Sugar Cookies With Jell O Icing Recipes

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. Line cookie sheet with cooking parchment paper.
• In large bowl, beat cookie mix, softened butter and egg with spoon or electric mixer on medium speed until well combined. Separate dough into 4 small bowls.
• Add a half packet of each color gelatin per bowl; knead dough to work color in until well combined. Roll each bowl of dough into 5 small balls of dough each.
• Pour remaining gelatin onto 4 small plates; roll each ball of dough in its corresponding color. Place on cookie sheet 2 inches apart.
• Bake about 12 minutes or until lightly golden on edges. Cool completely before serving.

Steps:

• 1. Cookies: Roll dough out to 1/4-inch thick. Cut dough with your favorite cookie cutter. Bake at 350^ for 12-14 minutes. Remove to cooling rack to cool completely. --- Icing: Beat cream cheese, Jell-O and powdered sugar until well combined. Spread thickly on cooled cookies. --- Note: Make smaller dishes of icing by using smaller amount of ingredients in individual muffin cups.Use a little red, another,green. another yellow, orange, purple, blue..etc..... 2 oz. cream cheese 1 T. Jell-O 1/4 c. powdered sugar Mix the same as above.
• 2. Note: To color coconut. Place a small amount in a sandwich baggie and add a drop or so of food color and or flavor essence-close bag and smoosh around until coconut is evenly colored. Open bag dry slightly. Use as desired, for decorating cookies and cake and cupcakes.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). In a medium bowl, stir together the flour, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream together the margarine and 2 cups sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then the vanilla. Gradually stir in the dry ingredients until just blended.
• Wrap dough with plastic wrap and chill for 30 minutes to 1 hour.
• Roll the dough into walnut-sized balls and roll the balls in remaining 1/4 cup of sugar. Place cookies 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets and flatten slightly.
• Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, until lightly browned at the edges. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 225ºF.
• Beat egg whites and cream of tartar in small bowl with mixer on high speed 5 min. or until soft peaks form. Gradually add sugar, 1 Tbsp. at a time, beating until stiff peaks form. Gently stir in dry gelatin mix until blended.
• Drop heaping teaspoonfuls of egg white mixture into 72 mounds on parchment-covered baking sheets.
• Bake 50 min. Turn oven off. Prop oven door open slightly; let cookies stand in oven 1 hour or until completely cooled.