Sugar Cookie Cut-Outs
photo by Chocolatl
- Ready In:
- 36mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Yields:
-
36 small to medium cookies
ingredients
- 236.59 ml butter or 236.59 ml margarine, softened
- 236.59 ml sugar
- 1 large egg
- 4.92 ml vanilla extract
- 9.85 ml baking powder
- 709.77 ml flour
- cocoa powder (optional)
- decorating gel (optional)
- colored crystal sugar (optional)
directions
- Preheat oven to 400°F.
- In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar with an electric mixer.
- Beat in the egg and vanilla.
- In another bowl, mix together the flour and baking powder.
- Add the flour/baking powder mixture one cup at a time, mixing after each addition. (The dough will be very stiff; blend the last flour in by hand.).
- Do NOT chill the dough.
- Divide dough into 2 balls.
- On a floured surface, roll each ball into a circle approximately 12 inches in diameter and 1/8 inch thick.
- Cut cookies into desired shapes, dipping cookie cutters in flour before each use.
- Decorate with gel and crystal sprinkle decorations, if desired.
- Bake on ungreased baking sheet on middle rack of oven for 6 to 10 minutes, or until cookies are lightly browned.
- Cool 2 to 3 minutes before removing and cooling on a baking grid/cooling rack.
- You can sprinkle cocoa powder on the cookies if desired (looks good if you're making reindeer shaped cookies).
- Cookies may be frozen in a tightly sealed container for up to 2 months.