Desserts

Christmas Cutout Cookies

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Description

After you’ve let your dough chill and rolled it out with a rolling pin, dust your cookie cutter with flour before pressing it into the dough for nice, even Christmas cutouts.

Ingredients
  • 3/4 cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 large eggs, room temperature
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • tinted frostings, colored sugars, edible glitter and nonpareils
Directions
  1. In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla; mix well. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Chill until firm, 1 hour.
  2. On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to 1/4-in thickness. Cut out with Christmas cookie cutters of your choice. Using a floured spatula, transfer cookies to greased baking sheets. Bake at 375° until lightly browned, 8-10 minutes. Cool completely on wire racks.
  3. Decorate cookies with frosting and colored sugars.

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