Cutout Cookies

Total Time: 8 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• tinted frosting, and
• colored crystal sugar

Recipe

• 1 in a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• 2 beat in eggs and vanilla.
• 3 combine the flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to creamed mixure.
• 4 refrigerate for 1 hour or until firm.
• 5 on a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to 1/4 inches thickness.
• 6 cut out with christmas cookie cutters of your choice. using floured spatula, transfer cookies to greased baking sheets.
• 7 bake at 375 for 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned. cool completely on wire racks.
• 8 decorate cookies with forsting and colored sugars.