Sheep Sugar Cookie Recipes

Steps:

• Sift flour, salt, and baking powder into a bowl.
• Put butter and sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Mix on medium speed until pale and fluffy. Mix in eggs and lemon juice. Reduce speed to low. Gradually mix in flour mixture. Divide dough in half; flatten each half into a disk. Wrap each in plastic. Refrigerate until firm, at least 1 hour or overnight.
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees with racks in upper and lower thirds. Let one disk of dough stand at room temperature just until soft enough to roll, about 10 minutes. Roll out dough between two pieces of plastic wrap to 1/4-inch thick. Remove top layer of plastic wrap. Cut out cookies with a cookie cutter. Transfer cookie dough on plastic wrap to a baking sheet. Transfer baking sheet to freezer, and freeze dough until very firm, about 15 minutes. Remove baking sheet from freezer and transfer shapes to baking sheets lined with nonstick baking mats. Roll out scraps, and repeat. Repeat with remaining disk of dough.
• Bake, switching positions of sheets and rotating halfway through, until edges turn golden, 15 to 18 minutes. Let cool on sheets on wire racks.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). In a small bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, and baking powder. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in egg and vanilla. Gradually blend in the dry ingredients. Roll rounded teaspoonfuls of dough into balls, and place onto ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden. Let stand on cookie sheet two minutes before removing to cool on wire racks.

Steps:

• Spread cookies with frosting.
• Press cut sides of 24 marshmallow halves, 1 at a time, into sugar. Gently press marshmallow halves, sugar sides up, into frosting on cookies for the lambs' ears and noses as shown in photo. Decorate cookies with remaining marshmallow halves, cut sides down, as shown in photo.
• Spoon chocolate into small resealable plastic bag. Cut small piece from one bottom corner of bag; use to pipe chocolate onto cookies for the mouths and eyes.
• Refrigerate 15 min. or until chocolate is firm.

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar.
• Add egg, vanilla, and almond extract.
• Add sifted dry ingredients.
• Remove 1/3 cup dough and tint it by stirring in a tablespoon or two of cocoa powder.
• Refrigerate at least an hour to make dough easier to handle.
• Form the dough into desired shapes.
• Bake at 325 degrees on an ungreased cookie sheet for 12 to 16 minutes or until edges are lightly browned.
• To Make Sheep:.
• Shape dough into little balls from 1/8 inch to 1/2 inch.
• Arrange white dough in ovals about 2 1/2 inches by 1 1/2 inches - as a wooly sheep.
• Roll four little chocolate dough balls between your fingers to form legs and attach.
• Form 1/2 inch chocolate ovals for heads. Add a bit of white dough for an eye.