Baking is one of my favorite things to do all year around. I actually used to want to be baker when I grew up but my pediatrician advised me other wise. So now bake for fun and for the people I love. Each Christmas I make these cookies and everyone loves them. Below you will find my go to sugar cookie recipe for the perfect Christmas cookie.
Cookie Cutter Sugar Cookies
Equipment
- oven
- mixer
- Rolling Pin
- cookie cutters
Ingredients
- 1 cup Butter softened
- 1 cup White grandulated sugar
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
- 1 Egg
- 3 cups All-purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 2 tsp Baking powder
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F
- Cream together the butter and suger with a mixer until smooth
- Beat in the vanilla extract and egg
- In another bowl, combine the flour, salt, and baking powder and mix together
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients a little at a time and continue using the miser until everythng is combined and the dough is crumbly
- Wet your hands and knead it by hand, seperate into three balls and cover the remaining dough balls with plastic wrap while you roll. (DO NOT CHILL THE DOUGH)
- Place dough on floured surface, use a rolling pin to roll the dough out to be ¼ inch thick
- Use cookie cutters for shapes
- Bake at 350° for 8-10 minutes ½
Notes
- If dough is to crumbly add 1/2 a teaspoon of water
- 8 minutes for a soft cookie (I usually stick to 8 minutes)
- I usually double the recipe
Need an icing recipe? Here is the one I have been using for the past three or four years.
Happy Baking!
