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With award season upon us, I decided to have some fun and recognize my fellow coworkers, so I made cookies in the shape of Oscars! 

 

Each person won for a topic that related to him or her.  Some of them included “Best Professional Phone Voice,” “Always Keeping a Full Candy Bowl,” “Funniest Facebook Posts,” and “Best Shoe Collection.” 

This was a fun way to have our own Academy Awards at QVC, while taking a break to indulge in something sweet, too!

Enjoy!

Your Foodie Friend Sam

Sugar Cookies with Icing

Ingredients
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup sugar
1 stick (8 tablespoons) unsalted butter
1 egg
1 egg yolk
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

Oscar shaped cookie cutter (If you don’t have an Oscar shaped cookie cutter, make a paper template, place it on the dough, and cut around it with a sharp knife.)
Circle cookie cutter

Directions

Whisk flour, baking powder and salt together in a small bowl. In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream butter and sugar together on medium speed for 2-3 minutes, until mixture is pale and blended. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing until egg is fully incorporated into sugar mixture. Add vanilla extract and beat. Reduce mixer to low and add flour, a little at a time, until dough is fully combined, taking care not to over mix.

Divide into two disks and wrap in plastic. Refrigerate dough for at least one hour, or preferably 2 to 3 hours. Dough can be left in the refrigerator for up to 4 days.

When you are ready to bake, preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Remove your dough from the refrigerator, let it sit for a minute or two so it is easier to roll out, then put your dough between two sheets of parchment paper and roll out with a rolling pin to approximately 1/8 of an inch in thickness. Using your cookie cutters, cut out Oscars and circles and place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Cut slits into the middle of the circle cookies that are big enough to fit the base of the Oscar cookies. Bake 10-11 minutes, or until cookies are just starting to become golden in color around the edges. Remove from oven, and if the slit in the circle cookies has filled in during baking, use a sharp knife to re-cut it before the cookie cools.

Royal Icing:
Ingredients:
4 cups powdered sugar
6 tablespoons water

Additional Materials:
gold sprinkles

Instructions:
Mix all ingredients together for 7 – 10 minutes until icing stiffens. If icing appears too stiff, add more water one teaspoon at a time. You want it to be thin enough that you spread it on the cookie easily.  Add gold sprinkles to finish!