Cut Out Cookies

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 30 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 3 1/2 cups flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 1/4 cups butter, softened
• 1 large egg
• 1 large egg yolk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon baking soda

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°.
• 2 mix flour, baking soda, sugar and cinnamon.
• 3 cut in butter with pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal.
• 4 beat egg, egg yolk and vanilla and add to flour mixture.
• 5 mix with hands to make a smooth dough.
• 6 turn dough on lightly floured board and knead several times and form into ball.
• 7 wrap in plastic and refrigerate for 1-2 hours.
• 8 take half of dough and roll on lightly floured suface to 1/8" thick.
• 9 bake at 350° for 8-10 minutes until lightly brown around edges.
• 10 frost with favorite icing.