grandma's sugar cookies with brown butter icing

How To Make grandma's sugar cookies with brown butter icing

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  Cream together shortening, sugar, egg and vanilla.
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  In a separate bowl, sift together flour, baking soda and salt.
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  Mix the dry with the wet ingredients.
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  Use a cookie scoop or a 2 Tablespoon measuring spoon to scoop and drop cookies onto a cookie sheet.
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  Bake at 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes. Remove from oven and cool.
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  Put a 1/4 cup of butter into a sauce pan over medium-medium high heat. The butter will melt and then come to a boil.
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  Allow the butter to cook until the bubbles have died down and you are left with a brown butter.
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  Add in powder sugar a little at a time. After the sugar has been mixed in, add about a teaspoon of water so the frosting becomes a spreading consistency. If the frosting is watery or it appears the sugar hasn't absorbed all of the butter, add more powedered sugar.
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  When the cookies have cooled, gently frost the cookies with the brown butter frosting.
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