HOW TO BAKE SUGAR COOKIES FROM SCRATCH RECIPES

Steps:

• Cream sugar and butter in a deep bowl.
• Add egg yolk and vanilla extract. Mix until everything is well-blended.
• Add sour cream and mix again. I think sour cream added some moisture to these cookies and prevented them from becoming very hard.
• Add flour, baking powder and salt.
• Mix everything. The batter will start to curdle and look odd. That’s perfectly normal… you haven’t done anything wrong.
• When the curdling happens, it’s time to use your hands to start mixing until you form a ball of cookie dough!
• Roll this dough between 2 sheets of wax paper or parchment paper.
• Use a cookie cutter to cut out cookie shapes.
• Bake these cookies on a cookie tray, lined with parchment paper at 350 degrees for 6 minutes. Then rotate your tray and bake for another 3 minutes. Your baking times may vary depending on the thickness of your cookies. Cookies are done when they are light golden brown along the edges. 
• Allow the cookies to cool down completely before removing them from the parchment paper. Enjoy!

Steps:

• Follow preparation and baking directions on sugar cookie pouch for making 12 large cookies.
• On cooled cookies, draw a “snow puddle” with Betty Crocker™ White Cookie Icing. TIP: Draw the outline of the puddle, then go back and fill in the shape.
• While the icing is still wet, immediately place a marshmallow to one side of the cookie.
• MAKE THE ARMS: Once the icing and marshmallow have set, pipe two “branches” onto each cookie using black gel. Add fingers with chocolate sprinkles.
• MAKE THE FACE: Using a small dot of white cookie icing, stick two “coal” eyes and a nose onto the marshmallow with Rainbow Chips. Pipe a small dot for the mouth with black gel.
• MAKE THE SCARF AND BUTTONS: Using blue, red, or green cookie icing; carefully draw scarves around the base of the marshmallow. Using a small dot of white cookie icing, stick three “coal” buttons beneath the scarf with Rainbow Chips.
• Allow cookies to set for at least one hour before serving.