mitts, remove the baking sheet from the oven and set it on a wire rack to cool for 15 minutes. Move the cookies onto the rack with a metal spatula and let cool completely. Repeat with the rest of the cookies.

Make the icing

In a bowl, using a whisk or an electric mixer on medium-low speed, beat the confectioners sugar, warm water and corn syrup until smooth. Add the food coloring. You can divide the icing among 2 or 3 small bowls and make each one a different color by adding a few drops of food coloring to each bowl.

Decorate the cookies using colored sugars, sprinkles and/or candies. Makes about 36 cookies.

And TADA! Mwahaha I used Wilton Easter cookie cutters. Happy baking!