Post Exam Sugar Cookies!

My exams are finally over. It felt so good to spend the afternoon not studying, just making the cookies pictured.  My next few days are going to be entirely devoted to gluttony and Christmas food haha.  These sugar cookies are really simple and the icing is great for decorating.

Cookies:

1½ cup unsalted butter, softened

2 cups sugar
2 whole eggs
2 egg yolks
6 tsp vanilla

4 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder

Icing:
1 cup powdered sugar

1-4 drops of lemon juice
1 tbsp light corn syrup
~1 tbsp milk

Cookies: Mix butter and sugar until well combined.  Add eggs, egg yolk and vanilla.  Next in a separate bowl, combine the flour, salt and baking powder.  Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients slowly.  Be careful not to overmix.  Now, refrigerate for 1-2 hours.  Pre-heat oven to 350F.  Cut cookies to about 1/2 inch thickness and bake until browned around the edges (about 8-10 minutes depending on your oven)

Icing: Combine powdered sugar, corn syrup and lemon juice.  Add milk to make desired consistency of icing. 

From: Iambaker