sugar cookies!

Sugar Cookies!

4 1/2 Cups flour

4 tsp Baking Powder

1 tsp Salt

1/2 lb unsalted butter

2 cups sugar

2 eggs

1/2 cup milk

1 tsp Vanilla extract

1 Tablespoon Orange Zest

1 Tablespoon Lemon Zest

Sift the flour, baking powder and salt together

Cream the lemon and orange zest with the butter and sugar

Add eggs and mix very well 

Add the vanilla into the milk

Add the dry ingredients into the butter mixture, slowly add the vanilla and milk till well combined.

Shape into a round disk and wrap well with saran wrap and let chill in fridge for at least 1 hour. 

Roll out a section of dough on a counter top that is dusted with flour and powdered sugar, cut into desired shapes and place on cookie sheet and bake in an 375 degree oven for about 8-10 minutes

Let cool well before frosting

Yummy soft frosting

1 cup unsalted butter

1 cup organic shortening

2 pinches of salt

8 cups powdered sugar

2 Tablespoons meringue powder (optional but you really should add it) 

4-6 Tablespoons of water

Cream together the shortening and butter till creamy and shiny and lump free

add salt and mix again very well

Add meringue powder, mix well

add 4 cups of the powdered sugar and mix very very well, if needed add 2 Tablespoons of water

Add the remaining powdered sugar and mix very, very, very well. If needed, add another 2 Tablespoons of water till the desired conistency is achieved. Then let it mix again, very well. Just walk away and take a break while your mixer mixes that yummy frosting till it is as light as a cloud. 

Store in an airtight container