Soft Sugar Cookies with Almond Icing

Soft Sugar Cookies with Almond Icing

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This recipe, from blogger Lillie Auld of Butter Me Up Brooklyn, appeared in our 2012 Cookie Advent Calendar. Lillie says: "It wouldn't be the holidays without my Aunt Carole's sugar cookies. She...

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Ingredients

  • 2 1⁄2 cups flour
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • 1⁄2 tsp. baking powder
  • 1⁄2 tsp. kosher salt
  • 1 1⁄2 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted
  • 1⁄2 cup soft margarine, such as Gold n'Soft
  • 8 tbsp. unsalted butter, softened
  • 1 egg plus 1 egg yolk
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 1⁄2 tsp. lemon extract
  • 5 tbsp. unsalted butter, softened
  • 2 tbsp. half-and-half, at room temperature
  • 1⁄4 tsp. almond extract
  • 1⁄4 tsp. kosher salt
  • 1 3⁄4 cups confectioners' sugar
  • Multi-colored sprinkles, for decorating

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