In The Kitchen- Christmas Sugar Cookie Recipe
It's the holiday season again. What better way to enjoy them, than with these tasty treats. Here is our recipe for Sugar Cookies. Hope you enjoy your Holidays. Be blessed.
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter softened to room temperature
- 1 cup of sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract²
- 1 large egg
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
Instructions 
- Combine butter and sugar in the bowl and use a hand mixer, beat until creamy and well-combined.
- Add egg and vanilla and beat until mixed well.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt.
- Gradually add dry ingredients into wet until thoroughly combined.
- Layout a piece of plastic wrap and transfer half of the dough onto the wrap
- Cover with clear wrap and mold into a disk. Repeat with the remaining cookie dough in another piece of plastic wrap. Transfer dough to refrigerator and chill for at least 2 hours
- Once the dough has finished chilling, preheat the oven to 350 degrees and spray pam cooking spray onto your baking sheet
- Generously dust a clean surface with flour and deposit one chilled cookie dough disk onto the surface. Roll out the dough to 1/4" (for a thicker, softer cookie). Continue to add flour as needed.
- Use cookie cutters to cut out shapes and transfer to the prepared baking sheet.
- Bake at 350F for 8-10 minutes.
- Allow cookies to cool completely before frosting.
