Valentine Rich Rolled Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup butter (yes, 2 sticks!)
2/3 cup sugar
1 large egg
2 1/2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
Almond Icing
1 cup confectioners' sugar
1 pinch salt
1/4 teaspoon almond extract
water
Royal Icing
2 egg whites
3 cups confectioners' sugar
fresh lemon juice, 1 lemon

Preparation

Cream butter and sugar.
Beat in egg and flavoring.
Combine and add flour and salt.
Chill dough 3-4 hours.
Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F.
Roll thinly and cut.
Bake 5-7 minutes, (this is because I roll them very thin,you might want to cook them longer if you don't roll them thin -- see other peoples notes).
Ice with either Almond or Royal Icing.
The Almond Icing is a thin icing that you can \"paint\" on the cookies. I actually use paint brushes, and have fun coloring the icing.
The Royal Icing dries hard. It can be used to \"glue\" tails back on kittens (cookies) and trunks on elephants. It also holds the cookies together better for shipping. I use a small metal spatula for spreading this, and use a lot of sprinkles and other adornments with this icing.
The amounts of sugar and liquid are flexible to your own preferred consistency.