Cookies, Christmas sugar cookie cutouts
A yummy recipe for Christmas cut-out cookies. Takes some time but worth every minute.
Equipment
- 2 baking sheets
- stand mixer or hand mixer with large bowl
- bowl, medium
- Spatula
- measuring cups, spoons
- parchment paper
- cookie cutters
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter (softened)
- 1 ½ cup granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 tsp almond extract
- 3 ½ cup flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ salt (reduce to ¼ tsp if salted butter)
- sprinkles or your favorite glaze/icing
Instructions
- Cream butter and sugar in mixer bowl
- Add eggs, vanilla and almond extract. Mix well
- In medium bowl combine flour, baking powder and salt. Mix well with a whisk.
- Carefully add the dry ingredients to your creamed ingredients. Mix on low until well mixed.
- Refrigerate dough for at least one hour.
- Preheat the oven to 375 ℉
- Roll dough thickly (about ¼").
- Cut dough into shapes with cookie cutters.
- Prepare baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Place cut out cookies onto prepared baking sheets.
- If you are using sprinkles, sprinkle cookies before they go in oven.
- Bake 10-12 minutes until slightly browned.
- Cool on rack.
- (optional) Glaze or frost cookies if you did not sprinkle them.