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Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Olympic Cookies

I'm so excited the Olympics are about to start!  I love watching the Olympics, both Summer and Winter. When the last Olympics ended I was so sad and Summer of 2012 felt so far away!  But as you know the opening ceremony's are this Friday. Yay!  

To celebrate I made these fun sugar cookies!  I made them using my favorite sugar cookie recipe, buttercream frosting and m & m's.  I wasn't sure how to go about doing the black ring but I decided to just go with the brown m&m because it's pretty dark and I thought it turned out great! You could also do the same idea here using cupcakes.


These cookies are soft and so good it's hard to eat just one!  The buttercream frosting is so easy to make so don't be intimidated by making it.  And of course it's fun to have a treat to share while enjoying the Olympics. I can't wait for them to begin!


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Olympic Sugar Cookies
Sugar Cookies very slighty adapted from Alton Brown (Food Network)
Ingredients:
3 cups all-purpose flour
¾ teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 egg, beaten
1 tablespoon milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions:
Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt.  Set aside.  Place butter and sugar in large bowl of electric stand mixer and beat until light in color. Add egg, milk and vanilla and beat to combine.  Put mixer on low speed, gradually add flour, and beat until mixture pulls away from the side of the bowl.  Divide the dough in half, wrap in waxed paper, press down to slightly flatten and refrigerate for 2 hours.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Sprinkle surface where you will roll out dough with flour.  Remove 1 wrapped pack of dough from refrigerator at a time, sprinkle rolling pin with flour, and roll out dough to ¼ inch thick.  Move the dough around and check underneath frequently to make sure it is not sticking.  Cut out circles, place at least 1-inch apart on greased baking sheet, parchment, or silicone baking mat, and bake for 9-11 minutes or until cookies are just beginning to turn brown around the edges, rotating cookie sheet halfway through baking time.  Let sit on baking sheet for 2 minutes after removal from oven and then move to complete cooling on wire rack.  Store in airtight container for up to 1 week.

Buttercream Frosting

Ingredients
3 cups powdered sugar
1/2 cup butter, softened
3 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla or almond extract

Mix the powdered sugar, butter and milk together until smooth.  Add the extract until blended well.

To assemble Olympic Sugar Cookies:
Once cookies have cooled, frost each with the buttercream. Spread evenly then place on the m&m's to represent the Olympic rings. On top: blue, brown and red. On bottom: yellow and green. Enjoy!


5 comments:

  1. Becky you're a lifesaver!! We are going to an olympic kick off party on Friday and I was just wondering what to bring!! Perfect! Do you have any other fun ideas for food?

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  2. Melanie- Yay! I'm glad I could help. :) Another fun idea would be to get 5 little bowls and place them together like the Olympic rings and fill them with fruit or candy (etc.) in the color of the rings. Let me know what else you end up making!

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  3. Very cute, Becky! that is such a great idea!

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  4. What a fun easy cookie!! I need to make these for watching the games!

    Thanks for linking up! I shared your post in my wrap up http://tidymom.net/2012/olympic-themed-crafts-activities-food/ Have a fabulous weekend!

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