Your kids will love these fun cookies. They’ll please their tummies just as much as they tease their imaginations.
Courtesy of Smucker Foods of Canada.
ingredients
Cookies
Icing and paint
directions
In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until well combined. Beat in egg and vanilla. Add remaining dry ingredients and beat into butter mixture just until combined. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate dough for 1 hour for easy rolling.
Preheat oven to 375F (190C). Line two 15″ x 10″ (40 cm x 25 cm) baking sheets with parchment paper.
On a lightly floured surface, divide dough into 4 pieces (puzzle boards). Roll each piece to form a rectangle 1/4″(5 mm) thick, about 5″ x 7″ (13 x 18 cm) each.
Transfer your puzzle boards to prepared baking sheets. Using cookie cutters, cut puzzle piece shapes into dough, allowing at least 1″ (5 cm) between each shape. Cut through dough, but do not remove.
Bake 12 minutes or until edges start to lightly brown. Remove from oven and retrace shapes with knife. Return to oven 7-8 minutes. Cool on pan 10 minutes. Carefully remove puzzles to wire racks. Cool completely, 15 minutes.
In a medium bowl, combine icing sugar with water. To make fancy colours, divide into small bowls. Add a different food colouring to each bowl. Decorate shapes with coloured icings, sugars and small candies. Put the puzzle back together.