Cookies Inspired by Barbie!

Have you heard!?! Barbie and Ken are back together! If you've been following their story, you're just as excited about this as I am. I've been a huge fan of Barbie since I was a kid, so I was incredibly excited for the chance to make these Barbie-inspired sugar cookies for a friend's party!

For additional posts about our sugar cookies see:
Purple, Purple, Purple
Sugar Cookie Recipe
Holiday Baking

Purple, Purple, Purple

A friend of ours LOVES purple, so for her birthday party we decided to make our basic sugar cookies in two simple whimsical shapes with two shades of purple icing. I love the way they came out!

For additional posts about our sugar cookies see:
Sugar Cookie Recipe
Holiday Baking

Sugar Cookie Recipe

We always get tons of compliments on our sugar cookie recipe. It's pretty basic--we wish we were able to credit someone for the recipe, but we've been using it since we were kids and have no idea where it came from. We just found it on an index card in our mom's old recipe box! Here's the recipe. It's a definite company-pleaser and there's an infinite way to customize these cookies for any occasion!

Ingredients:

• 2/3 cup shortening
• 3/5 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 egg
• 4 teaspoons milk
• 2 cups flour
• 1 -1/4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Oven temperature: 375 degrees

Makes about 2 dozen.

Cream shortening, sugar, and vanilla. Add egg and milk; beat until fluffy. Sift together dry ingredient; blend into creamed mixture. Divide dough in half. Cover and chill at least 1 hour. On floured surface, roll to 1/8 inch thick. Cut into shapes. Bake on ungreased cookie sheet 8 to 10 minutes.

Happy baking!

For some of our sugar cookie designs see:

Holiday Baking