Graham Cutout Cookies
Graham Cutout Cookies takes around 45 minutes from beginning to end. This hor d'oeuvre has 156 calories, 2g of protein, and 6g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 24 and costs 16 cents per serving. 93 people have made this recipe and would make it again. This recipe from Vegetarian Times requires maple extract, ground cinnamon, baking soda, and brown sugar. Overall, this recipe earns a very bad (but still fixable) spoonacular score of 5%. Similar recipes are Joyful Cutout Cookies, Cutout Wedding Cookies, and Halloween Cutout Cookies.
Servings: 24
Ingredients:
2 Tbs. honey or agave syrup
2 Tbs. milk or almond milk
¼ tsp. baking soda
½ cup firmly packed light brown sugar
2 cups confectioners sugar
1½ cups all-purpose flour
¾ cup whole-wheat pastry flour or graham flour
¼ tsp. ground cinnamon
1 tsp. lemon juice
1 Tbs. meringue powder
½ tsp. maple extract
¼ cup rye flour
3/8 tsp. salt
11 Tbs. chilled unsalted butter, cut into 10 pieces
Equipment:
food processor
bowl
baking paper
oven
baking sheet
wire rack
hand mixer
Cooking instruction summary:
1. To make Cookies: Combine honey and milk in small microwave-safe container. Heat on high power 15 seconds. Allow to cool to just warm before proceeding.2. Place flours, brown sugar, salt, baking soda, and cinnamon in bowl of food processor. With machine running, drop butter through chute. Process 30 seconds, or until butter is in small pieces.3. With processor running, add milk-honey mixture, and process until dough just begins to come together. (Dough will be stiff and dry, but will hold its shape when pressed together. If dough seems too dry, add up to 1 Tbs. more milk.)4. Roll out dough to 1/8- to 3/16-inch thickness between 2 pieces of parchment paper. Chill 1 hour, or until firm.5. Preheat oven to 350°F. Cut Cookies into desired shapes, and transfer to parchment-lined baking sheets, spacing Cookies at least 1/2 inch apart. Bake 12 to 14 minutes, or until golden and crisp on edges. Cool on wire rack.6. To make Royal Icing: Beat meringue powder with lemon juice and 3 1/2 Tbs. water in bowl of electric mixer (or with hand mixer) until combined. Add confectioners’ sugar 1 cup at a time, and beat on low speed until combined and smooth. Beat in maple extract.7. Increase mixer speed to medium-high, and beat 3 to 4 minutes, or until Royal Icing is thick and fluffy. Consistency is right when you lift beater and ribbon of icing falls back into bowl and sits on surface for a few seconds. (Add water 1 Tbs. at a time if necessary to thin mixture.) Spread or pipe Royal Icing onto cooled Cookies.
Step by step:
To make Cookies
1. Combine honey and milk in small microwave-safe container.
2. Heat on high power 15 seconds. Allow to cool to just warm before proceeding.
3. Place flours, brown sugar, salt, baking soda, and cinnamon in bowl of food processor. With machine running, drop butter through chute. Process 30 seconds, or until butter is in small pieces.
4. With processor running, add milk-honey mixture, and process until dough just begins to come together. (Dough will be stiff and dry, but will hold its shape when pressed together. If dough seems too dry, add up to 1 Tbs. more milk.)
5. Roll out dough to 1/8- to 3/16-inch thickness between 2 pieces of parchment paper. Chill 1 hour, or until firm.
6. Preheat oven to 350°F.
7. Cut Cookies into desired shapes, and transfer to parchment-lined baking sheets, spacing Cookies at least 1/2 inch apart.
8. Bake 12 to 14 minutes, or until golden and crisp on edges. Cool on wire rack.
9. To make Royal Icing: Beat meringue powder with lemon juice and 3 1/2 Tbs. water in bowl of electric mixer (or with hand mixer) until combined.
10. Add confectioners’ sugar 1 cup at a time, and beat on low speed until combined and smooth. Beat in maple extract.
11. Increase mixer speed to medium-high, and beat 3 to 4 minutes, or until Royal Icing is thick and fluffy. Consistency is right when you lift beater and ribbon of icing falls back into bowl and sits on surface for a few seconds. (
12. Add water 1 Tbs. at a time if necessary to thin mixture.)
13. Spread or pipe Royal Icing onto cooled Cookies.
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