Cut Out Cookies

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened (don't use margarine, won't work for this cookie)
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 3/4 cups flour

Recipe

• 1 in a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar and then add in eggs.
• 2 in a separate bowl or plastic bag, combine all dry ingredients and mix well. mix the dry ingredients in to the butter mixture.
• 3 cover bowl or put dough in a plastic bag and put in the refrigerator to chill for at least 6 hours or overnight.
• 4 preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• 5 once chilled, take approximately 1/5 of the dough and place on lightly floured surface. roll dough out to about 1/4 inch thickness and using flour dipped cookie cutters, cut out the dough and place on cookie sheets. bake for 8-10 minutes (oven temps vary so check around 7 mins).