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cutout - Soft Sugar Cookies

Source of Recipe

from daily recipes


List of Ingredients

3 3/4 cups flour
1 level teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup softened butter
1 1/2 cups white granulated sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

to make your own sparkling sugar:
3 cups white granulated sugar
1 cup food coloring



Recipe

Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together. Set aside.
Use a large bowl to cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla.
Gradually blend in the dry ingredients until well blended.
Cover dough, and chill for 2 hours.
Preheat oven to 400. Grease baking sheets.
On a floured surface, roll out small portions of chilled dough to 1/4 inch thickness.
Cut out shapes using cookie cutters.
Sprinkle with colored sugar.
Bake 6 - 8 minutes, or until edges are barely brown.
Remove from cookie sheets to cool on wire racks.

to make your own sparkling sugar:
Preheat oven to 150.
Stir sugar and food coloring together.
Spread in a shallow baking pan.
Place in the oven for 20 minutes, stirring every 5 minutes.
Remove when the liquid has evaporated.
Let cool.
Store in a tightly covered container.