Sugar Cookies
Ingredients:
1+1/2 cup butter, softened
2 cup white sugar
4 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
5 cup all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
Directions:
1. In a mixing bowl, cream together butter and sugar until smooth, with an electric hand mixer on medium speed. Beat in eggs and vanilla extract.
2. In a separate bowl, mix together flour, baking powder, and salt.
3. Next, stir in the flour mixture from (2) into (1). Mix ingredients with hand mixer at medium speed for about 2 minutes. Cover and chill dough for at least one hour, or overnight.
4. Roll out dough on a floured surface, about 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick. Cut into various shapes with cookie cutters.
5. Place cookies 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
6. Bake cookies for 6 to 8 minutes in preheated oven at 400 F (200 degrees C). Remove cookies from the oven when cookie edges turn light brown. Cool completely.
* Adapted from Allrecipes.com
