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Cut Out Sugar Cookies

4.13 from 8 votes
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
chill Time 30 minutes
Course Christmas, Cookies
Cuisine American
Calories

Ingredients
  

  • 3/4 cup unsalted butter room temp
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 lg egg room temp
  • 1 Teaspoon pure vanilla extracts
  • 2 1/2 cups All purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt

Instructions
 

  • Cream together the butter and sugar until it is smooth
  • Add the egg and vanilla and mix until smooth and well incorporated
  • In a separate bowl whisk together the flour , baking powder and salt
  • Add a little of the flour mixture at a time until a dough forms . Do not over mix the dough
  • Form the dough into a ball and place it on a sheet of parchment paper and roll it out to desired thickness. * see notes
  • Place the dough in the refrigerator for 30 minutes . I cover the dough with another piece of parchment paper but this is optional.
  • Loosen the chilled dough from the parchment paper and cut cookies out .
  • Place the cut outs on the parchment lined baking sheet and bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 9-12 minutes . Depending out thick you cut them , the thicker they are the longer they will take to cook
  • Allow to cool and finish them how you like. I either use a simple glaze or my Sugar cookie frosting .

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Notes

R=This cookie is perfect with my Sugar cookie frosting .
 
Growing up my mom taught me to roll out cookie dough by using a floured sugar. The problem was the more you rolled out the dough the more flour got into the dough and made for a tough and dry cookie. Using parchment paper to roll out your dough and then chilling it prevents this from happening.  
 
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