Snowflake Cookies

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   Before you start, grease two cookie sheets with cooking oil.

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   Put the butter into a bowl and stir until it is creamy.

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   Sift the powdered sugar in and stir until the mixture is smooth.

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   Sift the flour into the bowl and stir it in with a wooden spoon.

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   Then, using your hands, squeeze the mixture to make a dough.

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   Flatten the dough a little before you wrap it.

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   Wrap the dough in plastic food wrap and put it in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.

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   While the dough chills, preheat your oven to 350F.

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   Dust a rolling pin and a clean work surface with a little flour.

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    Don't use too much or the dough will get tough.

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    Roll out the dough until it is about 1/4 inch thickness.

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    Cut out lots of circles with the cookie cutter, Then, squeeze the scraps into a ball.

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    Roll the ball out again, then cut out more circles.

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    Place the circles onto the greased cookie sheets, about 6 on each.

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    Bake the cookies for about 10-12 minutes.

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    Remove the cookies from the oven and leave them on the sheets for about 2 minutes.

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    Then, move them onto a wire rack using a spatula.

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    Let them cool completely before you ice them.

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    To begin the snowflake design, draw a line down the center of one cookie with the white writing icing.

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    Draw two more lines crossing over the first one, so it sorta looks like an X with a line in the middle.

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    Make the snowflake by adding small likes of writing icing across the ends of the lines.

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    Try making them all a little different, since there are no snowflakes that are exactly alike.

* Per serving · 4 servings · Values may vary.