Cookie Ingredients:

• 5 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups butter, at room temperature
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 4 tsp vanilla extract
• Sprinkles

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Using an electric mixer on medium-high speed, cream together the butter, powdered sugar and vanilla extract until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Reduce the mixer speed to low and add the flour and salt. Once it is mostly incorporated, slowly increase the speed back to medium-high and beat for another minute or so until a dough forms.
3. Form tablespoons of dough into balls and roll in the sprinkles.  If dough is a bit dry, you can add a little bit of milk or cream or put on your hands when rolling the balls to allow sprinkles to stick.
4. Place on baking stone about 1 – 1/2  inches apart. Make a slight indentation with your thumb or finger on the tops of all the cookies.
5. Bake for 8 minutes, then make a deeper indentation in the middle, and bake for an additional 7-8 minutes. The cookies should not brown much at all around the edges. Transfer the cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.

Icing:

• 1 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 2 Tbsp corn syrup
• 3 Tbsp milk or cream
• Pinch salt
• 1/2 tsp vanilla
• 2 tsp butter, room temperature
• Food coloring

Stir together all ingredients until smooth, then drop a spoonful into each cooled cookie.