Basic shortbread cookie.
INGREDIENTS:
1 cup confectioners sugar
1 cup butter
2 cups all purpose flour
DIRECTIONS:
In a bowl, mix room temperature butter with the sugar on low speed.
Slowly incorporate the flour. The mixture will look dry but keep going, it will come together.
flatten to 1/4" and cut out your cookie shapes (aprox 20 large cookies 5"x3")
Cook at 300F* for 30 min and move from cooling rack immediately, don't leave them on the baking sheet.
Basic Icing.
INGREDIENTS:
1 cup confectioners sugar
3 teaspoons of milk
vegetable coloring
DIRECTIONS:
Mix milk and sugar and add more milk until you get the right consistency. Be sure to add drops at a time! Very little liquid goes a long way with this kind of sugar :)
Separate in batches and add a couple of drops of color.
Paint your Calaveritas and remember to use as many colors as you want :)
