Off-cut Icebox Cookies

Off-Cut Slice and Bake Cookies

After one batch of icebox cookies with a design, I realized there would always be ragged edges and  off-cuts. This quickly became my solution. They wind up pretty. Ultimately extending to

Ingredients

off-cuts from an icebox cookie design
eggwash
sprinkles
powdered sugar for rolling out

Instructions

Step 1: Let the leftover dough soften for a couple minutes then mash it all together and knead it a few times. The goal is to just get it a bit combined. You don't want to mix, you just want a single ball of dough.

Step 2: Roll out the dough on a work surface. Use the powdered sugar to stop it from sticking. If the dough is too soft to work with, ball it up, throw it back in the fridge and watch a couple Monty Python sketches. Then roll it out.

Step 3: After you have you dough rolled out, roll up into a log. Mash each end smooth and get your log nice and even.

Step 4: Lay out parchment and put the log on there. Paint the log in egg wash. Pour liberally with sprinkles. Go in two sections. Do the top then when that's completely covered do the bottom. Roll the log back and forth to cover.

Step 5: Wrap, then wrap in another layer of parchment. Don't bother dumping off the excess sprinkles, just trap them. Freeze the log.

Step 6: Bake as you would any other icebox cookie. My normal settings are about 375 with about 10 to 15 minutes. I watch them very carefully because then I can pull as soon as they're good.