
How To Make Stencil Cookies
Personalize your cookies with your own design by making these white stencil cookies. It’s a fun activity with kids and it’s an easy cookie recipe!
Serves:
Ingredients
- 4ozunsalted butter,room temperature
- ½cupsugar
- 1large egg,lightly beaten
- 1tspvanilla extract
- 2cupsall-purpose flour,plus more for dusting
- 1tbspcocoa powder
Equipments
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X-Acto knife
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36×36-inch cheese cloth
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½ lb butchers twine
Instructions
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In a medium bowl, cream the butter and sugar with a flexible spatula until smooth, about 1 minute.
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Add the egg and vanilla and stir until well combined.
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Place a fine-mesh sieve over the bowl and sift in the flour. Fold with the spatula until the flour is fully incorporated and the dough comes together.
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Shape the dough into a disc, then cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate until firm, at least 30 minutes to overnight.
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Meanwhile Using thick paper and a craft knife, cut out a round stencil of your choosing. Set aside.
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Cut a square from a double layer of cheesecloth. Place the cocoa powder in the center. Gather the edges, twist, and tie with kitchen string to create a sachet.
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
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Lightly dust a clean surface with flour. Place chilled dough on the work surface and lightly dust with flour.
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Roll the dough out to ¼-inch thick, lifting and turning the dough as you roll to keep it from sticking. Using a 2-inch round cookie cutter, cut out rounds of dough.
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Gather scraps of dough and re-roll to cut out more rounds, lightly dusting the work surface with flour as needed.
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Place the rounds on the prepared baking sheet, spacing 1-inch apart.
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Place the stencil over a dough round, making sure to press down, and gently dab with the cocoa powder sachet to cover completely.
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Bake the cookies for 10 minutes, rotating baking sheet halfway through, until pale golden. Let cool for 5 minutes on the baking sheet, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
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Enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories: 220.60kcal
- Fat: 9.99g
- Saturated Fat: 6.06g
- Trans Fat: 0.37g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 2.61g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.55g
- Carbohydrates: 29.48g
- Fiber: 0.87g
- Sugar: 10.14g
- Protein: 3.41g
- Cholesterol: 42.98mg
- Sodium: 9.10mg
- Calcium: 10.11mg
- Potassium: 45.42mg
- Iron: 1.33mg
- Vitamin A: 85.56µg
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