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Six Sisters' Stuff: A Santa Cookie and Apple Cider Display


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Inspired by the Six Sister's Stuff Warm Spiced Cider recipe, Deseret Book will be unveiling the Apple Compactor Cider Extractor for the 2014 Holiday Season. Six Sister's Stuff is one of the most popular food blogs in the country. When their lives started to go separate ways in separate cities, six Utah sisters decided to stay connected through a blog with recipes, crafts and family living ideas. Santa Sugar Cookies

Frosting sugar cookies is a family tradition.
One year, Mom saw some darling Santa cookies at a local bakery and decided she could easily make her own. Her first attempt was a huge hit at our holiday party.

1 cup butter or margarine, softened*
1¼ cups granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
½ cup sour cream
4 cups all-purpose flour
1 recipe Buttercream Frosting
Red sugar crystals, for Santa's hat Sweetened flaked coconut, for Santa's beard, Chocolate chips, for Santa's eyes Cinnamon Red Hots, for Santa's nose Miniature marshmallows, for the pompom on Santa's hat
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In a large bowl, cream together butter or margarine, sugar, and eggs until well blended.
Add vanilla,baking powder, baking soda, salt, and sour cream and stir well. Add flour and gently combine. If dough seems too sticky, add just a little more flour and refrigerate 30 minutes. (If dough is not sticky, there is no need to refrigerate.)
On a well-floured surface, roll out dough to ¼-inch thickness. Cut dough into circles with a 2¾-inch round cookie cutter (the diameter can be a little more or less if you don't have this precise size).
Bake on ungreased cookie sheets about 9 minutes, until they are set, barely golden on the edge (you don't want to overcook them!).
Remove cookies to a wire rack to cool.
To make Santa's face, decorate cookies one at a time so the frosting does not have time to harden before sprinkling on sugar crystals and coconut.
Spread Buttercream Frosting over the entire cookie.
Gently place a small bowl over the bottom two-thirds of the cookie.
Sprinkle the uncovered portion of the cookie with red sugar crystals.
Remove the bowl and sprinkle coconut over the bottom third of the cookie, coming up a little on each side to meet the hat.
This will be Santa's beard and should leave you with a small frosting-only area.

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