December 14, 2014

Easy Sugar Cookies Recipe - Cookie Exchange Season!

Tis the season for Cookie Exchange!  Here is an easy sugar cookie recipe for all you exchangers of sweet treats.  I great basic cookie dough to start off with - good if you are a newbie at cookies.


EASY SUGAR COOKIES
Makes approximately 30 – 36 cookies, depending on how thin you roll out your dough

Ingredients:
-          1 cup butter (room temperature, not frozen and not melted)
-          1 cup sugar
-          1 large egg
-          1 tsp vanilla extract
-          2 tsp baking powder
-          2 ¾ cups white all-purpose flour

Directions:

1)      Heat oven to 400 degrees  F.
2)      Cream together butter and sugar.
3)      Add egg and vanilla.
4)      In a separate bowl, mix together flour and baking powder.
5)      Add dry into wet ingredients and mix together until dough forms.
6)      On a dry floured table, pour dough out, knead slightly, and then roll out flat to about 1cm thick.
7)      Use cookie cutters and cut out shapes.
8)      Place on a lightly greased baking sheet (no need for parchment or re-flouring).
9)      Bake for 7-10 minutes.  DO NOT OVERBAKE!  IF YOU START SEEING BROWNING EDGES THEN YOU HAVE GONE TOO FAR AND COOKIE WILL BE DRY!
10)   Let cool before decorating.
 



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