Classic Old-fashioned Sugar Cookies

Total Time: 18 mins Preparation Time: 8 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
• 3 cups flour
• 1 cup butter, softened at room temperature
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla

Recipe

• 1 combine baking soda, cream of tartar and flour mixing well. with your hands, knead in softened butter.
• 2 in a small bowl, beat eggs and mix well with sugar and vanilla.
• 3 pour egg mixture into flour mixture and again using your hands, mix this really well.
• 4 chill dough. it will be quite hard when it is completely chilled. using a table knife, cut off chunks to roll out on a well-flour surface to desired thickness - thin cookies will get crispy when baked, thicker cookies will puff and stay soft. cut into desired shapes.
• 5 bake in a 350 degree oven until the edges begin to brown; be careful not to overcook if you want them to stay soft after cooling!
• 6 after completely cooled, decorate the cookies. these will freeze really well!