I promised to share the recipe we use to make our sugar cookies. It is such a simple recipe and they taste delish!
Ingredients:
1 Cup of butter softened
1 Cup of granulated white sugar
1 tspn vanilla extract
1/2 tspn of almond extract
1 egg
2 tspns baking powder
3 cups of all purpose flour
Directions:
1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees
2. In the bowl of your mixer cream butter and sugar until smooth
3. Beat in the extracts and the egg
4. In a separate bowl combine the flour and the baking powder and add a little at a time to the wet ingredients. The dough will be very stiff. If it becomes to stiff for your mixer, turn out the dough onto the countertop surface, wet your hands and continue kneading the dough by hand.
5. DO NOT CHILL THE DOUGH. Divide the dough into workable batches, roll out onto a floured surface and cut with a cookie cutter.
6 Place on a baking sheet and bake on 180 for 6-8 minutes
7. Allow to cool on the baking rack until they are hard enough to transfer to a cooling rack.
8. Decorate as you wish and enjoy!
